In a match made in a version of heaven where everyone is depressed (hell?), Spirtualized frontman Jason “Spaceman” Pierce and director Harmony Korine—the latter known for the feel-good indie hits Kids and Gummo—have teamed up for the director’s latest, Mr. Lonely. Joined by the Sun City Girls, J. Spaceman and Co. provide the soundtrack to Korine's first foray back into feature films since penned the script for 2002's Ken Park, which never received U.S. distribution and was banned in Australia for all kinds of graphic sex. Mr. Lonely centers around a Michael Jackson impersonator in Paris who stumbles upon a commune of other celebrity impersonators including Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe. We can't make this stuff up, folks.
According to the film's press release, the music created by the Sun City Girls and Pierce "conspires in an exquisite corpse-like fashion—without knowing what the other was doing, they've each brought half a body to the film, supplying the apparitional and austere sounds of a world in which everyone is something they're not—i.e., the people they dream of being."
The soundtrack drops on April 22 and the film is currently only playing in select arthouse cinemas in London.
Tracklisting:
1. “Michael’s Opening” (dialogue)
2. Jason Spaceman - “Blues 1″
3. Jason Spaceman - “Blues 2 (Intro)”
4. Sun City Girls - “3D Girls”
5. Jason Spaceman - “Panama 1″
6. Sun City Girls - “Spook”
7. Jason Spaceman - “Garden Walk”
8. Sun City Girls - “Steppe Spiritual”
9. Jason Spaceman - “Pope in the Bath”
10. “Nun’s Prayer” (dialogue)
11. Sun City Girls - “Mr. Lonely Viola”
12. Sun City Girls - “Beryl Scepter”
13. “Red Riding Hood’s Hangman” (dialogue)
14. Jason Spaceman - “Stooges Harmonica”
15. “Father Umbrillo’s Broken Nation” (dialogue)
16. Jason Spaceman - “Musicbox Underwater”
17. Sun City Girls - “Circus Theme”
18. Sun City Girls - “Vine Street Piano”
19. Jason Spaceman - “Paris Beach”
20. Sun City Girls - “Farewell”
Related links:
MisterLonely.co.uk
Spiritualized on MySpace
Sun City Girls on MySpace
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