DONNIE DARKO: Music from the Original Motion Picture Score by Michael Andrews

Donnie Darko

Music from the Original Motion Picture Score by Michael Andrews

© 2002 Everloving, Inc. (751937180227)

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The hauntingly beautiful instrumental score to the cult classic film that includes the UK Christmas #1 "Mad World" featuring Gary Jules.

tracks

1 Carpathian Ridge
2 The Tangent Universe
3 The Artifact & Living
4 Middlesex Times
5 Manipulated Living
6 Philosophy of Time Travel
7 Liquid Spear Waltz
8 Gretchen Ross
9 Burn it to the Ground
10 Slipping Away
11 Rosie Darko
12 Cellar Door
13 Ensurance Trap
14 Waltz in the 4th Dimension
15 Time Travel
16 Did you Know Him?
17 Mad World
18 Mad World (remix version)

notes

The Donnie Darko story....

Michael Andrews knew Jim Juvonen from way back. Juvonen knew that his friend was a name to watch and was an interesting musician and writer who could bring something to the movie. Michael had co-scored the Ben Stiller movie Zero Effect with The Greyboy Allstars, and worked on the music for hip TV show Freaks And Geeks. But he had never done a score entirely on his own. In early 2000, Juvonen gave Michael a copy of the script for the as-yet-unmade Donnie Darko. As had happened across Hollywood, Michael was blown away by Richard Kelly's idea. "Everyone knew Donnie Darko was going to be a cool movie," Michael recalls. "Everyone knew it was interesting." Kelly, for his part, was aware of Michael's work with The Greyboy Allstars, a soul-jazz-funk band based in California. He also knew that Michael made music under the name Elgin Park (his nom-de-guitar in the Allstars). Michael hadn't mentioned was an in-demand songwriter and producer who had worked with Brendan Benson and DJ Greyboy as well as producing both Gary Jules albums. Debutant director and debutant solo soundtrack composer decided to collaborate.

Kelly gave Michael a two-and-half-hour version of Donnie Darko and Michael began writing. He wrote the opening track, Carpathian Ridge. In the completed film, this would be a jaw-dropping first moment: a lifeless body on a high, winding road, the sun coming up, keyboards delicately breaking like over the dawn landscape, fingers of piano drifting down the mountain. Magical stuff.

Michael relocated from San Diego to LA to do the bulk of the work. He wanted to be close to Kelly. Nearly every night from October to December 2000, the filmmaker would come over to Michael's little home studio to brainstorm. Slowly, music emerged. Like the film, it was evocative and otherworldly, full of open-ended intrigue, but not airy-fairy or vague. "The film was also pretty low budget so my portion of the money was pretty thin. I couldn't hire anybody, it was just me. I played everything: piano, mellotron, mini marimba, xylophone, ukelele, organ. I also brought in two female vocalists, Sam Shelton and Tory Haberman. But no guitar 'cause Richard said no guitars or drums; he just wasn't into it. I was down with that - I've played guitar my whole life." So Middlesex Times has pizzicato strings and ethereal flute. Liquid Spear Waltz, one of the first things Michael ever wrote on piano, is a dainty, smiley number, reflecting Donnie's bemusement in the film at seeing shafts of light exiting people's bellies. Throughout, sweeps of female backing vocals embellish Donnie's gently off-kilter daydreams, while recurring mordant stabs of strings and synthesiser throbs reinforce the increasingly fatalistic terror of his nightmares. "I come from a songwriting background so those little instrumental themes are little songs. I wrote four or five little ditties in the same character. I really wanted to bring an added emotional depth to the movie. Bring a little more warmth, but still maintain a mystery."

When Donnie Darko opened in the US it died at the box office but slowly became a modern cult hit. Cinema-lovers' obsession with this grim fairy tale/art thriller extended to an enthusiasm for the soundtrack. In the absence of a Soundtrack album, a friend of Michael's, Andy Factor, released the score including "Mad World" on his upstart label, Everloving Records. Then Donnie Darko opened in Europe and received a completely different reception. Hailed as one of the best films of the year, Donnie Darko grossed more at the UK box office alone than in the whole of the US. The score, due to legal issues, remained extremely difficult to track down outside of the U.S. Now, with Donnie Darko one of the top selling DVDs of 2003, a British label has come to the rescue. They heard Mad World, loved the film, and hunted down the music.

"Films that assume cult status - they ask questions instead of answer them, and that's one thing Donnie Darko does," says Michael. "And it has an incredible look to it, a richness and colour. And Rich wrote a great script and made an incredible directorial debut. We had a unique vibe, referential but also new. For both of us it was our first film, so maybe there was a naivety that manifested itself as something original."

As for Mad World, Michael Andrews said they could have done any number of songs from Tears For Fears' album The Hurting. But in the end Mad World, from the title down, was the one. "That self-absorbed adolescent angst, all sad and morose - it was perfect for that climactic moment in the film."

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reviews

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  • author: Lexy

    I listened to this album and really liked it!! In fact, I recommended these guys to all our listeners this week on Fame Games radio! (101.6FM & 94.6FM in Europe; www.meermusic.com) Lexy

  • V. Disappointing
    author: Sam

    All of the tracks of this album are great, the mixture of melody and ambient sound is perfect. This COULD have been a fantastic ambient album. The problem is that all the tracks were way too short. As soon as you start to get into a track it ends. The quality of the material in the track makes it's briefness all the more disappointing. I would recommend buying "mad world" as a single and buying a different ambient album where tracks don't drop below 8 minutes.

