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"I've only got three compact discs: New Order, Joy Division and, rather surprisingly, the soundtrack for 'Amadeus', but there you are."
(John Peel, 24 December 1986)

Peel played a wide range of movie music on his shows, from concert films and others involving regularly featured artists to songs used on soundtracks of big-budget Hollywood productions and vintage favourites from his youth, as well as more obscure selections. He also gave airtime to tracks from Five Seconds To Spare, the film in which he made his only acting appearance.

In 1975, “On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine” by Laurel And Hardy became a surprise Christmas hit after a single of the song from the 1937 comedy “Way Out West” was played repeatedly by Peel. In 1998, the programme of the Meltdown arts festival curated by Peel featured Dutch revivalist ensemble Beau Hunks playing Laurel And Hardy film music.

At the end of the century, his Peelenium choices included music used in "The Third Man" (1950), "No Sun In Venice" (1957) and "The Beach" (2000).

In a 2003 interview, the DJ named O Brother, Where Art Thou? as his favourite movie soundtrack.[1]

Plays[]

(If various artists (v/a) compilation not indicated in release details, see list of plays for credited soundtrack artist.)

A[]

A Hard Day's Night

(LP - A Hard Day's Night) Parlophone

A Life Less Ordinary

(v/a CD - A Life Less Ordinary: Original Soundtrack) A&M

American Hot Wax

(v/a 2xLP - The Original Soundtrack Album From The Paramount Motion Picture "American Hot Wax") A&M

Atomic Cafe

(v/a LP - Atomic Cafe: A Soundtrack Album) Rounder

B[]

Backbeat

(CD - Backbeat: Songs From The Original Motion Picture) EMI

Barabbas

(LP - Barabbas - Original Movie Soundtrack) Pye International

Batman & Robin

(v/a CD - Batman & Robin: Music From And Inspired By The "Batman & Robin" Motion Picture) Warner Bros

The Beach

(v/a CD - The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack) London

Beach Party

(LP – Annette's Beach Party) Buena Vista

Bikini Beach

(LP – Annette At Bikini Beach) Buena Vista

Billion Dollar Brain

(LP - Billion Dollar Brain - Original Soundtrack Recording) United Artists

Blue Collar

(v/a LP - Blue Collar (Music From The Original Motion Picture Score) MCA

Blues Brothers

(LP - Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)) Atlantic

Born On The Fourth Of July

(v/a LP - Born On The Fourth Of July - Motion Picture Soundtrack Album) MCA

Butcher Boy

(v/a CD - Butcher Boy: Motion Picture Soundtrack) Edel America

C[]

Chappaqua

(album - Chappaqua (The Original Sound Track Recording))

Christine

(v/a LP - Christine original soundtrack) Motown

Cold Mountain

(v/a LP - Cold Mountain (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)) DMZ/Columbia/Sony

Colors

(v/a LP - Colors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Warner Bros.

Concert For Bangladesh

(v/a 3xLP – Concert For Bangladesh) Apple

D[]

Dance Craze

(v/a LP - Dance Craze) Two-Tone

Desperate Teenage Lovedolls

(v/a LP - Desperate Teenage Lovedolls) Gasatanka

Dutch Harbor - Where The Sea Breaks Its Back

(CD - Dutch Harbor: Where The Sea Breaks Its Back) Atavistic

E[]

Eban & Charley

(LP - Eban & Charley - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sketchbook

F[]

Fight Club

(2xLP, CD - Fight Club - Original Motion Picture Score) Restless

Five Seconds To Spare

(no known official release)

The Flying Deuces

(v/a CD - Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure) Trikont

G[]

Get Yourself A College Girl

(v/a album - Get Yourself A College Girl) MGM

Good To Go

(v/a album - Good To Go - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Island

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle

(2xLP - The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle) Virgin

Gold Diggers Of 1935

(release details not known but likely to be LP - Golden Age Of The Hollywood Musical United Artists)

The Graduate

(LP - The Graduate (Original Sound Track Recording))

