Delusion
His first real film score, for Carl Colpaert's neo-noir, done nine months after Moss Side Story.
Barry Adamson, 1991
- Released
- 1991
- Label
- Mute
- Producer
- Barry Adamson and Paul Kendall
- Type
- soundtrack
Delusion is the soundtrack to Carl Colpaert's neo-noir of the same name, and the first score that Adamson wrote for an actual film. He has said that it came out of Moss Side Story: he travelled to Hollywood about nine months after that album to work on it. Adamson and Paul Kendall produced the 17 tracks, with Seamus Beaghen on keyboards and Tito Heradia on Spanish guitar.
Trouser Press found a playful side that his earlier records mostly lacked, with menacing organ, flamenco guitar and spaghetti western sass that suited the film's double dealings. The album also holds the recording debut of Miranda Sex Garden, whom Adamson discovered, on Il Solitario, and a chugging version of These Boots Are Made for Walking sung by Anita Lane.
Track listing
- Delusion1:43
- Crossin The Line2:30
- Il Solitario3:52
- Patti's Theme0:42
- A Settlin' Kinda Scam2:31
- Fish Face5:15
- Go Johnny2:28
- The Life We Leave Behind2:29
- An Amendment2:21
- La Cucaracha1:14
- Diamonds2:23
- George's Downfall1:10
- Got To Bet To Win3:12
- The Track With No Name1:48
- Patti's Theme (Two Stage Variation)2:34
- Death Valley Junction4:37
- These Boots Are Made For Walking2:51
Personnel
- Barry Adamson composer, producer
- Paul Kendall producer
- Seamus Beaghen keyboards
- Tito Heradia Spanish guitar
- Anita Lane vocals on These Boots Are Made for Walking
- Miranda Sex Garden vocals on Il Solitario
More from Barry Adamson
Moss Side Story (1989), Soul Murder (1992), The Negro Inside Me (1993), Oedipus Schmoedipus (1996)
Sources
- Barry Adamson, Trouser Press
- Barry Adamson, Wikipedia
- Interview: Barry Adamson, M magazine (2017-04-26)
- Memento Mori: The Strange World Of... Barry Adamson, The Quietus (2018-10-30)