Chris looks back at one of the best soundtracks of the year, Atomic Blonde...
There’s no other film I wanted to musically take up residence inside this year more than Atomic Blonde. The film is loaded with techno pseudo-political new age and best played at full volume, featuring the likes of The Clash to A Flock of Seagulls. It’s a film that gifts us with the glory of Til Tuesday’s glorious “Voices Carry” not once, but twice!
While some might reduce its endless stream of songs to added set dressing (cue Daniel Walber’s Atomic Blonde installment of The Funiture here) or just another fabulous costume, it actually does some heavy lifting to both immerse us into a specific world of its the Cold War setting and distinguish the era apart from the cinematic cliches of the subgenre. The electric glamor and brutality has been some of...
There’s no other film I wanted to musically take up residence inside this year more than Atomic Blonde. The film is loaded with techno pseudo-political new age and best played at full volume, featuring the likes of The Clash to A Flock of Seagulls. It’s a film that gifts us with the glory of Til Tuesday’s glorious “Voices Carry” not once, but twice!
While some might reduce its endless stream of songs to added set dressing (cue Daniel Walber’s Atomic Blonde installment of The Funiture here) or just another fabulous costume, it actually does some heavy lifting to both immerse us into a specific world of its the Cold War setting and distinguish the era apart from the cinematic cliches of the subgenre. The electric glamor and brutality has been some of...
- 12/6/2017
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Listen to a 25-Year-Old Aimee Mann Lead 'Til Tuesday on "Voices Carry"...
- 9/11/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
“Atomic Blonde” is set just before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and as such, Charlize Theron’s latest actioner features an ‘80s-appropriate soundtrack. Artists such as A Flock of Seagulls, David Bowie, George Michael, and ‘Til Tuesday are featured on the soundtrack, which is now available to listen to Spotify. Stream it below.
Read More‘Atomic Blonde’: How They Turned One Amazing Action Scene Into a Seven-Minute Long Take
Mondo recently announced a new 2Xlp version of the soundtrack on 180-gram blue vinyl and yellow-swirl vinyl. Here’s the tracklist:
Side A
01. “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” — David Bowie
02. “Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)” — Peter Schilling
03. “Blue Monday” — Health
04. “C*cks*cker” — Tyler Bates
Side B
05. “99 Luftballons” — Nena
06. “Father Figure” — George Michael
07. “Der Kommissar” — After the Fire
08. “Cities in Dust” — Siouxsie and the Banshees
Side C
09. “The Politics of Dancing” — Re-Flex
10. “Stigmata” — Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates
11. “Demonstration” — Tyler Bates...
Read More‘Atomic Blonde’: How They Turned One Amazing Action Scene Into a Seven-Minute Long Take
Mondo recently announced a new 2Xlp version of the soundtrack on 180-gram blue vinyl and yellow-swirl vinyl. Here’s the tracklist:
Side A
01. “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” — David Bowie
02. “Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)” — Peter Schilling
03. “Blue Monday” — Health
04. “C*cks*cker” — Tyler Bates
Side B
05. “99 Luftballons” — Nena
06. “Father Figure” — George Michael
07. “Der Kommissar” — After the Fire
08. “Cities in Dust” — Siouxsie and the Banshees
Side C
09. “The Politics of Dancing” — Re-Flex
10. “Stigmata” — Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates
11. “Demonstration” — Tyler Bates...
- 7/30/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Director David Leitch first received the script for Atomic Blonde from his producer wife, Kelly McCormick, who challenged him to, as he puts it, "find a fresh world in the spy genre, not unlike you did with John Wick with Chad [Stahelski]."
And he found a way in to the Cold War spy drama, based on the graphic novel Coldest City, in part by using music from the '80s. Indeed, the film features multiple well-known songs from the decade, including 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry," used multiple times; George Michael's "Father Figure"; and two David Bowie songs: "Cat People (Putting Out...
And he found a way in to the Cold War spy drama, based on the graphic novel Coldest City, in part by using music from the '80s. Indeed, the film features multiple well-known songs from the decade, including 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry," used multiple times; George Michael's "Father Figure"; and two David Bowie songs: "Cat People (Putting Out...
- 7/30/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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