After a little encouragement from Richard, I finally got round to watching Life on Mars – almost all of it in one sitting. I thought it was great, and not least because of the fantastic soundtrack. The BBC have been good enough to list all the tracks used in each episode, along with a little note that “there are no plans to release a soundtrack CD for Life on Mars”. I imagine the red tape involved in releasing all those tracks for one compilation would be nightmarish, but a notice like that is a red rag to a bull for someone with my kind of music collection.
Half an hour (and several trips to iTunes for missing tracks) later, I have completed my “[Almost] Complete Life on Mars Soundtrack”. I say almost because I’ve deliberately left out the tracks from Episode 7 where Sam hears modern music on the radio… I think my soundtrack can do without Britney Spears and Pulp. Not that I have anything against them – it just ruins the 70s cop-rock aesthetic!
I shall enjoy a 70s cop-rock inspired journey to work tomorrow – although not driving quite like Gene does in the show…
Update (Feb 2007): With the release of the new series there’s a renewed interest in the soundtrack. Since the BBC have removed the link I used, here’s a track list of my “Almost Complete” soundtrack.
Hey, you should post that to iTunes as an iMix!
Whoa, I’d like to download Life of Mars compilation. Any chance you can offer it as a BitTorrent?
Regards, Stephan
You really should put it on i-tunes as an imix, I know for a fact, loads of people would download it, with me at the top of the list!!
Hi – can you post up what the soundtrack is? Am dying to do the same as you but the link you put up is now inactive.
thanks,
J
Sony BMG have now released the soundtrack to Life On Mars. It came out this Monday (19th Feb) Go to http://www.lifeonmarsalbum.com to find out more. If you have a Myspace then you can add the Life On Mars Album Myspace page which is http://www.myspace.com/lifeonmarsalbum
You have a different (much more recent) version of SIlver Machine than the one used in the series.
You can get the correct one from here: http://www.somanus.hu/~charger/VA – Metal Masters (2006) – Metal By FEFE2003/CD1/103-hawkwind-silver_machine_(original_single_version).mp3
Same thing with “Urban Guerilla” – the version you want is the A-Side single version (also on the “Roadhawks” album, and a bonus track on the “Doremi Fasol Latido” CD), rather than the B-Side of “Shot Down in the Night”.
TBH, apart from these being the actual versions used on the soundtrack, they’re just way, way, way better than the alternate/later versions
Well done, loved the series and love all the old, manly Rawk. Soundtrack of my tennage years, too. Thanks again!
Here you go. This is about 95% of the songs from series 1 & 2:
http://coopstuff.com/Ruth/COOP/mars1.zip
http://coopstuff.com/Ruth/COOP/mars2.zip
Big thanks to coop
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ta love
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Thanks. Well done!