Alright, to keep it brief. You’ve already seen the soundtrack tracklist, you’ve heard some of the music and you know that Broken Social Scene wrote the score, plus some original songs for Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s upcoming coming-of-age dramedy, “It’s Kind Of A Funny Story” which stars Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis and on-the-rise starlet Emma Stone.
The soundtrack does feature contemporary indie bands like The Wowz, Pink Mountaintops, The Middle East, ’80s punk from The Damned, A Pixies’ cover on piano (Maxence Cyrin’s “Where Is My Mind”), soul R&B funk from Little Denise (the awesome “Check Me Out“) and Egyptian funk (Rachid Taha’s “Habina“) to name a few.
But music is an integral part of the film and there’s much much more. Indie-rockers will be happy to hear the name-check mention of Vampire Weekend, plus use of The xx, The Drums and Dead Oceans, classicists will enjoy the mentions of Dylan, the standout use of Queen/Bowie, Black Sabbath, hip-hop heads will dig the Common and Method Man trainspotting and deep cut soul enthusiast will surely love the appearances of Kenny Smith, the aforementioned Little Denise, Lil` Lavair and The Fabulous Jades (“Cold Heat“). There’s plenty of music in the film and it’s all well utilized. Anywhoo, if you’re curious. All the music is listed below. The soundtrack dropped on Tuesday (September 28 via Rhino Records) and the film hits theaters October 8.
All The Music Featured In “It’s Kind Of A Funny Story”
“Chameleon” – Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning
“No Smiling Darkness/Snake Charmers Association” – Broken Social Scene
“Weddings” – Broken Social Scene
“Ambulance For The Ambience”- Broken Social Scene
“Millionaire” – Izza Kizza
“Busy Shoppers” – Len Stevens
“Let’s Go Surfing” -The Drums
“Smash It Up” – The Damned
“Happy Today” — The WoWz
“Tourist In Your Town” – Pink Mountaintops
“Icarus” – Dead Oceans
“Intro” – The xx
“The Breaks” -Kurtis Blow
“2-4-6-8 Motorway” – The Tom Robinson Band
“Murderous Assault” -Harry Lubin
“Don’t Forget Your Torch” –Jon Durnie Brooks
“Soledad” – Pharoah Sanders
“Where You Go” – Elden Calder
“Beym Rebin’s Sude” –Robin Jeffrey and Roddy Skeaping
“Under Pressure” –Queen & David Bowie
“The Ills” –Mayer Hawthorne
“Da Rockwilder” –Method Man and Redman
“Lost In The Galaxy” –Harry Lubin
“Where Is My Mind?” — Maxence Cyrin (Pixies cover)
“It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” –Bob Dylan (only referenced in dialogue)
“Blood” – Middle East
“It’s Alright” – Black Sabbath
“Cold Heat” – Lil’ Lavair and The Fabulous Jades
“We Have Each Other”- Kenny Smith
“Check Me Out”- Little Denise
“Habina” – Rachid Taha
“Be (Intro)” – Common
“Major Label Debut (Fast)” – Broken Social Scene
“Not At My Best” – Broken Social Scene