Trainspotting (soundtrack)

Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedFebruary 1996 (1996-02)
Genre
Length75:27
LabelEMI Premier (UK)
Capitol (US)
Danny Boyle film soundtrack chronology
Shallow Grave
(1995) 		Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
(1996) 		Trainspotting #2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2
(1997)
Singles from Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "Born Slippy .NUXX"
    Released: 1 July 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA[2]
The Guardian[5]
Q[6]

The Trainspotting soundtracks are two soundtrack albums released following the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name.

The first album was released in February 1996 in the UK and 9 July 1996 in the US. The comparatively huge fanbase for both the film and the original soundtrack prompted the release of a second soundtrack on 21 October 1997. This second album included songs from the film that did not make the cut for the first album, as well as songs that did not appear in the final film but were involved at earlier stages or were used as inspiration by the filmmakers, and one duplicate song. The popularity of the first volume led EMI to reissue it and continue to press it since 16 June 2003.[7]

In 2007, the editors of Vanity Fair magazine ranked the original Trainspotting soundtrack as the 7th best motion picture soundtrack in history.[8] It was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Movie Soundtracks.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Trainspotting [Original Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Entertainment Weekly (7/26/96, pp.52–54)
  3. ^ Welsh, April Claire (1 October 2015). "How The Trainspotting Soundtrack Gave Us A Perfect Snapshot Of 1996 Music". NME. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ Glazer, Joshua (25 March 2016). "How 'Trainspotting' Made America Realize that Electronic Music Matters Just as Much as Rock". Vice. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  5. ^ Sweeting, Adam (23 February 1996). "Music: This week's pop CD releases". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Collins, Andrew (March 1996). "Trainspotting". Q: 103.
  7. ^ Tregoning, Jack (28 February 2021). "How The 'Trainspotting' Soundtrack Turned A Dispatch From The Fringes Into A Cult Classic". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024. The soundtrack sold so well that a second volume followed in 1997, featuring other songs from the movie and a few that missed the cut.
  8. ^ "CBC". Cbc.ca. 24 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  9. ^ Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.30) – Ranked #17 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks"