some dissapointing news about the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack.

[Elgyn]

When I was watching "Donnie Darko", I was like "whoa, I have to get this soundtrack". There were so many awesome 80`s songs that I hadn`t heard in a while and brought back memories.
Well I checked out the soundtrack on Amazon.com, and much to my dissapointment, it seems that NONE of those songs are on it - except for that "Sad World" song (that`s the song near the very end of the movie, with the guy singing "the dreams in which I`m dying are the best I`ve ever had...").
That`s right - there`s no Depeche Mode, no Echo & The Bunnymen, no Joy Division, and no The Church.
Now, usually I don`t like it when a movie soundtrack is just a bunch of rock songs, but this was one case where I thought the songs actually made MORE of an impression than the score.
Just thought I`d let you guys know about this.

[Dark_One79]

The director talks about that very issue sometime during the commentary on the DVD. I forget why the songs weren't to be included on the soundtrack, but he says why.

"Mad World" was included because it was a brand new remake of an older version. I still wouldn't mind having it just for the film's score.

Just download the songs off of Audio Galaxy or something else.

[Elgyn]

Hmmm, maybe it was too expensive to get them on the soundtrack.
I didn`t hear the commentary because the video store only had VHS copies in stock.

[bowieee]

Damn I was looking foward to getting the cd but I suspected as much. It still is a really nice score though.

[Romero&Juliet]

well Arrow mentioned The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bynnymen being in the movie, so I was really expecting a good eighties soundtrack...But I haven't seen the movie yet, so I cant really comment on it.
but alas, It's Spring Break! I'll have plenty of time to catch up on the new movies coming out.