Based on a controversial Bret Easton Ellis novel (which one isn’t?), the provocative movie, “The Informers” is naturally set in the decadent and coke-saturated ’80s which make for a synthy good time.
As we reported in January, Beck’s former/sometime bassist and Ima Robot member Justin Meldal-Johnsen did the music supervision to the film (He’s also worked with Gnarls Barkley, Garbage, Air, NIN, Tori Amos, etc.) and some of the original songs he wrote for the film were helped out by L.A. pop rocker Jason Falkner (Jellyfish, Jon Brion’s The Grays) and Australian musician Justin Stanley (Beck, The Vines). The Aussie musician 7Ray contributed two tracks as well.
The soundtrack to the film comes out April 28 via Lakeshore records and features three original songs by Meldal-Johnsen, Jason Falkner and Justin Stanley (and one featuring Dave Palmer), plus classic ’80s cuts by A Flock Of Seagulls (who were featured in the trailer along with New Order), Men Without Hats, Wang Chug, Simple Minds and Gary Numan.
Christopher Young (“Spider-Man 3”) composed the score and the film opens April 10, in limited release according to the always fallible IMDB. The cast isn’t a small one. ‘Informers’ stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Isaak, Rhys Ifans, and the late Brad Renfro in his final screen appearance.
“The Informers” soundtrack tracklisting
01. New Gold Dream – Simple Minds
02. Dance Hall Days – Wang Chung
03. Shadows Of The Night – Pat Benatar
04. Only You – Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jason Falkner, Justin Stanley and Dave Palmer
05. Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
06. I Ran (So Far Away) – A Flock Of Seagulls
07. Cars – Gary Numan
08. The Devil Made Me Do It – 7RAY
09. Gone For Good – Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jason Falkner and Justin Stanley
10. Another Night – Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jason Falkner and Justin Stanley
11. In A Scarlet Sky – 7RAY
We just had a conversation with someone the other day who didn’t know Men With Out Hats’ “Safety Dance” which we thought was a crying shame. Here it is if you don’t already know and love it (with full on non-irony too).
Listen: Simple Minds – “New Gold Dream”
Nitpickery from a Jason Falkner fan: Falkner’s role in The Grays was just as crucial as Brion’s, and calling them “Jon Brion’s The Grays” just strikes me as belittling Falkner.
The “Shadows of the Night” video you posted is gloriously silly. I’ve never seen that before.
Safety Dance, I Ran and Cars in a row? That’s some excellent track placing.
That said, I much prefered the first trailer (or was it the teaser) that had Blue Monday playing over it. If it’s in the film, it should be on the soundtrack.
Safety Dance, I Ran and Cars in a row? That’s some excellent track placing.
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