  • gretchen ross
    author: alexa

    it went into my heart..

  • mad world
    author: charis dondeli

    i'm supprise that you are the one whose song was on that game commercial, and the song played was "mad world". this is a cover of Tears for Fear's original "mad world", isn't it? it's great how you made it simple with the piano and acoustic, but i have to tell you that the original is still amazing. i'm really impress with your skills. most of the songs that i make are mostly inspired by my favorite 80's artist like A-ha, Depeche Mode, Madonna, and many others.

  • Great
    author: Brandon

    What is the name of the track/piece that is playing when he's talking to the rabbit in the theatre?

  • author: Kelley

    The Donnie Darko cd that I bought is awesome! I knew it would be before I bought it though. I haven't taken it out of my cd player since I bought it.

  • Dark and beautiful!
    author: Christie

    I loved everything about this movie, and the soundtrack is captivating.

  • Incredible

    This music rocks especially when they play Mad House in the end that is the best part that was a great song to put on such a great movie.

  • WOW!!!
    author: Gran

    I'm probably the only who got this CD who didn't see the movie- don't need to. The soundtrack is all I need- sets a cool mood- awesome!!

  • Music that reaches your soul
    author: Allen Schmidt

    If more people would take the time to listen and appreciate it they just might find a peaceful middle to there world of hate and misery. It will touch your soul.

  • This Movie freaking rocked! LOVE IT!
    author: Phillip G

    That song Mad world is an awsome song! It went perfectly with the movie, and damn the ending just left me wanting to see more. This movie ruled!

  • V. Sexy
    author: GHT

    I love this album, i listen to it whilst sitting in my refrigerator.

  • Lori loves Donnie Darko and CD Baby!
    author: Lori D.

    Soulful, haunting...this is a very evocative album and just as wonderful as I expected it to be. In fact, some songs could even be extended - they just aren't long enough! Thanks for the great service once again, CD Baby.

  • Absolutely love it!!!!
    author: Laura

    Thank you love the whole CD, but especially Mad World. Can't get that song out of my head.

  • DOMINATION
    author: Mackenzie Bale

    This movie dominates. It's my favorite. And the movie is so amazing. Haunting and strange, but I totally love it.

  • author: Tank

    dude! awesome soundtrack. i effing LOVE it. amazing movie. something i had to watch a few times over to understand. LOVE

  • I love this effin movie! Ans Jake Gyllenhaal is the SEXIEST emotionally disturbe
    author: Jessica Wager

    The songs on this cd are as beautiful as they are haunting. The lyrics are all about being an outsider, and once you hear the haunting music of Mad World, the song is stuck in your head all day.

  • Please tell me
    author: Cody Sterling

    OK the soundtrack was outstanding but i have a question. At the beginning of the movie when it shows everyone inside the highschool what 80's song is playing? I cant figure it out. If you know please tell me, my email address is xxtheblodexx@hotmail.com thank you!

  • mad world the best
    author: giaxy

    stupendo cd come il film: da ascoltare "mad world"...

  • number one
    author: macci

    fantastica mad world

  • author: macci

    commovente

  • freakin' amazing !
    author: summers

    the cd is truely amazing , the movie is even better but the mad world song kicks complete ass !

  • I LOVE THIS EFFING MOVIE
    author: Talia

    this is the best movie ever i swear to god im like OBSESSED WITH IT

  • the best cd in the world
    author: adio summers

    mad world is friggen amazing and the cd iz freakin fantastic

  • amazing movie
    author: nathan

    this was an incredible movie but the sound track was amazing i loved it soooo much i wrote a song exactly like it before i saw the movie it was wierd but anyway if you havent seen the move you have to right NOW

  • awesome!!
    author: sophieee

    this is one of the best movies ive ever seen and mad world just simply cant get out of my head:):)

  • SExxie JaCkie!
    author: AndreA

    OmFG I love THIs Song ....MAD WORLD ROX MY SOX!!!!....seriouse stoner song dude....I LOVE THIS CD...ESPECIALLY THE MOVIE......HOTTTTTT!

  • beauty
    author: Paula E

    This CD was beautiful and full of inspiration

  • author: chels

    wow its amazing its makes me want to cry its so beautiful ... and i am in love with the movie !!!!

  • better than watching the movie?
    author: wendy baber

    Ok so donnie darko is my favorite and movie and i love the music because i am a very big indie music person and this music relaxes me but at the same time makes me want to dance! i give it five million stars

  • Best Movie Ever
    author: Kayla

    Donnie Darko is the best movie I have ever seen, after watching it it gives you such a sence of...complete weirdness. There is no other movie like it. The reason the movie is so good is because of the soundtrack. Its so original and creepy..and uplifting..only a genius can compose such music. I give the movie and the soundtrack 39485 out of 5 stars!

  • i think it is the perfect ending.
    author: Blu

    The cd is exellent. It was the perfect ending to Donnie Darko. The movie wasn't complete without that song. I thought it went perfectly with the movie. Mad world is exellent. The ending to Donnie darko made me cry. Because of that song!!!

