Film Songs

Film Songs
Film Songs
EP by Stan Ridgway
Released	1997
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	31:29
Label	TWA
Producer	Stan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Film Songs is an EP by American singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway. It was released on January 20, 1996 by TWA Records and comprises songs Ridgway composed for various films and two live performance tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stan Ridgway

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Susie Before Sunrise"	4:04
2.	"Deep Inside We're Blue"	4:34
3.	"Bing Can't Walk ('Cause Bob Broke Both His Legs)"	5:10
4.	"End of the Line"	5:53
5.	"Floundering"	3:11
6.	"Talk Hard" (live)	3:38
7.	"I Wanna Be a Boss" (live)	4:59

Personnel

Adapted from the Film Songs liner notes.^[2]

Musicians

Joseph Berardi – drums, percussion
Stan Ridgway – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, production (1–6)
Mark Schulz – electric guitar, backing vocals
David Sutton – electric bass, acoustic bass, backing vocals
Pietra Wexstun – keyboards, backing vocals

Production and additional personnel

Mitchell Froom – production (7)
John Gillingham – recording (6, 7)
Shelley Roye – cover art, design
Doug Schwartz – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	1997	TWA	CD	TWAE022

Actual film songs

Film songs includes mostly actual film music but is not a compilation of Ridgway's complete works for films at the time.^[3]

"End of the Line" features on the soundtrack of the 1987 production Terminus and was released as a single in Europe that year, as Ridgway recalls.^[4]

References

^ Kennedy, Rudyard. "Film Songs". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Film Songs (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Melbourne, Australia: TWA Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Stan Ridgway's Film Songs". www.lopers.net. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
^ Ridgway, Stan. "Tweet about the song "End of the Line"". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

External links

Film Songs at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Kennedy, Rudyard. "Film Songs". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[linearnotes-2] Film Songs (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Melbourne, Australia: TWA Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[3] "Stan Ridgway's Film Songs". www.lopers.net. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

[4] Ridgway, Stan. "Tweet about the song "End of the Line"". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

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