The Guru

(LP - The Guru)

H[]

Help

(LP - Help) Parlophone

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

(LP - Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) United Artists

I[]

Insignificance

(v/a LP - Shape Of The Universe: A Souvenir Of Insignificance) ZTT

J[]

Jimi Hendrix

(LP - Sound Track Recordings From The Film "Jimi Hendrix") Reprise

Jit

(v/a LP - Jit - The Movie) Earthworks

Jubilee

(v/a LP - Jubilee) Polydor

Judgment Night

(v/a CD – Judgment Night (Music From The Motion Picture)) Epic

Juice

(v/a CD - Music From The Original Soundtrack Of Juice ) MCA

K[]

Kids

(v/a LP - Kids (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) London

Kids In The Hall - Brain Candy

(v/a LP – Brain Candy: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Matador

King Kong vs. Godzilla

(unknown release)[1]

King Of Bluegrass

(CD - Don't Cry To Me) Thrill Jockey

L[]

La Vallée (Obscured By Clouds)

(LP – Obscured By Clouds) Harvest

La Via Della Droga (The Heroin Busters)

(v/a LP/CD - Beretta 70) Crippled Dick Hot Wax

L.A. Confidential

(v/a CD - L.A. Confidential: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Restless

  • 27 March 2003: Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker: Makin' Whoopee
The Last Emperor

(v/a LP - The Last Emperor (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))Virgin

The Last Waltz

(3xLP - The Last Waltz) Warner Bros

Lean On Me

(v/a LP - Lean On Me - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Warner Bros.

Less Than Zero

(v/a LP - Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Def Jam

Let's Do It Again

(7" - A Whole Lot Of Love / New Orleans) Custom

Let's Get Lost

(LP - Chet Baker Sings And Plays From The Film "Let's Get Lost") Novus

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

(v/a CD - Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)) Island

Loving You

(LP - Loving You) RCA

M[]

Macbeth

(LP – Music From Macbeth) Harvest

Made In USA

(LP - Made In USA) Rhino

Magical Mystery Tour

(2x7" - Magical Mystery Tour) Parlophone

Malcolm X

(v/a CD - Malcolm X (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Qwest

Mon Nom Est Personne (My Name Is Nobody)

(LP - Mon Nom Est Personne (Bande Originale Du Film)) Deram

More

(LP - Soundtrack From The Film "More) Columbia

Muscle Beach Party

(LP - Muscle Beach Party) Buena Vista

Mystery Train

(v/a album - Mystery Train) Milan

N[]

No Sun In Venice

(EP - The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows (Original Film Score For “No Sun In Venice")) London

Nowhere

(v/a CD - Music From The Gregg Araki Movie: Nowhere) Mercury

O[]

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

(LP - O Brother, Where Art Thou (Soundtrack)) Mercury

Orgy Of The Dead

(CD - Orgy Of The Dead O.S.T.) Strange

P[]

Pajama Party

(LP – Pajama Party) Buena Vista

Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid

(LP - Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid) CBS

Performance

(v/a LP – Performance) Warner Bros

Platoon

(v/a LP - Platoon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Atlantic

Pulp Fiction

(v/a CD - Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)) MCA

Q[]

Quadrophenia

(v/a 2xLP - Quadrophenia (Music From The Soundtrack Of The Who Film)) Polydor

R[]

Renaldo And Clara

(12” EP – 4 Songs From "Renaldo And Clara) CBS promo

Repo Man

(v/a LP - Repo Man (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) San Andreas

The Return Of The Living Dead

(v/a LP - The Return Of The Living Dead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Big Beat

Revolution

(v/a LP - Revolution - Original Motion Picture Score) United Artists

Your Old Lady
Riot On Sunset Trip

(v/a LP - Riot On Sunset Trip) Tower

Rock Around The Clock

(Unknown release. No soundtrack album was ever released for the film.)

Rocky IV

(7") Scotti Bros.