  • Incredible ending song
    author: Luke

    Mad World was literally the perfect ending to the movie. Great song period.

  • Mad World is the best song
    author: Kenneth

    such a awsome cd and should be bought be every body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Girl frend likes is and ist the best.

  • MAD WORLD IS THE BEST SONG EVER!!!!
    author: Lara

    U sould definitle watch this movie and buy the sountrack! *GET IT RITE NOW*

  • Woh!
    author: Dj Cola

    Who knew you could find that "MAD WORLD" song on a soundtrack?

  • AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: ben

    Best cd ever esecially mad world awesome song

  • Sly, Intelligent, Dark
    author: Haywood Jablome

    Good stuff...Listening to this disc makes you feel like you are knowingly doing something very quietly, very morbid and very wrong. I love it.

  • Not what I expected; disappointed
    author: Simone Vardakis

    I had been looking forward to getting this CD for a long time; the wonderful feedback it got on here made me even more hyped about it. I just finished listening to the CD, the entirety of it, and I must say I am disappointed with it. I had expected more energy, more than what this CD has to offer. I liked it alright, I was just disappointed.

  • very cool
    author: cat

    the music is absoloutly awsome. suits the movie perfect and i think michael andrews is a musical genious love it two very enthusiastic thumbs up

  • OmFg
    author: LaCi BrAh

    OmFG i luv da cd its lyke all those werid dreams n feelings put 2gether which i thought was imposible itz turely amazing and i lov the movie just as much mabe more itz beautiful

  • excellent
    author: rudy maldonado

    great movie perfect timin when it came down to the music and the music almost brings a tear to your eye at certain points guess it matters how deep you got into the movie

  • Donnie Darko ROX my World
    author: Shanita

    This soundtrack is AMAZING...! The best song is MAD WORLD....if you haven't heard it yet you should definetly have a listen..:)

  • Awesome!!!!
    author: Kym

    This compilation is awesome,very well put together. I see why you were one of cd baby's top sellers. From one artist to another I wish you continued success.

  • WOW!
    author: Donnie D

    Great Track list One of the best movies released in the past 25 years. Watch the movie and think about life for the next couple of days.

  • freakin' sweet
    author: rile 729

    aside from not having head over heels on it, the cd rocks

  • author: The movie

    I saw the movie and i think its GREAT! I wanted the music after it so bad :) The site (www.donniedarko.com) is just as great and gives that little extra to the movie

  • Haunting and beautiful, a vision of regret and dreams
    author: IndigoCharm

    I don't think anyone will ever be quite able to find and capture words to describe this. No one will no how to explain what are this music's feelings. Not in less than 324 words. At least not I. It's something that you think you only can feel in strange dreams, but then here it is. It's like a mystery. I can't stop listening to it. Never never.

  • I never really listened to piano music before but now I'm a fan
    author: Dora Bustamante

    The CD was very intense and beautiful. As soon as I got the CD I played it completely through. The collection of music on this CD is amazing and I have recommended it to all my friends and any one else who enjoys artistic music. This will be in my top CD collection for all time. World peace to all, Dora Bustamante

  • Tasteful and Beautiful
    author: Jordan

    Although the music has a depressing feel to it, its calming. It takes a True music lover to enjoy this cd. The cd its self is extrodinary and beautiful. I advise everyone to buy this cd. I know most will love it as much as I do. The cd is clearly a masterpiece.

  • Amazing
    author: Joy

    The CD amazing. I am in love with the movie. It's a masterpiece. The CD is sweet too. Bravo

  • WoW
    author: andrew

    This soundtrack follows the movie perfectly. not only music wise but time wise. all songs are in order from the start of the movie to the end. Andrews you are brillint man. Gary Jules you arent that bad either.

  • awsome movie man
    author: Lyla

    the cd is great and all but i can tell you whats better man its that movie man it was so crazy i loved it man and at least he got to fuck her before that bitch died man awsome movie man i doubt anyone would not like it man im gonna go watch it man so yah

  • Its interesting, just like the movie and you can relate to the lyrics.
    author: Jordan

    Wonderful is the word that really describes the cd. Its is relitive to a point in everyones life. Jake rocks so the cd should too and it does. Anyone who doesnt like this cd is crazy. The cd couldnt of been made any better.

  • wow
    author: ed

    this movie is one of my "top five best movies ever"! nd one of the reasons is the awsome soundtrack. I love it..I just can't express my love in words! :D god bless!

  • incredible
    author: Katie

    Thanks a lot CD Baby!! This CD came to me in perfect condition -- and not only does it look perfect; it sounds perfect. The Donnie Darko Soundtrack is incredible.

  • kick ass
    author: nicole

    i love this movie and the soundtrack it kicked so much ass i wish i could have been in the movie but then it wouldnt be so perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • !!!!
    author: ^mergaite^

    it really like a great movie muzic is fte best i ewer heard

  • CD Baby is a Great Experience
    author: Charlie Clarke

    My purchase of the Donnie Darko soundtrack from CD Baby was totally painless, the price was excellent, and delivery was super fast without paying extra bucks for air shipment. CD baby gets my vote for best site to buy CDs from!

  • A great CD to go with a great movie
    author: Frank_the_bunny_13

    That is my absolute FAVORITE CD, And i only listened to the preview! I can tell it's going to be good from the movie!

