VARIOUS – The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack) – LP – Sea Foam Colour Vinyl

LP – Limited Edition Sea Foam Colour Vinyl. Includes art from the film and notes by Alexandre Desplat and Wes Anderson.

Original soundtrack to Wes Andersons new film The Phoenician Scheme, in theatres from May 30, 2025, starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.

The soundtrack blends Alexandre Desplats original score with a mix of classical and jazz recordings. Classical highlights include Stravinsky, Bach, and Beethoven, with a handful of Desplats compositions for the film referencing Stravinskys 1910 ballet LOiseau de feu (The Firebird). Jazz highlights include Gene Krupas Drum Boogie, Glenn Millers big band standard A String of Pearls, and Mud Bug by the Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Sextet, recorded specifically for the film.

The sea foam colour vinyl package includes art from the film and notes by Alexandre Desplat and Wes Anderson.

Tracklist:

Side A
1 “Airplane Crash #1” – Alexandre Desplat
2 Apollon musagte: “”Apotheosis”” – Igor Stravinsky and RCA Victor Orchestra
3 “A.Z.K. Land and Sea”- Alexandre Desplat
4 “Palazzo Korda” – Alexandre Desplat
5 “Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 2 IV Rondo” – Robert Corben
6 Petrouchka, 1947 Version: “”Tableau 1, The Shrovetide Fair” – Igor Stravinsky and Columbia Symphony Orchestra
7 “The Gap Explodes” – Alexandre Desplat

Side B
1 “The Trans-Mountain Locomotive Tunnel”- Alexandre Desplat
2 “Drum Boogie” – Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
3 “Mud Bug” – Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Sextet / Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq / Christian Grabandt / Rob Gutowski / Kelvin Sholar / Erik Unsworth / Eric Vaughn
4 “The Jungle Unit of the Intercontinental Radical Freedom Militia Corps” – Alexandre Desplat
5 “Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Chorale)”” – Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Mnchener Bach-Orchester
6 “Hach Baregel” – Ahuva Tsadok and Nachum Nardi
7 “Heaven #5 (Dost Thou Not Fear God)”- Alexandre Desplat
8 A String of Pearls”” – Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
9 “Pictures At An Exhibition: “Promenade 1” – Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
10 L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird), – “”Introduction””/”Le Jardin enchant de Kachtchei””/””Disparition du palais et des chevaliers ptrifis, allgresse gnrale”” – Igor Stravinsky and RCA Victor Orchestra