VARIOUS – Asteroid City (Original Soundtrack) [Black Friday 2023] – 2LP – Orange Vinyl [NOV 24]

2LP – Limited Orange Vinyl RSD Black Friday 2023 Edition.

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Wes Andersons latest film, Asteroid City, takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955. Written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola, the plot revolves around a Junior Stargazer / Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) which is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Set in a retro-futuristic version of 1955, with Andersons extraordinary visual touch to the fore as always, the film is staged as a play, and the creation of the play. The meta-textual plot is Andersons homage to popular memory and mythology about extra-terrestrials and UFOs witnessed in the South-Western desert, in close proximity to atomic test sites, during the post-war period of the American 20th century.

The stunning film features a remarkable ensemble cast that includes Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum.Look out for Jarvis Cockers cameo as a cowboy in the band The Ranch Hands, which also features Seu Jorge!

The soundtrack to Asteroid City is available on a limited edition orange 2-LP set
Features You Cant Wake Up If You Dont Fall Asleep, performed by Jarvis Cocker and written by Jarvis and Richard Hawley, and Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven) by the Asteroid City Cast. A mesmerising mixture of 1950s bluegrass, skiffle, cowboy classics and exotica, the soundtrack also includes six original score tracks by Oscar-award winning composer Alexandre Desplat.

Qty. (UK/Ireland):info unavailabe at time of publishing (8,000 in the US)
Release type:RSD Exclusive Release.

Tracklist:

SIDE A:
1. WXYZTV Channel 8 Alexandre Desplat
2. Last Train To San Fernando Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys
3. Island of Dreams The Springfields
4. April in Portugal – Les Baxter
5. Ida Red – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
6. Canon and Gigue in D Major – Henk Bouman, Musica Antiqua Kln, Reinhard Goebel

SIDE B:
7. Opening Ceremony with Awards Presentation (Keynote Speaker: General Grif Gibson) Alexandre Desplat
8. (I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle Tex Ritter
9. Orange Blossom Special Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
10. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) Tex Ritter
11. Cowboys Lament Burl Ives
12. Viewing of the Astronomical Ellipses (Opening Comments: Dr. Hickenlooper) Alexandre Desplat

SIDE C:
13. Rose Marie Slim Whitman
14. Indian Love Call – Slim Whitman
15. Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford
16. The Cattle Call Eddy Arnold with Hugo Winterhalters Chorus and Orchestra
17. Special Seminar at the Playwrights Request (Saltzburg Keitels Classroom)
Alexandre Desplat
18. Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven) Asteroid City Cast
19. KawLiga – Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys

SIDE D:
20. Emergency Assembly Alexandre Desplat
21. A Bewildering and Bedazzling Celestial Mystery Alexandre Desplat
22. How High The Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford
23. The Streets of Laredo – Bing Crosby
24. Freight Train The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group featuring Nancy Whiskey
25. You Cant Wake Up If You Dont Fall Asleep Jarvis Cocker