Rude Boy

(cassette - Rude Boy) Atlantic Publishing promo[2]

  • 07 April 1980: Clash: English Civil War / I Fought The Law (both live at the Lyceum) / (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais / I'm So Bored With The USA / Janie Jones / White Riot (all live at the Glasgow Apollo)
  • 05 May 1980: Clash: English Civil War / I Fought The Law / White Man In Hammersmith Palais / I'm So Bored With The USA / Janie Jones / White Riot / Safe European Homes / unknown / No Reason / Complete Control

S[]

Salt, Saliva, Sperm And Sweat

(LP - Salt, Saliva, Sperm And Sweat) Present

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

(v/a LP - 7 Brides For 7 Brothers) Sony

Signor Rossi

(LP - Signor Rossi (Original Soundtrack Recordings)) Crippled Dick Hot Wax!

Sing Along With Me

(unknown release)

Singles

(v/a CD - Singles-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Epic Soundtrax

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

(7" - Disneyland Doubles) Disneyland Rec.

Some Like It Hot

(unknown release)

Sorcerer

(LP - Sorcerer (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) MCA

Sound Of Music

(LP - The Sound Of Music) Woman Privilege

Straight To Hell

(v/a LP - Straight To Hell) Hell

Stranger Than Paradise

(shared 12” - Stranger Than Paradise (From The Original Soundtrack Of The Film)) Crammed

T[]

That Summer!

(v/a LP - That Summer!) Arista

The Third Man

(unknown release)

Tommy

(2xLP - Tommy (Original Soundtrack Recording)) Polydor

Trainspotting

(v/a CD - Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture)) EMI

U[]

UKDK

(v/a LP - UK/DK (The Original Soundtrack)) Anagram

Up The Junction

(LP - Up The Junction) Fontana

V[]

Viva Las Vegas

(EP - Viva Las Vegas) RCA Victor

Vortex

(LP - Vortex - The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Neutral N-SIX

W[]

Way Out West

(7" - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine) United Artists

Wonderwall

(LP - Wonderwall Music) Apple

Woodstock

(3xLP - Woodstock. Music from the Original Soundtrack and More) Atlantic

X[]

Y[]

Yankee Doodle Dandy

(LP - Yankee Doodle Dandy / The Original Soundtrack Recording) Curtain Calls

Year Of The Horse

(CD - Year Of The Horse) Reprise

You Are What You Eat

(v/a LP - You Are What You Eat (Original Soundtrack Recording)) CBS

The Young Ones

(LP - Soundtrack To The Young Ones) Columbia

You're A Big Boy Now

(LP - You're A Big Boy Now - The Original Sound Track) Kama Sutra

Z[]

Zabriskie Point

(v/a LP - Zabriskie Point (Music From the Motion Picture Sound Track)) MGM

0-9[]

2001 A Space Odyssey

(v/a LP - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Music From The Motion Picture Sound Track)) MGM

(7" - 2001: A Space Odyssey) Columbia

  • 30 July 1969: Philharmonia Orchestra: Thus Spake Zarathustra
The 6.5 Special

(LP - The 6.5 Special) Parlophone

Record Collection[]

Items in Peel's Record Collection that fall into the category of soundtracks. Please make any necessary additions as further information comes to light.

ShelfPos | Index | Artist | Album | Spotify |iTunes | Discogs

D[]

O[]

  • O033 11715 Hazel O'Connor Breaking Glass [3]
  • O080 2926 Soundtrack Oklahoma! [4]

Q[]

T[]

V[]

(see Record Collection: V&A LPs)

  • v/a: Woodstock Soundtrack (1970, 3xLP) [7]
  • v/a: Zabriskie Point Soundtrack (1970) [8]
  • v/a: Easy Rider (Music From The Soundtrack) (1969) [9]

Z[]

  • Z018 8606 Gheorge Zamfir Picnic At Hanging Rock

References[]

  1. ↑ Fear of Godzilla came from the 1962 movie King Kong vs Godzilla. The film never released a soundtrack album at its release, but tracks from the movie later appeared on compilation albums, with different titles.
  2. ↑ No soundtrack album was ever released for the film.
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