  • amazed at how popular it is
    author: Kellie

    This cd is the best ever it gets me in a mood were i feel like im in a different world my own world and i cant believe so many good reviews it has.

  • Good movie, Great music
    author: just another critic

    I cant quit watching it for some reason, and I liked Mad World so much I learned to play it on a piano and even sing a bit of it, neither of which I have ever done. I love the music I cant quit listening. And also, for someother reason I dont know why, but I think Jenna is hot as she is sometimes in other movies, but shes good.

  • Good movie, Great music
    author: just another critic

    I cant quit watching it for some reason, and I liked Mad World so much I learned to play it on a piano and even sing a bit of it, neither of which I have ever done. I love the music I cant quit listening. And also, for someother reason I dont know why, but I think Jenna is hot as she is sometimes in other movies, but shes good.

  • EXCELLENT
    author: Summer

    the music is fantastic. the movie is WONDERFUL! if you haven't seen it, you'll be pleasantly surprised caue it's so confusing and great at the same time!

  • I havent heard all of the cd but i loved the movie
    author: Emilee

    I love the song MAD WORLD

  • author: chichi

    jake is very good

  • it's good stuff... this is the way you make a movie!!
    author: DARKOness

    my dad just bought the dvd last night, and we're going to watch it today. it really seems like a great movie... one i will enjoy forever. the music is awesome. sounds like it fits right in with it.

  • it's good stuff... this is the way you make a movie!!
    author: DARKOness

    my dad just bought the dvd last night, and we're going to watch it today. it really seems like a great movie... one i will enjoy forever. the music is awesome. sounds like it fits right in with it.

  • omg....
    author: heyitsme

    I haven't gotten a chance to listen to the whole cd yet, i just put mad world on repeat....i cant get enough of that song.... whoa ...

  • envokingly superb
    author: Bickle

    This CD was able to mould with the movie perfectly. Just incredible! Particularily Mad World, which envokes a wierd sensibility that holds the listner in a kind of shocked yet satisfied trance. The music connects on more than one level helping it to be accepted by a range of audiences. Words can't explain how great this music truly is...thanks.

  • Great movie, Great Soundtrack
    author: Napalm

    This is an awesomly selected group of songs for such an awesome movie. THANKS to eveyone who put it together. Thanks to the Donnie Darko film.

  • This movie is brilliant. The music is perfect.
    author: Josie Sagar

    I haven't bought the cd YET, but the music was great in the movie - not only that, but the movie is BRILLIANT. I loved it, it brought back the faith I had lost in movies. Excellent script, excellent actors, crazy story. Overall, very impressive.

  • WoW
    author: Joe

    It's simply the best Amazing I really love it I cant stop listening to it :D

  • wonderful...actually even better than that..wonderul times 1000
    author: Amanda

    the movie was the c.d. the music was awesome and you seem not to just hear the songs but they touched you.its a completly great c.d.

  • Dark and Beautiful
    author: Rheyanne

    I loved the songs...they went really well w/ the movie, especially "Mad World". If anybody knows what 80's song it was that was played when Donnie Darko enters his highschool, please email me at Rhey12078@aol.com.

  • an instant match for anyone with a candid ear and open mind
    author: Kelila K

    this cd screams originality; mellow and provoking, classicly modern. good for the best and the worst of times: somehow, the insanity behind it is very comforting. enjoy this for what it is, music for anyone, anywhere

  • author: CD Baby

    A beautifully haunting instrumental score to the film Donnie Darko, including the end title track "Mad World" sung by Gary Jules. If you (like me) fell in love with Air's score for "The Virgin Suicides" you'll likely have a similar experience with this album. The music fits the film so well that you can't help but relive the film experience when listening to the CD.

  • wicked, and insainly bitchen
    author: Leigha

    This CD is really wicked and insane, I love it and I'm going to go out and buy it this second. You should too, it's really bitchen.

  • haunting and calm at the same time
    author: Changeling

    simply stated: brilliant

  • i have Mad World on REPEAT everyday
    author: adrienne

    ummm its oddly creep i guess but i love Mad World and i always put it on repeat...the movie was where i first heard it so i know what scenes each song is playing too so its cool.

  • a class of it's own

    The score featured in this movie is incredible. The pieces composed for this movie really give it it's own macabre personality, and with the addition of 80's teen angst rock it places you in that dark place you would expect from a film with a name like "donnie darko". Sincerly changed by this movie and it's soundtrack.

  • Disturbing and Demented in such an Awesome Way.
    author: -ME

    The Movie blew me away, but the music is even more incredible,it just stands out, with the dark but beautiful piano playing and of course Mad World.

  • Real music with real meaning
    author: Stephanie

    This score captures meaningful lyrics with a haunting tunes that echoe through your mind; leaving an everlasting impression.

  • Speachless...
    author: Falling Star that Killed Us

    Let me just say that the movie touched me. And without the soundtrack, the movie would have lost it's power. No one has put a CD together that touches the soul so much. Way to go, dawg! XD

  • perfect

    perfect soundtract - it made the movie. great to listen to on dark rainy nights

  • wicked
    author: s. john mcdougall

    wicked

  • Absolute good music...
    author: Simon

    Wow... Donnie Darko soundtrack roxx... but what is it all about, the movie, i think?

