We complained in 2007 when no soundtrack CD to John Murphy and Underworld’s score to Danny Boyle’s highly under appreciated psychological sci-fi film, “Sunshine” was released. Then we noted when a bootleg started making the rounds on the web. And well, we finally got our wish. Last week the Brian Eno-esque score album quietly came out via Itunes on November 25. The soundtrack also features the I Am Kloot track, “Avenue of Hope” that was featured in the trailer and six Underworld songs.
It’s interesting to note Underworld’s involvement as initially it was downplayed (or seemed to be more of a Murphy project), but there are tracks written by the British electronic group that were clearly written expressly for the film.
Now that there’s so much love for Boyle via “Slumdog Millionaire,” maybe people will take the time to revisit and reevalute “Sunshine” (and while we’re at it, “Millions”). They’re both criminally underrated. Murphy also did the amazing score to “28 Days Later” and “28 Weeks Later,” music that’s constantly being aped nowadays for various movie trailers.