| Music for Drifters | ||||
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| Released | 18 April 2015 (Record Store Day vinyl release) 24 July 2015 (wide digital release) | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, progressive rock, soundtrack | |||
| Length | 40:40 | |||
| Label | Memphis Industries | |||
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Music for Drifters is the official release of the soundtrack to the 1929 documentary Drifters, credited for kickstarting the "documentary" film genre.[1][2][3][4] The soundtrack, commissioned in 2013 by the Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival,[5] was composed by the Sunderland band Field Music. The composition is the first of their works to feature pianist Andrew Moore since 2007's Tones of Town. After touring the film accompanied by the band playing the soundtrack live around the UK, the composition was recorded and released firstly on vinyl for Record Store Day 2015 (limited to 750 copies[6]), and then digitally in July 2015.
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- ^ "Announcing a new commission: Field Music "Drifters"". Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Field Music – Music for Drifters (2015, Silver, Vinyl)". Discogs. 18 April 2015.