Film Songs Explained

Film Songs
Type:	ep
Artist:	Stan Ridgway
Cover:	Stan Ridgway - Film Songs.jpg
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	31:29
Label:	TWA
Producer:	Stan Ridgway
Prev Title:	Black Diamond
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	The Way I Feel Today
Next Year:	1998

Film Songs is an EP by American singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway. It was released on January 20, 1996 by TWA Records and comprises songs Ridgway composed for various films and two live performance tracks.

Personnel

Adapted from the Film Songs liner notes.^[1]

Musicians

• Joseph Berardi – drums, percussion
• Stan Ridgway – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, production (1–6)
• Mark Schulz – electric guitar, backing vocals
• David Sutton – electric bass, acoustic bass, backing vocals
• Pietra Wexstun – keyboards, backing vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Mitchell Froom – production (7)
• John Gillingham – recording (6, 7)
• Shelley Roye – cover art, design
• Doug Schwartz – mastering

Actual film songs

Film songs includes mostly actual film music but is not a compilation of Ridgway's complete works for films at the time.^[2]

"End of the Line" features on the soundtrack of the 1987 production Terminus and was released as a single in Europe that year, as Ridgway recalls.^[3]

External links

• Film Songs at Discogs (list of releases)

Notes and References

1. Film Songs . . 1997 . booklet . TWA Records . Melbourne, Australia.
2. Web site: Stan Ridgway's Film Songs . 2023-05-09 . www.lopers.net.
3. Web site: Ridgway . Stan . Tweet about the song "End of the Line" . 2023-05-09 . Twitter . en.