The Top of His Head (soundtrack)

The Top of His Head
Soundtrack album by Fred Frith
Released	1989 (1989)
Recorded	1988, Canada
Genre	Avant-rock
Length	43:53 (LP) 51:29 (CD)
Label	Crammed (Belgium)
Producer	Fred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
The Technology of Tears (1988) The Top of His Head (1989) Step Across the Border (1990)
Music for Film series chronology
The Top of His Head (1989) Step Across the Border (1990)

The Top of His Head is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film, The Top of His Head. Frith wrote and composed all the music, with the exception of "This Old Earth", which was written and sung by Jane Siberry, and a cover of "The Way You Look Tonight". The music was recorded at l'Office National du Film, Montreal, Quebec, Canada in August and September 1988, and was released on LP and CD in 1989 by the Belgian independent label, Crammed Discs. The CD release contained two extra tracks, "Driving to the Train" and "The Long Drive".

Siberry's song, "This Old Earth", was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1990 Genie Awards.^[1] Siberry rerecorded the song as "Something About Trains", and it appeared on her 1989 album Bound by the Beauty.