Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture

Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Underworld and John Murphy
Released	25 November 2008
Recorded	2006
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	55:08
Label	Fox Music Group
Danny Boyle film soundtrack chronology
Millions (2004) Sunshine (2007) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 Danny Boyle film Sunshine. It is a joint composition by the electronic band Underworld and film score composer John Murphy.^[1] Underworld has a long history of collaboration with Boyle, having been featured on the soundtracks of Boyle's Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, and The Beach. Murphy composed the scores to Boyle's 28 Days Later and Millions.

The Sunshine soundtrack also includes "Avenue of Hope'" a song released by I Am Kloot two years before its inclusion in the film,^[2] and "Peggy Sussed" by Underworld. These tracks are featured during the film's end credits.

Release

The soundtrack release was held up for over a year with lawyers trying to resolve unspecified legal issues.^[3] However, on 10 September 2008, Underworld announced that the soundtrack was to be released in digital format shortly.^[4] On 25 November 2008 the soundtrack was finally released exclusively through the iTunes Store. On 14 February 2009 the album was re-released on iTunes in DRM-free iTunes Plus format.^[1] A remastered version of "Adagio in D Minor" was released by John Murphy in 2012. Although available for purchase via iTunes, Murphy announced that anyone signing up to his site's newsletter would receive a free Mp3 copy, along with a copy of the remastered "In the House - In a Heartbeat".^[5]

Other appearances

Various tracks from the album have been featured in other media. Avenue of Hope appears on an I Am Kloot album, as does Underworld's "To Heal", of which "Capa Meets the Sun" is a variation.

"Adagio in D Minor"

The most common tracks adapted for other media are "Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)", and "Kaneda's Death Pt. 2 (Adagio in D Minor)". Variations of the adagio's progression appear in many films, television programs, trailers, and adverts. Notably, John Murphy heavily re-used the adagio as a theme during composition of the Kick-Ass soundtrack, and wrote a series of variations for use in the film. Other examples include:

• A trailer for the movie The Big Picture, original title 'L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie'
• A trailer for the movie Blindness
• A trailer for the movie The Adjustment Bureau.
• A trailer for the movie "Like Dandelion Dust"
• A trailer for the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
• A trailer for the IMAX documentary Hubble 3D.
• The unaired pilot episode of the television series Fringe.
• The season finale of the 2009 television series V (season 1, episode 12: "Red Sky").
• Multiple episodes of the television series The Walking Dead (season 1, episode 5: "Wildfire"; season 2, episode 1: "What Lies Ahead").
• An NBC feature on speed skater Apolo Ohno that aired on 14 February 2010 during the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
• The 2009 film The Lovely Bones
• The advert used in Cineworld cinemas
• The soundtrack for the movie "Kick Ass"
• Episode 2 of BBC 2's How to Grow a Planet
• The opening segment on HBO's 24/7 Rangers vs. Flyers series that debuted in December 2011.
• "View from the ISS at Night" - A Timelapse video of the Earth compiled by Knate Myers from still photos taken from the International Space Station and archived at the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory at NASA.
• A trailer for the movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
• A trailer for the movie Star Trek Into Darkness.
• A 2012 advert for Dior perfume "J'adore".
• A 2013 advert for a Samsung Smart TV.
• BBC Documentary Asteroids - The Good the Bad and the Ugly
• A TV spot for the 2013 film Gravity
• A trailer for the movie X-Men: Days of Future Past.
• A 2013 NASCAR/ESPN advert
• A 2013 Nike Canada advert "All Ice is Home Ice"
• A 2014 advert for the U.S. cable network History
• A trailer for the film Unbroken, released on Christmas Day, 4
• Multiple episodes of Antiques Roadshow Detectives on BBC2 in 2015

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Welcome to Icarus II" (Includes Capa's monologue introducing the mission.)	John Murphy	1:59
2.	"Avenue of Hope" (Used during the closing credits.)	I Am Kloot	4:34
3.	"Capa's Last Transmission Home"	Underworld	2:11
4.	"Kaneda's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor)"	John Murphy	2:58
5.	"Mercury"	Underworld & John Murphy	2:10
6.	"Kaneda's Death Pt. 1"	John Murphy	6:06
7.	"Searle Finds the Crew of Icarus I / Floating Free / Searle's Last Blast"	Underworld & John Murphy	3:11
8.	"Freezing Outside: Harvey"	John Murphy & Underworld	2:54
9.	"Trey's Fate"	Underworld	2:42
10.	"Pinbacker Slashes Capa" (Includes Capa's confrontation with Pinbacker.)	John Murphy & Underworld	2:32
11.	"Corazon Finds the Seedling"	Underworld	1:20
12.	"Cassie Searches / Dead Corazón"	John Murphy & Underworld	2:41
13.	"Freezing Inside: Mace"	John Murphy	1:51
14.	"Capa Suits Up"	John Murphy	1:54
15.	"Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)" (Includes Cassie discussing her dreams of the sun.)	John Murphy	4:27
16.	"Capa's Jump"	John Murphy	1:20
17.	"Distortions"	Underworld	5:40
18.	"Capa Meets the Sun (To Heal)" (Includes Capa's transmission to Earth.)	Underworld	2:18
19.	"Peggy Sussed" (Used during the closing credits.)	Underworld	2:27

References

1. "Sunshine (Music from the Motion Picture)". iTunes Preview. Apple. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. "Gods & Monsters by I Am Kloot". iTunes Preview. Apple. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. David Chen (1 December 2008). "Sunshine Soundtrack Sees the Light of Day After All". Slashfilm. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
4. Tobias. "Underworld & John Murphy: Announce 'Sunshine' Soundtrack Release". tokafi. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
5. "Official John Murphy NEWSLETTER". Retrieved 7 January 2013.