I remember hearing about Broken Social Scene doing a soundtrack last year but never followed up on it. I have my hands on it now and It’s rather good. The film in question stars Ellen Page and concerns her character searching for her little brother (who thinks he’s a dog) in the dark underbelly of a city (Trailer here).
The soundtrack has some exclusive Broken Social Scene songs as well as the strange Patti Smith cover below with Liz Powell on vocals. They share the tracklisting with some impressive material from The Fembots, Duchess Says, Rose Melberg, Slim Twig and Deadly Snakes. You can pick it up here.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
Great soundtrack alright- saw the film a few weeks ago (post buried in my drafts somewhere!) Patti Smith cover is great! Excellent acting by Page although it takes a while to get use to all the multiscreens.
Multiscreens! Oh Noes!
nialler there’s another movie called snowcake with sigourney weaver and alan rickman scored by broken social scene. it’s v.good.