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The Wicked Die Young

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The Wicked Die Young
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
LabelMilan
ProducerNicolas Winding Refn

The Wicked Die Young is a music album that was released in 2017 as a companion piece to the movie The Neon Demon directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.[1][2][3][4] Winding Refn gave a number of interviews about the album, telling Elizabeth Aubrey “The fourteen tracks on this compilation represent the various ideas I had while preparing The Neon Demon. Each song represents a specific emotion…since I wanted my film to be both a horror film and a melodrama with camp, glitter and vulgarity, as well as a comedy and of course a little science fiction, all these various tracks made me able to step into a parallel world to tell the story.”[5] In an interview with FACT in 2015, Refn explained why integrating music into moving image is so important for him. "Even when I shoot films I play music on set, in between takes", he said. "It helps you convey emotion better for actors - and brings people to a place of being that helps their performance."[6]

The album contains exclusive tracks from Drive artists Electric Youth as well as the Neon Demon composer (and long-time score of other Nicolas Winding Refn films) Martinez, plus Refn's nephew, Julian Winding, who also had an electronic number on the soundtrack. The Wicked Die Young also has a number of works from Suicide, Giorgio Moroder, Pino Donaggio, Lynsey de Paul, Dionne Warwick and Sparks, among others.[7][8]

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References

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  1. ^ The Wicked Die Young is a music album that was released in 2017 as a companion piece to the movie The Neon Demon directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/nicolas-winding-refn-presents-the-wicked-die-young-mw0003028871
  3. ^ https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/0074be47-b028-4835-bb0e-987230c3c1e5
  4. ^ "CD Album: Various Artists - Nicolas Winding Refn – The Wicked Die Young (2017)" – via www.45worlds.com.
  5. ^ https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151016-film-should-become-like-music-uncontrollable---dis-meets-nicolas-winding-refn
  6. ^ https://www.factmag.com/2015/06/29/nicolas-winding-refn-drive-interview/
  7. ^ Vehling, Aaron (April 12, 2017). "'The Wicked Die Young' So That Refn Might Truly Live". Vehlinggo. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  8. ^ https://soundtracktracklist.com/release/the-wicked-die-young-soundtrack/