28 Days Later [Enhanced, Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Label: Xl Recordings
• ASIN: B00009B8BP
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,834 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beginning

2. Rage

3. The Church

4. Jim's Parents (Abide With Me)

5. There There Were 2

6. Tower Block

7. Taxi (Ave Maria)

8. The Tunnel

9. AM180

10. An Ending (Ascent)

11. No More Films

12. Jim's Dream

13. In Paradisum

14. Frank's Death - Soldiers (Requiem in D Minor)

15. 'I Promised Them Women'

16. The Search for Jim

17. Red Dresses

18. In the House - In a Heartbeat

19. The End

20. Season Song

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great mesh of music for this odyssey of a film., September 26, 2003

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Joel Munyon "Joel Munyon" (Joliet, Illinois - the poohole of America.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 28 Days Later (Audio CD)

I have over sixty soundtracks and this one ranks in my top 10 for its courage and variety. I say courage because we hear some beautiful songs in seemingly strange situations.

Faure's 'In Paradisium', a song also featured in The Thin Red Line where Private Witt is swimming with the islanders. We hear this song as the four survivors are driving towards the burning city of Manchester.

Brian Eno's song 'An Ending(Escent)', also featured on the TRAFFIC soundtrack at the end of the film while the kids are playing baseball.

'Avi Maria' by Bach, this beautiful song featured while the survivors are driving through the diseased and dead body ridden streets of London. Absolute brilliance and courage to put this song in that segment!

Grandaddy's best song, in my opinion, is featured during one of the rare "happy scenes" of the film. It is called 'AM180' and is the song that got me hooked on Grandaddy.

'Season Song' by Blue States. A nice mesh of disco meets hip hop. Haven't bought their cd because of it but seriously thought about it.

John Murphy also does well with such songs like 'In the House', a powerful song played while the infected begin to turn on the soldiers and 'Red Dresses', a magical song that reminded me of something RADIOHEAD might play while riding on a carousel(don't ask but when you hear it, you'll know what I'm talking about).

Also, 'Frank's Death', is powerful and moving.

I highly, HIGHLY recommend this soundtrack to fans of classical and rock genres. The only let down is the omission of the Godspeed, You Black Emperor song. Overall a 9 out of 10.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your looking for the song East Hastings, August 20, 2003

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David McGregor (Flushing, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 28 Days Later (Audio CD)

many people that have written reviews for this are asking about the song where he is walking around London...its a song by Montreal Band, Godspeed You Black Emperor! and its called East Hastings. Its on their first album F#A#(infinity). Surprisingly almost every song on that album could have scored this movie. Very moody stuff. Also the reason its not on the soundtrack is probably due to the bands request. They are notorious for turning away from soundtracks, i was shocked when i heard they were in this movie. That being said i do like the soundtrack from this movie. The use of the Grandaddy song in the film had me laughing.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Close encounters of the 28th kind, January 31, 2004

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Russell E. Scott "futurestar" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 28 Days Later (Audio CD)

28 Days Later was a terrific movie. Flawed? Perhaps but original and haunting in ways I'll always remember. Even after several viewings of the DVD I find it simultaneously refreshing and unnerving, especially the scene where our protagonist discovers a London devoid of all current human existence. What made that scene work in large part was the stark music of Godspeed You Black Emperor's track - East Hastings. Although that particular cut does not appear on the soundtrack CD the whole of it works in spite of that glowing omission. The bulk of the original score was composed by a Richard Murphy. Other additions include such notables as J S Bach (yeah, that's right), Grandaddy, Brain Eno, the Choir of Trinity College, and Blue States. On the American version, you've even get two bonus tracks remixed by Rui Da Silva and Jacknife Lee. In a post - apocalyptic rock kinda' way, this music is chilling, daunting, evangelic, and visceral; at times taking no quarter, at others, showing much mercy. I didn't know what to expect except that I wanted the soundtrack to be as cool as the movie. In large part it succeeds stupendously.

The comic strip as insert (done in black and white) manages to fill in the blanks of day 2 through 27 in our mystery. The visual enhancements cover the film trailer, some minor unseen footage, and snapshots of our actors in their costume dress for wardrobe continuity. I hadn't really noticed until someone brought it to my attention - the musical tracks follow the film in their proper order sequence, scene for scene. Not that it makes any difference for this score was composed in large part explicitly for the movie. In my hectic world, I find escape and solace in this music, one minute thunderous storm, next, a tranquil beach on a balmy day. The overall effect is normalizing and smoothes out the rough edges. I feel a bit more civilized after a spin. Like the movie, the soundtrack isn't perfect, but it's close. Also, it wins the "too cool for school" award hands down. Too me, no matter how you figure, that's more than enough.