You won’t find a more arresting opening scene in movie history: At the start of Danny Boyle’s caffeinated classic Trainspotting, we see Ewan McGregor’s character, Mark Renton, race down Princess ...

The music that features in a film can be as moving, essential or memorable as any line of dialogue or actor's performance. A great soundtrack often transcends the film it first appeared in, whether it ...

TRAINSPOTTING is one of my favourite films of all time and became a cultural phenomenon when it was released in 1996. And now ...

I fire up Netflix and rewatch an opening scene that I have long since committed to memory: The spirited beat of “Lust for Life” replaces the rhythm of feet pounding sidewalk as Renton and his friends ...

The soundtrack to the sequel to Danny Boyle's 1996 film has leaked (and subsequently been removed) onto Amazon UK. Danny Boyle‘s 1996 film “Trainspotting” follows a group of heroin addicts in an ...

One of the reasons why the movie Trainspotting was so beloved back in 1996 was its soundtrack, full of stars from the contemporary world of Britpop such as Elastica, Pulp, Underworld and Leftfield.

The rock band Oasis, Britain's hottest act in the late 1990s and early 2000s, turned down a chance to be on the soundtrack of the movie "Trainspotting" because band members thought it was about ...

The original Trainspotting soundtrack was a deep cleave into British pop and electronic music, buoyed by Iggy Pop’s galloping 1977 classic “Lust For Life.” While that song went on to soundtrack cruise ...

After seven years of director Danny Boyle teasing us with the prospect of a Trainspotting sequel, Renton, Begbie and their reprobate friends are finally coming back to the big screen. The core cast ...

No score yet, be the first to add. The success of T2’s soundtrack, and the film itself, lies in its sense of contentment; it doesn’t lobby to be seminal again. It’s as exuberant as its predecessor, ...

The director also explains why none of the sequel's marketing materials include footage of Jonny Lee Miller and Ewan McGregor’s unique duet: "It’s ridiculous and wonderful and takes no prisoners." By ...