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Nico­las Wind­ing Refn is releas­ing an album of songs that inspired The Neon Demon

11 Jan 2017

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Two people, a man and a woman, in a darkened room lit by a red light.
‘The Wicked Die Young’ fea­tures tracks from Cliff Mar­tinez and Sparks.

Con­tin­u­ing his ​‘Refn Presents’ series with the good folk over at Milan Records, Dri­ve and Only God For­gives writer/​director Nico­las Wind­ing Refn is releas­ing a sound­track of songs that inspired his most recent fea­ture, The Neon Demon. Think of it like a com­pan­ion piece to the film’s actu­al OST.

The deli­cious­ly titled com­pi­la­tion LP, ​‘The Wicked Die Young’, fea­tures orig­i­nal tracks from long­time Refn col­lab­o­ra­tor Cliff Mar­tinez as well as clas­sic themes from the likes of Dionne War­wick and Clau­dio Gizzi. The album is released on 14 April and you can pre-order your copy here. Check out the full track list and cov­er art below and then revis­it our sen­sa­tion­al inter­view with Refn from last year.

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Side A
01. Elec­tric Youth – ​‘Good Blood’
02. Lynsey de Paul – ​‘Won’t Some­body Dance with Me’
03. Sui­cide – ​‘Cheree (1998 Remas­tered Ver­sion)’
04. 999 – ​‘Homi­cide’
05. John­ny Thun­ders & The Heart­break­ers – ​‘Pirate Love’
06. Dionne War­wick – ‘(Theme From) Val­ley of the Dolls’
07. Tom­my See­bach – ​‘Bub­ble Sex’
08. Aman­da Lear – ​‘Fol­low Me’

Side B
01. Gior­gio Moroder – ​‘Knights in White Satin’
02. Sparks – ​‘The No. 1 Song in Heav­en’
03. Cliff Mar­tinez – ​‘Becom­ing’
04. Pino Don­ag­gio – ​‘Dressed to Kill (Pul­sion) (1980): The Show­er (Theme from Dressed to Kill)’
05. Clau­dio Gizzi – ​‘End of a Myth’
06. Julian Wind­ing – ​‘When You Want to Hurt Someone’

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