  • Takes you away.
    author: Kammeron

    I've only recently heard mad world and was going nuts trying to find the song and the album it was on. When i listen to this whole cd I was blown away. Absolutly beautfiul. I could do nothing but sway with the music.

  • author: Becki

    The whole c.d is amazing, the first tract, Carpathian ridge, it is simply awesome. I have a number of favs but, the whole album is awesome and fits in with the film perfectly.

  • Best movie ever
    author: MARIN

    This CD is awesome, Mad World is one of the greatest songs ever written. The movie is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

  • Best movie ever
    author: MARIN

    This CD is awesome, Mad World is one of the greatest songs ever written. The movie is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

  • very nice
    author: donie
  • It dosen't get any closer to life than this !!!!!
    author: Hayley

    This song is the best I heard in my hole life. If everybody would listen to this song maybe people would see life a little bit different.

  • Amazing
    author: Kornfan

    This soundtrack reflects the movie greatly- hauntingly beautiful, yet eerie and warped in a strange way is porbably the best way to describe it... Gary Jules's cover of Mad World has got to be my personal favourite track, for the sheer combination of lyrics and accompniant... All over a fantastic CD, well worth the time it took to download.

  • I can listen over and over.
    author: Patti Witten

    Thank god for HBO-- I discovered the film there, it seems to be a favorite of theirs. It certainly has become MY favorite. At the film's conclusion, when "Mad World" begins, I experience that chill and awe, that FEELING. I can listen to it over and over. Highly recommended. Great job, Michael.

  • Wonderful! One of my top 5 best films ever!
    author: Nicole Medina

    The soundtrack is as wonderful as the movie. You hear the songs and automatically remember what piece you are looking at from the film.

  • A great album with a certain mystique! Just like the movie..
    author: Thomas

    I have never been moved by music like this time, having listened to the Donnie Darko soundtrack. It's very emotional, just like the movie! almost scary :)

  • not a great movie but music rules
    author: Ed

    the movie was ok, but the music is stunning

  • A superb CD!
    author: Paul

    Wonderfull music! This is one of those rare recordings you can put on almost anytime and enjoy the entire album!

  • Beyond Amazingly Awesome
    author: Liz

    This is the best soundtrack I've ever heard, and the movie is also one of my absolute favorites. This is the kind of music that you can listen to no matter what kind of mood you're in, and I love it with a passion!! buy it, you wont regret it

  • kool movie
    author: wyatt

    well i havent heard the cd but i love the movie really good movie u guys need to make another one like it

  • author: Katie

    I liked this movie, especially the soundtrack. But, I have a question: What is the name of the song, near the beginning. It sounds kind of like an 80's song and it starts out where the kids are getting off the bus, and then it focuses at one point on Drew Barrymore, and then on Donnie's sister dancing with her friends. Which song is that? If you could send me the answer to serenity_witch777@hotmail.com I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

  • Boo-Yah
    author: Minoru

    The title of this review says it all. No soundtrack in the world compares to this. The music goes to the movie like a penut butter and jelly sandwich; inseperable.

  • THIS MOVIE FUCKING AWESOME
    author: Moses moseswivastik@yahoo.com

    Dude this is the phattest movie in the world, mysterious at first but then sad. The music was perfectly chosen, it made me cry at the part where donnie dies. I think the music was a great selection. I luv all of the songs. Middlesex times is kind of weird but thats ok, in the movie it goes with it but not when listening.. lol. Well this is the best soundtrack form the best movie, hear it for urself.

  • Amazing
    author: Alan
  • kick-ass to sit back and relax to
    author: kev walshe

    just one of those timeless soundtracks from a timeless film, of which jules's mad world complements extraordinarily the extraordinary thought-provoking ending

  • fantatsic soundtrack
    author: jen

    This track is so brill! It makes u wanna sit for hours just listening to it and dreaming. It brings back every mood from the film and makes u think about life. Absolutely worth buying!

  • I could listen to this soundtrack all day.
    author: somebody

    This was an exelent sound track. It goes perfectly with the movie. If you liked the movie then you should get the soundtrack. It brings back the erie feeling of the movie.

  • This Cd reminds me of how beautiful life TRUELY is....
    author: Jayna And ALex

    THis cd kicked ass...or make 300 ass's... THe mad world song is totally the best and the movie was totally incredibly filmed and every second was eye catching and hillarious... i love this movie.. well our pre destined paths are leading to the refridgerator...peace -jayna and alex

  • incredible-best cd in the world
    author: Aaron

    this cd is awesome. if you liked the movie you will love this cd. it has all original tracks from the movie and is moving all the way through. from gretchen ross to waltz in the fourth dimension you will be jumping up and down trying to conceal your excitement. the disk is cool, the album is cool and the songs are great.

  • Beautiful!
    author: kmc29
  • nothing short of amazing...
    author: Elaine

    first of all i need to say how amazing of a movie Donnie Darko is...at the end you just kind of sit there in awe. it really changed me a lot. the soundtrack is phenominal - it's eerie and mysterious. it really sets the right mood for the film. i highly, highly recommend the movie and the soundtrack - they are both amazing.

  • Music that speaks to the soul
    author: Katie

    I bought this CD the day after I rented the movie... I can't believe I had lived this long without it! It really does bring you right back to what you were feeling and thinking watching Donnie Darko. This is truly music to think by.

