True Romance (soundtrack)
| True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
|---|---|
| Film score by | |
| Released | September 7, 1993 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 46:58 |
| Label | Morgan Creek |
| Producer | Hans Zimmer |
| Hans Zimmer film soundtracks chronology | |
| Tony Scott chronology | |
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The Last Boy Scout (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1991) True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1993) Crimson Tide (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1995) | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack by Hans Zimmer for Tony Scott 's film of the same name. It was released on September 7, 1993 through Morgan Creek Productions.
Development
[edit ]The score for Tony Scott 's True Romance (1993) was composed by Hans Zimmer, which is a theme based on Gassenhauer from Carl Orff's Schulwerk .[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] This theme, combined with a voiceover spoken by the film's lead actress Patricia Arquette, is an homage to Terrence Malick's 1973 crime film Badlands , in which Sissy Spacek speaks the voiceover, and that also shares similar dramatic motifs.[7] [8]
Track listing
[edit ]| No. | Title | Contributing artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You're So Cool" | Hans Zimmer | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Graceland" | Charlie Sexton | 3:26 |
| 3. | "In Dreams" | John Waite | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Wounded Bird" | Charles & Eddie | 5:11 |
| 5. | "I Want Your Body" | Nymphomania | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Stars at Dawn" | Hans Zimmer | 2:04 |
| 7. | "I Need a Heart to Come Home To" | Shelby Lynne | 4:21 |
| 8. | "Viens Mallika Sous Le Dome Edais from Lakmé" | Léo Delibes | 3:57 |
| 9. | "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" | Robert Palmer | 2:37 |
| 10. | "Outshined" | Soundgarden | 5:12 |
| 11. | "Amid the Chaos of the Day" | Hans Zimmer | 4:54 |
| 12. | "Two Hearts" | Chris Isaak | 3:33 |
Legacy
[edit ]"Robbers", a song by the English indie rock band The 1975 from their 2013 debut album, was inspired by the film. Vocalist Matthew Healy explained: "I got really obsessed with the idea behind Patricia Arquette's character in True Romance when I was about eighteen. That craving for the bad boy in that film [is] so sexualized."[9] True Romance , the 2013 debut album from English pop star Charli XCX, was named after the film.[10] In the trance song "Solarcoaster" by Solarstone, a sample is used from the film. The sample includes the line spoken by Alabama, "That three words went through my mind endlessly. Repeating themselves like a broken record. You're so cool. You're so cool. You're so cool."[11]
Reception
[edit ]Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote, "The score varies from Burl Ives to Aerosmith, with theme music by Hans Zimmer that has the jingling sound of a Christmas carol, yet all the music feels exactly right. The soundtrack underscores the sense that this film is a fable, albeit a movie-mad fairy tale with a body count for modern times."[12]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Hans Zimmer: True Romance". AllMusic . Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Campbell, Christopher (April 19, 2019). "The Legacy of Terrence Malick's 'Badlands'". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Sherman, Dale (2015). Quentin Tarantino FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Original Reservoir Dog. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4950-2596-9. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Comment with the video Hans Zimmer - "You're So Cool" (from True Romance) on YouTube. Video duration 2m 28s. Uploader Marshall Flores 2015.
- ^ Carl Orff - Gassenhauer on YouTube. Video duration 2m 36s. Uploader Quaid Damage 2008.
- ^ Original work for lute by the lutenist Hans Neusidler from 1536. Hans Neusidler (1536) "Ein guter Gassenhauer" Rómulo Vega-González on YouTube. Video duration 1m 48s. Uploader RomuloVG Garcimunoz, 2010.
- ^ Guy, Marina (December 17, 2015). "Intertextuality and thematic development. From Badlands to True Romance". Curating the Contemporary. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ MacDonald, Laurence E. (2013). The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History. Scarecrow Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-8108-8398-7. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Murray, Robin (April 28, 2014). "The 1975 – Robbers (Explicit)". Clash . Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Larson, Jeremy (February 27, 2013). "Charli XCX announces debut album, True Romance". Consequence . Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "Solar Stone - Solarcoaster". Discogs. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (September 10, 1993). "True Romance: Desperadoes, Young at Heart With Gun in Hand". The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2025.