YouTube – Amazon – iTunes – Discogs
Like ‘The Killing Moon’ and ‘Head Over Heels’, ‘Under The Milky Way’ features on the soundtrack of Donnie Darko. Unlike those tracks, I hadn’t heard The Church’s single a thousand times before I saw the movie. Originally off their 1988 album Starfish, the studio version sounds a little flat compared to this revision off their 2005 album El Momento Descuidado. The acoustic treatment adds a tone that reminds me of early 1990s R.E.M.
YouTube – Amazon – iTunes – Discogs
Considerably longer than the original, Echo & The Bunnymen thankfully recorded this All Night Version of ‘The Killing Moon’. The song contains what would be an eerie and intriguing start to any track and this version explores its oriental, dreamlike undertones. ‘The Killing Moon’ became their signature tune off their self-proclaimed “greatest album ever made”, Ocean Rain. Ian McCulloch and co. were at the peak of their power and confidence. “Fate up against your will.”
YouTube – Amazon – iTunes – Discogs
‘Head over Heels’ is off Tear For Fears’s standout second long player Songs from the Big Chair from 1985. The song made for a stunning school-set beginning to Richard Kelly’s 2001 movie ‘Donnie Darko’, which was also set in the 1980s.
Samuelsounds 