  • this is the greatest movie ive seen and the sound track is great
    author: elizabeth

    this movie and soundtrack are amazing, i think its one of the best ive heard and seen ...I LOVE DONNIE DARKO!

  • Wonderful!
    author: sunflower

    This soundtrack is absolutely fantastic! One of the best CDs ever. Donnie Darko has a special atmosphere and this CD has it too. An unbelievable collection - just like the movie itself!

  • I love the sountrack...it fit the movie
    author: ReGaN

    Hey, I LOVE THE MUZIK...IT MADE THE MOVIE EVEN BETTER! and DONNIE IS HOTT! lol!! the grl makes me jealous!

  • very nice
    author: Lori

    very nice

  • Both deep and frightening, the songs are beautifully composed.
    author: Karen Jones

    After viewing the film, the Donnie Darko Soundtrack fantastically recreates the feelings you got during the film. Both deep and frightening, the songs are beautifully composed. My personal favourites are "Carpathian Ridge", "Manipulated Living", and "Mad World".

  • Very very awesome!
    author: Skye

    The soundtrack is so awesome, its got really good music, especially Mad World. Awesome movie to go with it too.

  • The most beautiful soundtrack is a long time.
    author: Alex

    If you have seen the movie Donnie Darko then this cd has the ability to bring you to tears. With the incredible rendition of Mad World by Gary Jules, and my personal favorite Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division. I think this cd is a must have for anyone who appreciates good music.

  • makes you wanna cry
    author: Janice

    Mad World is a beauty -- be glad, because of a bonus track you hear it twice--and in this case, twice is seriously nice!

  • author: Tony Lee

    Dim the lights, take the phone off the hook and stoke up the fire. Hit the play button and drift of into the twilight zone. Definatley music to feed the imagination and sharpen the senses - brilliantly somber.

  • It Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes
    author: Lauren

    I saw the movie Donnie Darko and I absolutely loved it! The music is extremely haunting and enchanting. I could not stop thinking about Gary Jules Mad World for days. This soundtrack is a great buy! If you have seen the movie then you should know how another movie or soundtrack like this wont come around again for a long time.

  • Donnie Darko soundtrack... cellar door... meaning beautiful...
    author: Serj Tankian

    The soundtrack to the mystically terrifying, yet beautifully written Donnie Darko is placed to such an exact point that it makes you want to listen to it again and agai and again and again until you reach the point of wearing out the CD... The soundtrack is one of the best I've EVER heard and the film is definitely a top contender for my top 5 of all time... The soundtrack reflects excelletnly with the changing moods of the film... from the happy go lucky sound of Duran Durans "Notorious" to Gary Jules rendition of the heartbreaking "Mad World"... I strongly recommend the soundtrack to anyone who has any taste in quality music and quality film making... Thanks for reading... Serj

  • loving it!
    author: Emma

    i really love this cd. mad world is the best song ever. if u dont have this cd u should really buy it, and if u havent seen donnie darko, rent it. this is seriously the greatest cd on earth.

  • Perfectly haunting & intellectually stimulating
    author: Tyler

    This is one of the best movies thus far! It didn't get a whole lot of coverage, but through word of mouth people are really catching on to the movie. The sound track is a perfect way to "watch" the movie by hear. I thoroughly enjoyed the music and the movie.

  • A Great Cd To Go With A Great Movie....
    author: Neon

    One Of The Best Cd's To Go Along With One Of The Best Movies. A Great Look at some of the Greatest Tracks of the 80's.

  • Fantastic.......Love it. Dark and soulfull. Worth getting.

  • <3
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  • author: Ash-Man Industries

    The movie "Donnie Darko" is the best movie that has hit the United Kingdoms screens in a long long time..wiv the best set of actors/actresses such as jake and maggie gyllenhaal...both stunning and the soundtrack of which goes with this movie is awsome aswell..however i dont quite get it that they missed out songs like "love will tear us apart - joy division" wats that about and the "duran duran" song that sparkle motion tinkle away to...plz change it as that is the only thing that is seeming to degrade this movie and its excellent soundtrack...cheers ASHMAN INDUSTRIES xxx

  • Great soundtrack
    author: Jordi

    My ten year saw the movie and fell in love with the music and i found the CD for him He now listens to it all the time Thanks

  • buy and cry!
    author: wynnie

    This is a dream of an album - the perfect soundtrack to the dreams and nightmares of Donnie Darko. The perfect marriage of sound and vision, but the soundtrack stands up beautifully on it's own. Buy and cry!

  • Don't miss out on this!
    author: Shari

    Like everyone else who saw this movie, I was enraptured by the music. Everything fits perfectly. This is an awesome cd and I loved Gary Jules.

  • one of the best movies of all time
    author: Billy

    This has to be one of the best movies of all time. The music fits it like a puzzle. You have to listen to the movie really well to get the ending. The soundtrack is the best. A movie like this will never be made like that ever again. you must buy the movie and the sound track.

  • he likes it too
    author: anonymoussss G

    it was AWESOME...i loved the CD...oh yeah and frank likes it too. he does, he truly does.

  • Donnie Darko; confusing, amazing and scary!
    author: k

    I thought the film was great there are so many different views of what people think its about so it still leaves you wondering, the songs are great and go with every scene they were put in. The giant rabbit scares the bejesus out of me and my friends so we are always on the lookout for any signs of rabbits of the giant kind. k xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • The Greatest Movie Ever
    author: Sam B.

