Trainspotting (soundtrack)
| Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | February 1996 | |||
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| Length | 75:27 | |||
| Label | EMI Premier (UK) Capitol (US) | |||
| Danny Boyle film soundtrack chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| The Guardian | |
| Q | |
| Smash Hits | |
There have been two soundtrack albums released based on Trainspotting, the 1996 film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name.
The first album was released in February 1996 in the UK and 9 July 1996 in the US. The large fanbase for both the film and the original soundtrack prompted the release of a second soundtrack on 21 October 1997. This second album included songs from the film that did not make the cut for the first album, as well as songs that did not appear in the final film but were involved at earlier stages or were used as inspiration by the filmmakers, and one duplicate song. The popularity of the first volume led EMI to reissue it and continue to press it since 16 June 2003.
In 2007, the editors of Vanity Fair magazine ranked the original Trainspotting soundtrack as the 7th best motion picture soundtrack in history. It was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Movie Soundtracks.