The people behind popular BBC TV show Ashes to Ashes have announced details of its official soundtrack, released later this month.
Unsurprisingly it will feature the David Bowie track from whence the show was spawned, ‘Ashes to Ashes’, as well as a veritable smorgasbord of acts from those heady days in the early Eighties.
Yes, we get Duran Duran’s ‘Girls on Film’, Visage’s ‘Fade To Gray’, Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’, The Ruts’ ‘Staring At The Rude Boys’ and more on the 22 track tribute to the era.
Released through SonyBMG on March 17, the full track-listing is as follows:
Introduction – Dialogue: Alex Drake
David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
Visage – Fade To Grey
The Human League- Love Action
Duran Duran – Girls On Film
Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno
OMD – Souvenir
The Stranglers – No More Heroes
The Clash – I Fought The Law
Heaven 17 – (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
Interlude – Dialogue: You’re Nicked
Edmund Butt – Gene Genie (Gene Hunt’s theme from ‘Ashes To Ashes’)
The Passions – In Love With A German Film Star
Altered Images – Happy Birthday
Joe Jackson – It’s Different For Girls
Flying Lizards – Money
The Beat – Doors Of Your Heart
The Ruts – Staring At The Rude Boys
The Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men
Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together
Ultravox – Vienna
Edmund Butt - Title Music from ‘Ashes To Ashes’
Epilogue: Dialogue: Fandabydozy
(by Scott Colothan)
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The people behind popular BBC TV show Ashes to Ashes have announced details of its official soundtrack, released later this month.
