Until the End of the World

This was a weird film, and it deserves a weird soundtrack, and did it ever get one. There are tantalizing snippets of a wonderfully low-key, cello-drenched Graeme Revell score, but the rest of the album is comprised of an eclectic list of “various artists.” The best entries here are those by the Talking Heads, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, REM, and U2. Also represented are Depeche Mode, T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Lanois, and a rather dull cover of “Summer Kisses, Winter Tear”s by Julee Cruise of Twin Peaks fame. If only for the lovely tidbits of the score, I recommend this one.

1. Opening Titles (Graeme Revell) (1:59)
2. Sax and Violins (Talking Heads) (5:18)
3. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Julee Cruise) (2:37)
4. Move With Me (Neneh Cherry) (2:59)
5. The Adversary (Crime & the City Solution) (5:32)
6. What’s Good (Lou Reed) (5:08)
7. Last Night Sleep (Can) (3:35)
8. Fretless (R.E.M.) (4:49)
9. Days (Elvis Costello) (4:50)
10. Claire’s Theme (Graeme Revell) (0:52)
11. I’ll Love You Til the End of the World (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) (4:38)
12. It Takes Time (Patti Smith & Fred Smith) (5:00)
13. Death’s Door (Depeche Mode) (3:53)
14. Love Theme (Graeme Revell) (0:45)
15. Calling All Angels (Jane Siberry with k.d. lang) (5:11)
16. Humans From Earth (T-Bone Burnett) (3:08)
17. Sleeping in the Devil’s Bed (Daniel Lanois) (3:50)
18. Until the End of the World (U2) (4:34)
19. Finale (Graeme Revell) (0:58)

Released by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 1991
Total running time: 69:36