    This Movie Is Strange And Hard To Figure Out At Times But Deffinitely My Favorite Movie...By Far--And The Music Fits Each Of The Scenes In The Movie Perfectly

  • This soundtrack is incredibly moving and beautiful, a must.
    author: Nick Paradise

    This movie leaves you in the end with more questions than answers, and the soundtrack fits the film wonderfully. I found myself listening to it over and over. This is truly a remarkable collection, it adds to the dark yet beautiful mood of the film. I LOVED IT.

  • Frank likes it too
    author: Void

    really.. he does..

  • very cool and very dark.
    author: Gary

    loved the mad world song from donnie darko, thats the main reason i bought the cd. on the whole the rest of the cd is very good, i especially like the track time travel.

  • Great!
    author: Dookie Whole

    The CD is so good

  • People With Dreams Out There(like Me) Please Buy This 10/10
    author: Leo

    People With Dreams Out There(like Me) Please Buy THis 10/10.This Is A Film & Soundtrack That Listen To Anyone With Their Own World & Views On This One. Please Buy Its There For The Soul.

  • fantastic
    author: Tommy

    There is no better meeting of music and film than Donnie Darko. It is as essential as the 5/4 synthesizer soundtrack was to Halloween.

  • Both the movie and the soundtrack are deeply,darkly beautiful. And so easy to re
    author: Laura

    Donnie Darko is an ingenious idea, with fantastical possibilities. It spreads the already thin line between fantasy and reality to a transparent line of imagery. Words cannot describe the depth of which this movie dug and churned into my very being. I give it 5 stars!

  • luv it
    author: klm31

    the music in this movie touches you and it seems like it makes you feel what donnie is feeling...i totally love the soundtrack and the movie(and especailly jake)

  • AWSOME!
    author: derek

    Donnie Darko Was The best movie ive seen in a long time, the soundtrack went along briliantly with the movie I listen to Mad World at least 10 times a day

  • A masterpiece!
    author: John Doe

    I really haven't heard the soundtrack but the movie was great and I was really fixated on the music. It brought me into some kind of trance. Wonderful.

  • Donnie for president.
    author: Frank

    Donnie Darko is literally my favourite movie of all time, and the soundtrack added ALOT to the movie, this is definately a great soundtrack, check it out and go buy the movie.

  • another perfect cd to zone out to
    author: brianeye

    donnie darko was a great movie and the soundtrack is just as good.

  • Wow!
    author: Julz

    Well, I haven't actually heard the soundtrack on CD, but I saw the movie and heard the soundtrack there... What an incredibly good movie, and the music in it brilliantly complimented the mood of each scene! Definitely see the movie, and definitely get the soundtrack!

  • The soundtrack made the whole movie.
    author: sndinokla

    AWESOME MOVIE, my favorite new movie. The soundtrack made the whole movie, It was perfect!

  • Music for Wormholes
    author: Kerry Jaggers

    If you loved the movie, this is a must-have. Two new, slightly more rhythmic mixes of Mad World add to the sparse and spooky dark textures which set the mood of the film.

  • beautiful, unusual and completely worthwhile
    author: Christy

    This sound track is evocative of the film without being dependant upon it for subtance. The music is good enough to stand alone. If this is not the sort of thing you listen to usually, download the samples and give it a try. The whole album will draw you into its story, almost like a good symphony or a Silver Mt. Zion album.

  • so beak yet there's still a shred of hope.heartbreaking
    author: cara

    absolutely incredible. no soundtrack has ever captured the essence of a movie so well before.beneath the movie is hope that everything will turn out alright, and it's best illustrated in the music.one of the most promising soundtracks i've ever heard.

  • This Cd is the best I love the music
    author: Lisa

    I think that this Cd will leave you thinking about the movie once you have seen it. It makes you feel relaxed and like you are time travling. I love the song Mad World I think its a very lovely song.

  • Best CD bar none!!!!!!!!
    author: Cannibaljellybean

    This is a wonderful CD which makes you actually feel emotions, a great compliment to the movie and stand alone.

  • Incredible
    author: Eric

    This an amazing sound track. It has a great sound that goes perfectly with the movie. It has kind of got that post syd barret, pre Darkside Pink Floyd sound. It is in incredible.

  • emotional
    author: lydia filippone

    i am awestruck the music is beautiful and haunting to my soul the last song is my life. i coudn't have expressed it better. it rips at my soul and causes me to cry. i am 44 and cannot remember anything touching me in that way. i cannot wait to get the sound track. i just saw the movie 2 weeks ago and can't stop thinking about it!!! lyd f. new hampshire

  • The bleakness of the music is darkly beautifull!!!!
    author: Ian Shannon

    Never In all my days have I had a soundtrack that dug into my soul. I can only say that the song Mad World at the end of the movie and soundtrack perfectly sum up the mood of the cd. Bravo Michael Andrews

  • Hauntingly beautiful inspirational trip to creativity
    author: Andrew H Bennett

    I found the music thought provoking and somewhat disturbing in a beautiful way, in that I loved it even though I felt that in some way the composer knows that the world is inately not quite as it should be. I am a little confused with the reference to Tomita's Snoflakes are dancing as a soundtrack (which sci fi film are they refering to? I thought it was more comparable to the soundtrack to Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos. Thanks

  • This movie rules.Mad world is awesome
    author: horton

    Mad world is one of the best songs I've ever heard and as for the movie it's the best one I've ever seen.

