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True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
Hans Zimmer
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1993
GenreRock
Length46:58
LabelMorgan Creek
ProducerHans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer film soundtracks chronology
Calendar Girl
(1993) 		True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1993) 		Cool Runnings
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack by Hans Zimmer for Tony Scott's film of the same name. It was released on September 7, 1993 through Morgan Creek Productions.

Development

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The score for Tony Scott's True Romance (1993) was composed by Hans Zimmer, which is a theme based on Gassenhauer from Carl Orff's Schulwerk.[2][3][4][5][6] This theme, combined with a voiceover spoken by Arquette, is an homage to Terrence Malick's 1973 crime film Badlands, in which Sissy Spacek speaks the voiceover, and that also shares similar dramatic motifs.[7][8]

Track listing

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No.TitleContributing artistLength
1."You're So Cool"Hans Zimmer3:40
2."Graceland"Charlie Sexton3:26
3."In Dreams"John Waite3:45
4."Wounded Bird"Charles & Eddie5:11
5."I Want Your Body"Nymphomania4:18
6."Stars at Dawn"Hans Zimmer2:04
7."I Need a Heart to Come Home To"Shelby Lynne4:21
8."Viens Mallika Sous Le Dome Edais from Lakmé"Léo Delibes3:57
9."(Love Is) The Tender Trap"Robert Palmer2:37
10."Outshined"Soundgarden5:12
11."Amid the Chaos of the Day"Hans Zimmer4:54
12."Two Hearts"Chris Isaak3:33

Legacy

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"Robbers", a song by the English indie rock band The 1975 from their 2013 debut album, was inspired by the film. Vocalist Matthew Healy explained: "I got really obsessed with the idea behind Patricia Arquette's character in True Romance when I was about eighteen. That craving for the bad boy in that film [is] so sexualized."[9] True Romance, the 2013 debut album from English pop star Charli XCX, was named after the film.[10] In the trance song "Solarcoaster" by Solarstone, a sample is used from the film. The sample includes the line spoken by Alabama, "That three words went through my mind endlessly. Repeating themselves like a broken record. You're so cool. You're so cool. You're so cool."[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Hans Zimmer: True Romance". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. ^ Campbell, Christopher (April 19, 2019). "The Legacy of Terrence Malick's 'Badlands'". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  3. ^ Sherman, Dale (2015). Quentin Tarantino FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Original Reservoir Dog. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4950-2596-9. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  4. ^ Comment with the video Hans Zimmer - "You're So Cool" (from True Romance) on YouTube. Video duration 2m 28s. Uploader Marshall Flores 2015.
  5. ^ Carl Orff - Gassenhauer on YouTube. Video duration 2m 36s. Uploader Quaid Damage 2008.
  6. ^ Original work for lute by the lutenist Hans Neusidler from 1536. Hans Neusidler (1536) "Ein guter Gassenhauer" Rómulo Vega-González on YouTube. Video duration 1m 48s. Uploader RomuloVG Garcimunoz, 2010.
  7. ^ Guy, Marina (December 17, 2015). "Intertextuality and thematic development. From Badlands to True Romance". Curating the Contemporary. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  8. ^ MacDonald, Laurence E. (2013). The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History. Scarecrow Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-8108-8398-7. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  9. ^ Murray, Robin (April 28, 2014). "The 1975 – Robbers (Explicit)". Clash. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  10. ^ Larson, Jeremy (February 27, 2013). "Charli XCX announces debut album, True Romance". Consequence. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  11. ^ "Solar Stone - Solarcoaster". Discogs. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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