About a Boy
Gough's score for the film, composed and performed by him.
Badly Drawn Boy, 2002
- Released
- April 2002
- Label
- Twisted Nerve, XL Recordings
- Type
- soundtrack
Gough was chosen to compose and perform the whole soundtrack to the film About a Boy, directed by Paul and Chris Weitz. In the United States it came out on ARTISTdirect Records. It reached number 6 on the UK albums chart and was certified platinum.
Gough plays a long list of instruments on it, from guitars and piano to xylophone, harmonica and flute, and co-produced it with Tom Rothrock and Steve McLaughlin. Jon Brion added fuzz guitar and Chamberlin, Joey Waronker and Pete Thomas played drums, and the London Metropolitan Orchestra supplied strings. In his book 31 Songs, Nick Hornby lists A Minor Incident as one of the songs that has affected his life.
Track listing
- Exit Stage Right0:21
- A Peak You Reach4:33
- Something to Talk About3:40
- Dead Duck0:46
- Above You, Below Me2:40
- I Love N.Y.E.3:20
- Silent Sigh4:44
- Wet, Wet, Wet0:42
- River-Sea-Ocean2:24
- S.P.A.T.3:24
- Rachel's Flat0:34
- Walking Out of Stride1:48
- File Me Away3:23
- A Minor Incident3:44
- Delta (Little Boy Blues)4:00
- Donna & Blitzen4:19
Personnel
- Damon Gough vocals, guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, co-producer
- Tom Rothrock drum programming, synths, co-producer
- Steve McLaughlin keyboards, co-producer
- Jon Brion fuzz guitar, Chamberlin, bass, vibes
- Joey Waronker drums
- Pete Thomas drums
- Patrick Seymour keyboards, conductor
- London Metropolitan Orchestra strings
More from Badly Drawn Boy
The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000), Have You Fed the Fish? (2002), One Plus One Is One (2004), Born in the U.K. (2006)
Sources
- About a Boy (soundtrack), Wikipedia
- Badly Drawn Boy discography, Wikipedia