  • i find
    author: danny

    i find myself crying left with nothin ...i love it

  • THIS WILL LEAVE A TEAR IN YOUR EYE
    author: patrickakanemo

    i love the movie and the soundtrack...i listen to heavy metal and this is my favorite cd out of all of my cd's..i suffer from depression and the song mad world helps out alot...it makes me want to cry

  • After hearing Mad World it just makes me feel like crying but i cant help but smile

  • Charged full of wonder ... leaves you gasping for air, excelent
    author: MattK

    18 brilliant scores of pure mood. No other movie have I waited untill the end of the credits, and then wished they would keep rolling on so I could stay in the ambient chamber that the theatre had become.

  • This Was the best soundtrack ever.
    author: Frank_Donnie_Darko

    I absolutely loved this CD my fave song is Mad World. I just recently saw the movie and i think that the music went perfectly with the movie and complemented it very well.

  • It was haunting but yet beautiful
    author: Katina

    This CD the song mad world is very true to the conditions in today's society. I had a cousin who killed himself at 28 and this song seems to be saying what he was trying to say to all of us. I love this song

  • This was fantastic!
    author: Lindsey!

    This was FANTASTIC! Seriously, never heard somethin' so groovy. Thanks to big motion pictures makin' kick ass sound tracks. woo.

  • most satisfying music for this type of movie ever
    author: Riyaan

    The music in its dark sense of lyrics and mood setting is a roll over sountrack which I think is well suited to this kind of movie. what a great selection of songs performed by various legendry artists who knows what existentialism is all about.

  • Cellardoor
    author: Danny

    The music for Donnie Darko was very morbid and good. It had all the right tones for each scenes which grabs you into the movie. It puts you into an atmosphere like your going through time travel.

  • Wow.
    author: Michael

    Excellent music. I didn't expect the song at the end of the movie and it was so so sad. It had my girlfriend sobbing and I was choking back my own. A great great CD.

  • delightfully sad
    author: Lucy

    In particular "Mad World" is one of the sweetest and sadest songs I have ever heard. My heart aches and my lip starts to quiver whenever I hear it. It is a perfect song to cap off a sad and profound movie.

  • journey of melancholy
    author: Andi

    Wonderfully composed to reach the depths of ones emotions. When words are difficult to pass to express a sadness this song helps to carry it out. Listening to this soundtrack is a cathartic experience for me. Thank You.

  • Breath taking
    author: amazon_21

    I agree with the other reviewers, every song reminds you of the movie. It's very touching and like I feel like the "mad world" song sums up my life as well. I love it and just recently brought it.

  • best cd i've heard in a long time
    author: lynn

    This CD has to be one of the best CD's out there. It's totally haunting. I do love the Tears For Fears cover of Mad World by Gary Jules. highly recommend this cd...!

  • Smoothing
    author: Adriana Rivera

    I love this CD. It puts me into a trance that is haunting and beautiful. I hope to hear more of this well done music.

  • Hauntingly Beautiful
    author: J S

    Donnie Darko was a great movie, and a major aspect of it was the music. Michael Andrews did an excellent job of setting the mood. As soon as the movie was over, I went to get this CD. It is an excellent buy whether you've seen the movie or not. One of the best CDs I own.

  • Very impressive.
    author: Julia
  • Really Beautiful
    author: Goon

    I love this movie, and the soundtrack is very nice...alot of the songs make my hair raise just from the sheer beauty. Each time i hear it seems like the first time.

  • Mysterious, haunting, soul wrenching. Beautiful.
    author: angelinobianco

    A soundtrack that leads you along the same darkened paths as the film. Mysterious, haunting and soul wrenching. 'Donnie Darko' leaves you lost and aching and 'Mad World' is the tear that escapes. Beautiful!

  • The most beautiful word is cellar door
    author: Wonderguy37

    The cd creates an eery essence much like the movie one song sums up all of my entire life and thats mad world great for people who want to understand the harshness of reality

  • *Melodramatic Happy Ville< meets >Asylum Theater Group*
    author: Alice W0nderland

    The best soundtrack for suicidal people that believes lifes not worth it. The cure without the needle!

  • Breath Taking! Its like Happy Melodramatic ville meets the Asylum Theater Group
    author: Alice W0nderland

    My life in just 18 songs! Wow! This is going to be a tremendous hit for people who are suicidal this will bring them back to life because of these it did me anyways! I encourage everybody to get this cd.This is the cure without the needle!Love/Hate/Depression leaving a chill down your spine!

  • Haunting...like the film...
    author: John Von

    If Gary Jules' cover of Mad World doesn't haunt you, then the soundtrack isn't doing it's job. I guarantee you, though, each track will linger and fill you with the wonderful melancholy and thought that the movie also did!

  • excellent score to an excellent film
    author: Marc

    a simple masterpiece. Excellent in all respects. If you loved the film, buy this soundtrack!

  • author: Andy C.

    Excellent score. If you enjoyed the movie, this CD is going to stay in your CD player for a long time. It brings back all the feeling of the movie, and then some.

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