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Last Night in Soho (soundtrack)

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Last Night in Soho is the compilation soundtrack and film score album to the 2021 psychological horror film of the same name, directed by Edgar Wright. Both the albums were released under the titles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Original Motion Picture Score on 1 November 2021 under the Back Lot Music record label.[1] The former, consists of a compilation of songs inspired from the music in the 1960s, consisting a wide range of genres,[2] while the latter, consisted of tracks from the original score composed by Steven Price.[3] This film marked Price's third collaboration with Wright after The World's End (2012) and Baby Driver (2017). The soundtrack and score, was later released on double vinyl, published by Mondo on 17 and 31 December 2021.[4]

Wright collected samples from several records and cassettes from the 1960s, and had presented a few of the popular tracks to fit in the screenplay, that were later compiled into the album. Those tracks influenced several sequences in the film.[5][6] The score and soundtrack received positive critical reception, and has received several awards and nominations.[7]

Overview

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The music in Last Night in Soho is stuff that I feel very passionately about, and it’s always a thrill to work with a song that you really love and in some cases do something interesting with it. I would be constantly cherry-picking these British mid-‘60s tracks I wanted to use that were all of a similar sort of tone and feel. I make a playlist for the film, as a way of reminding myself [...] At a certain point, the long version of the playlist was 300 songs long, and then I got it down to 50 or something like that.

Edgar Wright[8]

Wright stated in his interview to the Variety saying "it was a real gift, soundtracking it with that period, because I wanted to focus on a certain period of ‘60s music, the mid-‘60s — like ’64-5-6 — and not have so much the psychedelic later ‘60s stuff, because I felt like that had been so well covered. I thought there was something about that moment just before the Summer of Love."[8] He expressed his fascination to 1960s music, from events happened in his life. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Wright said "When my older brother was born, at some point my parents stopped buying records. So I was left with one decade to think about, and I would listen to [the records] obsessively," he recalls. "And then their stories about the '60s were incredibly vague, so that made me want to know more and more."[9]

Some of the songs inspired sequences in the film. When Wright heard a cover version of "Wade In The Water" by the Graham Bond Organisation, he "would just start imagining that first dream". Cilla Black's "You're My World" with its dramatic strings conjured up "the sort of the tone and the mood". Most of the songs selected were from the 1960s. Wright also chose "Happy House" by Siouxsie and the Banshees from the 1980s, because "the production on that song is incredible" and it fits a "scene in the movie where they are at a student union Halloween dance".[10] Discussing about the choice of contemporary music, he stated: "I like songs that become famous in a different realm. Like we use "Got My Mind Set on You" the original by James Ray, which most people know as the George Harrison cover. And a lot of people know "Happy House" because the Weeknd sampled it."[10]

A cover of the Petula Clark 1964 international hit "Downtown" was performed by lead actress Taylor-Joy. Her version was released on 22 October 2021.[11] Joy said "It's not every day you're asked to record several versions of an iconic song. The sounds of the '60s was what first made me fall in love with music so I was overjoyed when Edgar asked me to give it a go".[12]

"This is the first that we discussed it and it was great. We just kind of, you know, chose a tempo. … We changed the arrangement of the strings and we recorded this spooky version with all the backing vocals live in the room. Everyone playing together, really sort of a slowed down spooky version of "Downtown" which I then took away to my studio and added some of the sounds that are associated with the score. So there’s mellotrons and a little bit of bass stuff and various keyboards and guitars that I played here. And then we got Anya to do another vocal on it, over in LA., and of course she was brilliant."

— Steven Price, in an interview to The Hollywood Reporter[13]

Reception

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A critical reception from Vulture called the film "as a love letter to 60's music" and added it as "Wright’s soundtrack movie, even more so than Baby Driver".[14] Collider reviewed: "What audiences can infer from these songs exactly is unclear, but if Wright’s taste in music says anything, Last Night in Soho is sure to be dripping with sixties glamor — that is, before Eloise finds herself back in time and things go wildly wrong."[15] The Times of India, stated it as "a killer soundtrack that keeps you invested".[16] Den Of Geek reviews stated "Last Night in Soho may well be a modern ghost story classic, but the soundtrack will always be a haunting reminder".[17] Zanobard Reviews wrote about the film's score, saying "Steven Price’s densely atmospheric score for Last Night In Soho is incredibly well made, and while at times it can be a little difficult to listen to (see the rather harsh nature of some of the full-on horror setpieces), the jazzy orchestral style and sheer ambience that grounds the album firmly in 1960s London are frankly a joy to experience, and make the score overall more than worth the price of admission. The orchestral style overall is also truly something to behold as it sounds simply gorgeous throughout, and the way it mixes and changes places with the electronics at various intervals through the score is of particular highlight."[18] InDaily-based Penelope Debelle wrote 'Music is once again the key in Baby Driver director Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho. This music-drenched, neon thriller takes us back to Swinging London in the ’60s, reminding us of the uncomplicated pleasures of pop songs".[19]

Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
various artists
Released1 November 2021
Genre
Length60:00
Label
ProducerEdgar Wright

Track listing

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† original score track

Charts

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Chart performance for Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Chart (2021) Peak

position

UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[20] 45
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[21] 5
US Billboard 200[22][failed verification] 87
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[23][failed verification] 14

Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Score)

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Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Score)
Soundtrack album by
Released1 November 2021
StudioAbbey Road Studios
Genre
Length64:00
Label
ProducerSteven Price

Track listing

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No.TitleArtistLength
1."Downtown (Downtempo)"Anya Taylor-Joy5:34
2."Neon"Steven Price5:08
3."The Beginning"Steven Price0:59
4."When I Feel More At Home"Steven Price1:11
5."I'm With You To The End"Steven Price1:41
6."You Look Familiar To Me"Steven Price1:26
7."You Know You're Not Asleep"Steven Price2:19
8."Handsy"Steven Price4:30
9."You Know Where To Find Me"Steven Price2:40
10."No Male Visitors"Steven Price3:48
11."Just Come In Dearie"Steven Price1:13
12."(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"Sandie Shaw & Steven Price2:57
13."A Vision From the Past"Steven Price4:01
14."Feel Free To Run a Mile"Steven Price1:36
15."Leave Me Alone"Steven Price4:47
16."You Tell Her I Said Hello"Steven Price3:04
17."Hopes and Dreams"Steven Price5:29
18."Little Liar"Steven Price1:22
19."You're My World (Soho Version)"Anya Taylor-Joy & Steven Price2:18
20."Help"Steven Price2:33
21."You Have To Let Me Go"Steven Price3:45
22."Downtown (Soho Version)"Anya Taylor-Joy1:20

Charts

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Chart performance for Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Score)
Chart (2021) Peak

position

UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[24] 42

Accolades

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Accolades received by House of Gucci
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Detroit Film Critics Society 6 December 2021 Best Use of Music/Sound Last Night in Soho Won [25]
Hollywood Critics Association 28 February 2022 Best Score Steven Price Nominated [26]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 17 November 2021 Best Original Score — Horror Film Nominated [27]
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Best Original Song – Onscreen Performance Anya Taylor-Joy – "Downtown" from Last Night in Soho; Written by Tony Hatch Nominated
Soundtrack Album Last Night in Soho Won
St. Louis Film Critics Association 18 December 2021 Best Score Steven Price Nominated [29]
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Best Soundtrack Last Night in Soho Nominated

References

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