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The Virgin Suicides (score)

2000 film score by Air

Summary

2000 film score by Air

FieldValue
nameThe Virgin Suicides
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recorded1999
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  • Virgin

The Virgin Suicides is a score composed by French electronic music duo Air for the 1999 film of the same name by Sofia Coppola. It was released on 23 February 2000 by Virgin Records. The album was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the 2001 Brit Awards. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine placed The Virgin Suicides at number 49 on their list of the 100 essential French rock albums. In 2014, NME placed the album at number 11 on their "61 of the Greatest Film Soundtracks Ever" list. In 2019, Pitchfork placed the album at number four on their "Top 50 Best Movie Scores of All Time" list.

On 3 June 2010, Air performed the full score with the band Hot Rats (with members of Supergrass) at the Cité de la Musique in Paris.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the film The Virgin Suicides, a deluxe edition of the album was released in June 2015 as a two-disc set and a super deluxe box set. The former contains two studio outtakes on disc one and a bonus disc of previously unreleased live recordings, while the latter includes the album on 180-gram red vinyl, an exclusive picture disc featuring previously unreleased live recordings, the "Playground Love" EP on 180-gram red vinyl, the two-disc deluxe edition of The Virgin Suicides on CD, a 16-page booklet featuring an unpublished Air interview, a film poster, a replica VIP laminate pass and a download card.

Background

According to Jean-Benoît Dunckel, the album was recorded quickly. At first the music was inspired by the film and an attempt was made to synchronise the music with scenes from the film; towards the end of the process, the intention was to craft songs which could be listened to on their own.

Critical reception

The Virgin Suicides received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 16 reviews. In a 2020 review of the score, NPR's Paula Mejía praised the music for capturing the spirit of being a teenager, concluding, "Listening to the Virgin Suicides score on loop hasn't been so much an exercise in nostalgia, or even a means of escape. Reliving it is more of a prescient reminder—one I needed to hear as a teenager, and that I could use again today—that now is not forever."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Virgin Suicides.

  • Air – production, recording
  • Gordon Tracks – vocals, drums (track 1)
  • Hugo Ferran – saxophone (track 1)
  • Brian Reitzell – drums (tracks 3, 6, 7, 12, 13)
  • Pascal Garnon – drum recording
  • Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing
  • Mike Mills – drawing

Charts

Chart (2000–2001)Peak
positionAustralian Albums (ARIA)European Albums (Music & Media)
92
31
Chart (2015)Peak
position
Chart (2025)Peak
positionCroatia International Albums (HDU)
6

Certifications and sales

Release history

RegionDateLabelRef.JapanGermanyFranceUnited KingdomUnited States
23 February 2000Toshiba-EMI
25 February 2000
28 February 2000
29 February 2000Astralwerks
RegionDateFormatLabelRef(s)FranceUnited KingdomGermanyUnited StatesJapanAustraliaGermanyUnited States
15 June 2015
Digital downloadParlophone
16 June 2015
17 June 20152-CDWarner
19 June 2015
23 June 20152-CD

Notes

References

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