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David Byrne’s 1986 Film True Stories Getting Criterion Release
| Pitchfork
This release will include, for the first time, the complete soundtrack of the film. Previously some of the cast-performed songs had appeared as single B-Sides, compilation tracks, and bonuses on the True Stories album reissue, but most have remained unavailable, although there was a collection featuring incidental music from the film (itself somewhat rare and only released on vinyl and cassette; long out of print). General consensus has been that the cast recordings are superior to the versions on the 1986 album, and I tend to agree--while good songs, they weren't necessarily meant to be proper Talking Heads songs (this was always more of a Byrne project than it ever was a Heads project, and the songs don't generally work as well with him on lead vocals). No word yet on whether the complete soundtrack will get a standalone release or be exclusive to the Criterion set.
Can't say I'm thrilled by the cover art for the set, but it certainly has that off-kilter, slightly unsettling feel one might expect from a Byrne or Talking Heads release. That's John Goodman, by the way, before he was famous for Roseanne and The Big Lebowski.
| Pitchfork
This release will include, for the first time, the complete soundtrack of the film. Previously some of the cast-performed songs had appeared as single B-Sides, compilation tracks, and bonuses on the True Stories album reissue, but most have remained unavailable, although there was a collection featuring incidental music from the film (itself somewhat rare and only released on vinyl and cassette; long out of print). General consensus has been that the cast recordings are superior to the versions on the 1986 album, and I tend to agree--while good songs, they weren't necessarily meant to be proper Talking Heads songs (this was always more of a Byrne project than it ever was a Heads project, and the songs don't generally work as well with him on lead vocals). No word yet on whether the complete soundtrack will get a standalone release or be exclusive to the Criterion set.
Can't say I'm thrilled by the cover art for the set, but it certainly has that off-kilter, slightly unsettling feel one might expect from a Byrne or Talking Heads release. That's John Goodman, by the way, before he was famous for Roseanne and The Big Lebowski.
