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In the punk England of 1977, three teenagers met humanoid aliens whose mission was to take their virginity at parties or concerts. Inspired by Neil Gaiman’s novel, How to talk to girls at parties gives John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus) the opportunity to paint an era ruled by unbridled and scruffy anticonformism. With his first featuring film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), the American filmmaker had already tried his hand at making a unique musical film. For How to talk to girls at parties, he asked Jamie Stewart (member of the band Xiu Xiu) to compose original songs, co-written by Mitchell himself. Among them, Eat Me Alive stands out, interpreted by comedians Elle Fanning and Alex Shar. Furthermore the filmmaker tried to avoid falling into the trap of a vintage playlist featuring all the greatest punk “hits” of the time. While already existing songs from The Damned and A.C. Newman are indeed featured in the soundtrack, they share the peculiarity of remaining rather confidential. Finally Matmos and Nico Muhly’s experimentations within the film’s sound design are worth pointing out. Mulhy is an artist from the contemporary minimal scene, and acts here as the “voice” of the aliens: through electronic sound of great hypnotic serenity, he accompanies these characters in their initiatory schemes (Requiem). A UFO of a soundtrack. © Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz
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Rory Attwell, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - The Dyschords, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Tomlinson, Composer - Bryan Weller, Composer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
A.C. Newman, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Collins, Recording Engineer - Allan Carl Newman, Composer
(P) 2017 AC Newman Inc.
Rory Attwell, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - The Dyschords, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Tomlinson, Composer - Bryan Weller, Composer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
John Cameron Mitchell, Composer, Producer - Patrick Derivaz, Recording Engineer - Justin Craig, Composer, Producer - Dyslexic Cnuts, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Hyland, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Allan Carl Newman, Composer - Rory Attwell, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - The Dyschords, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Xiu Xiu, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Stewart, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - James Cyrus Stewart, Composer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Rory Attwell, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - The Dyschords, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Tomlinson, Composer - Bryan Weller, Composer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Rory Attwell, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - The Dyschords, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Tomlinson, Composer - Bryan Weller, Composer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Amber Martin, Producer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brett Every, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2016 Amber Martin Records
Chris Gray, Recording Engineer - Prolific Urdoos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Wizard, Composer, Producer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1978 Bruno Wizard
Patrick Dillett, Mixing Engineer - Thomas Bartlett, Producer - James Yost, Recording Engineer - Martin Tomlinson, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Weller, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Nico Muhly, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fritz Mysrs, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Matmos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Daniel, Composer, Recording Engineer - M.C. Schmidt, Composer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Matmos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rory Attwell, Mixing Engineer - Drew Daniel, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer - M.C. Schmidt, Composer, Producer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
John Cameron Mitchell, Composer, Producer - Xiu Xiu, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Stewart, Producer, Recording Engineer - James Cyrus Stewart, Composer - Patrick Hyland, Mixing Engineer - Elle Fanning, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Sharp, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
John Cameron Mitchell, Composer, Producer - Patrick Derivaz, Recording Engineer - Xiu Xiu, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Stewart, Producer, Recording Engineer - Mitski, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Cyrus Stewart, Composer - Patrick Hyland, Mixing Engineer - Mitski & Xiu Xiu, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
In the punk England of 1977, three teenagers met humanoid aliens whose mission was to take their virginity at parties or concerts. Inspired by Neil Gaiman’s novel, How to talk to girls at parties gives John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus) the opportunity to paint an era ruled by unbridled and scruffy anticonformism. With his first featuring film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), the American filmmaker had already tried his hand at making a unique musical film. For How to talk to girls at parties, he asked Jamie Stewart (member of the band Xiu Xiu) to compose original songs, co-written by Mitchell himself. Among them, Eat Me Alive stands out, interpreted by comedians Elle Fanning and Alex Shar. Furthermore the filmmaker tried to avoid falling into the trap of a vintage playlist featuring all the greatest punk “hits” of the time. While already existing songs from The Damned and A.C. Newman are indeed featured in the soundtrack, they share the peculiarity of remaining rather confidential. Finally Matmos and Nico Muhly’s experimentations within the film’s sound design are worth pointing out. Mulhy is an artist from the contemporary minimal scene, and acts here as the “voice” of the aliens: through electronic sound of great hypnotic serenity, he accompanies these characters in their initiatory schemes (Requiem). A UFO of a soundtrack. © Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:16
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
Compilation (P) 2017 Colony Films Limited, under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
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