Until the End of the World (soundtrack)

Until the End of the World: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album from the film Until the End of the World by
various artists
Released10 December 1991 (1991-12-10)
GenreSoundtrack
Length69:27
LabelWarner Bros.
Singles from Until the End of the World: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Sax and Violins"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
NME7/10[4]
Pitchfork8.3/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Vox8/10[7]

Until the End of the World: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1991 on Warner Bros. Records.

With one exception, the songs were created specifically for the film and debuted in it, although some appeared on subsequent albums by the participating artists.[1] U2's "Until the End of the World" had been previously released on that band's 1991 album Achtung Baby, albeit in a different version.[8][9] In commissioning the songs, director Wim Wenders asked the musicians to anticipate the kind of music they would be making a decade later, when the film was set.[8]

Track listing

  1. Graeme Revell: "Opening Titles" (Revell) (Solo cello performed by David Darling) – 1:59
  2. Talking Heads: "Sax and Violins" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 5:18
  3. Julee Cruise: "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" (Jack Lloyd, Ben Weisman, Fred Wise) – 2:37
  4. Neneh Cherry: "Move with Me (Dub)" (Cherry, Cameron McVey) – 2:58
  5. Crime & the City Solution: "The Adversary" (Bronwyn Adams, Simon Bonney, Chrislo Haas, Alexander Hacke, Mick Harvey, Thomas Stern) – 5:32
  6. Lou Reed: "What's Good" (Reed) – 5:07
  7. Can: "Last Night Sleep" (Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli, Irmin Schmidt) – 3:35
  8. R.E.M.: "Fretless" (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and featuring Kate Pierson) – 4:49
  9. Elvis Costello: "Days" (Ray Davies) – 4:49
  10. Graeme Revell: "Claire's Theme" (Revell) (Solo cello performed by David Darling) – 0:51
  11. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" (Nick Cave) – 4:38
  12. Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith: "It Takes Time" (P. Smith, F. Smith) – 5:00
  13. Depeche Mode: "Death's Door" (Martin Gore) – 3:53
  14. Graeme Revell: "Love Theme" (Revell) (Solo cello performed by David Darling) – 0:45
  15. Jane Siberry and k.d. lang: "Calling All Angels" (Siberry) – 5:11
  16. T-Bone Burnett: "Humans from Earth" (Burnett) – 3:07
  17. Daniel Lanois: "Sleeping in the Devil's Bed" (Lanois) – 3:50
  18. U2: "Until the End of the World" (Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.) – 4:33
  19. Graeme Revell: "Finale" (Revell) (Solo cello performed by David Darling) – 0:58

Additional music

Other music, used in the film, did not appear on the soundtrack album:

The Aka Pygmy and Indigenous Australian music used in the film are from field recordings from two collections: Centrafrique: Anthologie de la musique des Pygmées Aka, 1978, and Les Aborigènes: Chants et danses de l'Australie du nord, 1979, respectively.

  • "Mo boma", "Nze-Nze-Nze" and "Kulu-Kulu" from Anthologie de la musique des Pygmées Aka
  • "Galkan" from Chants et danses de l'Australie du nord

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[10] 57
US Billboard 200[11] 114

Release history

Year Label Format Catalog
1991 Warner Bros. Records CD 2-26707

References

  1. ^ a b DiGravina, Tim. "Until the End of the World [Original Soundtrack] – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ Browne, David (24 January 1992). "Until the End of the World". Entertainment Weekly. No. 102. p. 56. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ Willman, Chris (12 January 1992). "Bad Movie Bears Good Fruit". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Morton, Roger (14 December 1991). "Jurgen Knieper: Wim Wenders' Road Music / Various: Until the End of the World". NME. p. 28.
  5. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (9 December 2019). "Various Artists: Until the End of the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ Mundy, Chris (20 February 1992). "The End of the World Feels Fine". Rolling Stone. No. 624. pp. 40–41.
  7. ^ Phillips, Shaun (January 1992). "Various Artists: Until the End of the World". Vox. No. 16. p. 60.
  8. ^ a b Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (21 September 2016). "The Until The End Of The World soundtrack promised a hipper future". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Until the End of the World Soundtrack". U2 Wanderer. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2059". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Billboard 200™". Billboard. 7 March 1992. Retrieved 17 August 2024.