Original Soundtracks 1 is a studio album recorded by rock band U2 and Brian Eno under the pseudonym Passengers as a side project. Released on 6 November 1995, the album is a collection of songs written for mostly imaginary films (the exceptions being songs for Ghost in the Shell, Miss Sarajevo, and Beyond the Clouds). Owing to Eno's involvement as a full songwriting partner and the album's experimental nature, the moniker "Passengers" was chosen to distinguish it from U2's conventional albums. It was commercially unnoticed by the band's standards and received generally mixed reviews. Guest musicians on the record included Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti (on "Miss Sarajevo") and producer Howie B, who would co-produce U2's following album, Pop (1997).
According to Eno, near the end of the recording sessions for U2's 1993 album Zooropa, the band hit "a stone wall" and were getting obsessive about small details.[1] At that point, Eno suggested the group do some improvisation, "just turn the tape on and play, so we were working with a broad brush rather than the one-hair brushes we'd been using. It was designed to open us up a little".[1] The resulting recording sessions were productive enough that Eno advocated the band undertake more. After they completed their Zoo TV Tour in December 1993, the band returned to the studio with no particular agenda or project on which to work.[1] Their original intention was to record a soundtrack for Peter Greenaway's 1996 film The Pillow Book.[2] Though the plan did not come to fruition, Eno suggested they continue recording for imaginary films. The result was about 25 hours of recorded experimentation that produced Original Soundtracks 1.[1]
U2 had frequently improvised in the past, and in the Original Soundtracks 1 sessions they engaged in free-form jamming to video clips from various films.[2] Eno stated, "Listening to the original improvisations as they came off the floor, you feel the excitement of the process ... You have to be careful not to disturb the organic flow of the thing."[1] The group brought in producer Howie B to cut down and mix some of the tracks after several hours of jam sessions had been recorded.[2]
The album alleges to be a collection of songs written for movies, hence the title Original Soundtracks. The album's booklet contains detailed descriptions of the film for which each song was written. Most of the films are non-existent; however, three of the 13 films listed on the album are real: Beyond the Clouds, Miss Sarajevo, and Ghost in the Shell ("One Minute Warning" played during the closing credits).
The track "Always Forever Now" appeared only briefly in the film Heat, but was included in the soundtrack, which also includes other tracks by Brian Eno. The track "Plot 180" was also used in the film Heat but only in a deleted scene.[8]
The film descriptions contain many hidden references and in-jokes, beginning with the descriptions' supposed authors, "Ben O'Rian and C. S. J. Bofop", both references to Brian Eno. The first is a simple anagram of the name, while the second replaces each letter with the alphabetically following letter.[9]
The soundtrack to Passengers, a 2016 Movie, tracklist, listen to all 17 full soundtrack songs, play 26 sample OST music & 1 trailer tracks. View who sings all the songs used in the movie. Read scene descriptions after the film plays at the cinema.
Passengers is a 2016 blockbuster science fiction adventure film. It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy García a.o. The film has been nominated for two Oscars, including Best Original Score and Best Production Design. The score is produced by multiple Grammy and Golden Globe winner Thomas Newman.
Passengers is a 2016 blockbuster science fiction adventure film directed by Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and written by Jon Spaihts. It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy García a.o. The story is about a malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet that causes one passenger to wake up 90 years early.
The film has been nominated for two Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Production Design. The score is produced by multiple Grammy and Golden Globe winner Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Skyfall). Newman primarily used piano and electronic instrumentation for the 96-minute score, but occasionally expanded to a full orchestra, utilizing more than 60 string players and 13 brass musicians.
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Save for a few tracks, Original Soundtracks 1 is composed of tracks meant to make the soundtracks for imaginary movies. The tracks that were meant for movies really sell the cinematic side, though. 'Your Blue Room' is one of the tracks, found in 1995's Beyond The Clouds. The way Bono's voice creeps up on you with the slow swells of the song adds to its drama early in the record. 'Miss Sarajevo' from the film with the same title is full of cinematic orchestras, and speaks to the city of Sarajevo itself with its final part. 'One Minute Warning' is the credits song for Ghost In The Shell, and its urgency and darkness certainly plays a strong role in the album's drama.
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I wonder how many people realised this album was listed on this site! I certainly did notuntil I tripped over it while browsing Eno's entry."Original soundtracks 1" was originally intended to be a U2 release, until the recordcompany got cold feet. It was therefore credited to Passengers, which is effectively U2plus Brian Eno. While Eno's influence is clear to see right from the openinginstrumental "United colours", the album would have sold infinitely more copies had theU2 name been retained. Ostensibly, the tracks are taken from various film soundtracks. The fact is though thatjust three of the 13 films listed in the accompanying booklet actually exist. The rest arefigments of the fertile imagination of those involved. The joke extends to the writers ofthe film details in the booklet where Ben O'Rian and C S J Bofop are an anagram ofBrian Eno's name, and an encoding of it (work it out) respectively. The actors and othercast members are created in the same way, Tanya McLoad for example is AdamClayton. The three genuine films are Beyond the Clouds (2 tracks), Miss Sarajevo, andGhost in the Shell.As to the music, most of it is indeed soundtrack material. Eno's penchant for such musictakes a firm grasp, with U2 being kept unusually downbeat. Tracks such as "Alwaysforever now" and "One minute warning" are primarily drum and bass exercises withrepeating themes, the string arrangement on this particular track being all butindiscernible. There are some notable highlights though. "Your blue room" is a lovely relaxed song,with a rare narration by Adam Clayton and some effective organ by The Edge. Theundoubted highlight of the album and by far the best know track though is "MissSarajevo". This wonderful ballad features a sublime vocal contribution from LucianoPavarotti which complements Bono's vocal superbly. Holi adds some fine female vocalsto "Ito Okashi" and speaking on "One minute warning". The final notable guest is HowieB, who co-wrote as well as performing on "Elvis ate America".It seems even U2 have mixed feelings about the album, Larry Mullen being particularlyunimpressed. While some of the tracks are eminently forgettable, there are enoughdecent selections to make the album worth at least one listen, and Miss Sarajevo is aclassic of modern pop. social review comments Review Permalink
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