℗ 2018 Parlophone Records for the world outside the U.S
Released | October 17, 2018 |
Duration | 1h 18m 42s |
Record Label | Nonesuch |
Genre | Soundtrack |
True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack
Various Artists
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Road Song
David Byrne; Meredith Monk |
3:19 | |||
1.2
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Freeway Son
David Byrne |
3:05 | |||
1.3
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Disco Hits!
David Byrne |
2:03 | |||
1.4
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Cocktail Desperado
Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band |
3:00 | |||
1.5
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Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads |
3:40 | |||
1.6
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City of Steel
Talking Heads; Tommy Morrell |
3:34 | |||
1.7
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Mall Muzak
Carl Finch |
5:33 | |||
1.8
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Dream Operator (feat. Annie McEnroe)
Talking Heads; Annie McEnroe |
4:18 | |||
1.9
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Love Theme from True Stories
David Byrne |
1:28 | |||
1.10
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Brownie's Theme
David Byrne |
2:26 | |||
1.11
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Dinner Music
David Byrne; Kronos Quartet |
3:32 | |||
1.12
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Puzzlin' Evidence
Talking Heads; John Ingle; The Bert Cross Choir |
3:55 | |||
1.13
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Glass Operator
David Byrne |
2:31 | |||
1.14
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Hey Now
Talking Heads; St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School Choir |
3:57 | |||
1.15
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I ♥ Metal Buildings
David Byrne |
1:39 | |||
1.16
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Love for Sale
Talking Heads |
4:31 | |||
1.17
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Soy de Tejas
Esteban "Steve" Jordan |
2:45 | |||
1.18
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Buster's Theme
Carl Finch |
2:35 | |||
1.19
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Festa para um rei negro
Banda Eclipse |
2:19 | |||
1.20
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Radio Head (feat. Tito Larriva, Esteban ‘Steve’ Jordan & Los Vampiros)
Talking Heads; Esteban "Steve" Jordan; Los Vampiros; Tito Larriva |
3:49 | |||
1.21
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Papa Legba (feat. Roebuck 'Pops' Staples)
Talking Heads; Roebuck "Pops" Staples |
5:07 | |||
1.22
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People Like Us (feat. John Goodman)
Talking Heads; John Goodman |
4:28 | |||
1.23
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City of Dreams
Talking Heads; Tommy Morrell |
5:08 | |||
Digital Booklet
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In conjunction with The Criterion Collection’s special-edition DVD and Blu-ray release of David Byrne’s 1986 film True Stories, Nonesuch and Todomundo Records released a comprehensive soundtrack, collected for the first time in one package and in film sequence: True Stories, A Film by David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack!
David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. Byrne plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyper-realistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings. In True Stories, Byrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show.
Byrne calls the record “An immersive audio voyage into the little town of Virgil, Texas, in the mid-eighties.” He continues, “I always imagined that the music written for True Stories should be heard as it is in the film. It makes the most sense this way. Me singing the song that was written for John Goodman’s character, Louis Fine, always felt weird to me. It was written for that character, not for me.”
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
Tracks 5, 16, 23 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 5, 16, 23 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.40 -4.67 to -0.08 | -14.07 -20.93 to -9.96 | -11.19 -17.30 to -7.00 | 9 6 to 13 | |
1 | Road Song | -2.30 | -19.19 | -16.4 | 10 |
2 | Freeway Son | -0.08 | -12.52 | -10.0 | 9 |
3 | Disco Hits! | -0.08 | -12.49 | -10.1 | 8 |
4 | Cocktail Desperado | -0.08 | -12.96 | -9.9 | 9 |
5 | Wild Wild Life | -0.16 | -10.86 | -7.8 | 7 |
6 | City of Steel | -0.08 | -16.78 | -13.7 | 9 |
7 | Mall Muzak | -0.08 | -14.58 | -12.1 | 10 |
8 | Dream Operator (feat. Annie McEnroe) | -0.33 | -13.48 | -10.9 | 7 |
9 | Love Theme from True Stories | -4.67 | -20.93 | -17.3 | 11 |
10 | Brownie's Theme | -0.08 | -16.59 | -14.1 | 11 |
11 | Dinner Music | -0.08 | -19.23 | -16.1 | 13 |
12 | Puzzlin' Evidence | -0.08 | -11.43 | -8.3 | 7 |
13 | Glass Operator | -0.33 | -18.04 | -14.8 | 10 |
14 | Hey Now | -0.12 | -12.31 | -9.5 | 8 |
15 | I ♥ Metal Buildings | -0.08 | -14.02 | -11.4 | 9 |
16 | Love for Sale | -0.08 | -10.38 | -7.2 | 6 |
17 | Soy de Tejas | -0.08 | -12.56 | -9.8 | 8 |
18 | Buster's Theme | -0.08 | -19.39 | -15.9 | 13 |
19 | Festa para um rei negro | -0.08 | -11.12 | -8.3 | 7 |
20 | Radio Head (feat. Tito Larriva, Esteban ‘Steve’ Jordan & Los Vampiros) | -0.08 | -11.22 | -8.4 | 7 |
21 | Papa Legba (feat. Roebuck 'Pops' Staples) | -0.08 | -11.81 | -9.5 | 7 |
22 | People Like Us (feat. John Goodman) | -0.08 | -9.96 | -7.0 | 6 |
23 | City of Dreams | -0.08 | -11.75 | -8.9 | 7 |