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Donnie Darko  (2001)
 
Product detail
Format: CD
UPC:  75193718022
Label: Enjoy Records
Label number: ENJOY003
Running time: 37m20s
Release date:  4/2/2002
Original score by Michael Andrews
 
Product availability
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Album Tracklist
1.  Carpathian Ridge  [1:35]
2.  The Tangent Universe  [1:50]
3.  The Artifact and Living  [2:30]
4.  Middlesex Times  [1:41]
5.  Manipulated Living  [2:08]
...see complete tracklist
Music from the movie not on this soundtrack CD
Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
Notorious - Duran Duran
Proud To Be Loud - The Dead Green Mummies
Stay - Oingo Boingo  (heard in the Director's Cut) 
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Under the Milky Way - The Church

Add more missing songs to this list, or tell us in what scenes these songs are heard or where they can be found.
 
Additional soundtrack info
"Proud to be Loud" is actually performed by Pantera from their 1988 power metal album. They use "The Dead Green Mummies" name on their four independent hair metal albums made before signing with Atlantic and releasing "Cowboys From Hell."

Trivia
The director's cut changes the order of music. As Donnie rides into town the music has changed from Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" to INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart." "Killing Moon" still plays later in the director's cut. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is also moved.

Richard Kelly's original choice for the music to be played over the final sequence was U2's "MLK." After difficulties obtaining the rights to the song, it was decided to use Gary Jules' cover of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World" instead.

Soundtrack Q & A
Q: What song from the beginning of this movie has the line: "the killing time..."???  (from ale  in london, uk )
A: That's "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen. (thanks to ShawnBlack , N. Ireland add more info
 
Q: What is the name of the song playing at the end of this movie?  (from lembo  in michigan )
A: "Mad World" by Gary Jules. (thanks to Anthony , N. Chicago, IL add more info
 
Q: What's the song that plays when Donnie and Gretchen are at the movies?  (from Lizzie  in Iowa )
A: The name of the song is called "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Steve Baker and Carmen Daye. (thanks to Gina , Phoenix, Arizona US add more info
A: Found it. Search for the album "All Time Great Film and TV Themes." The song is "For Whom the Bell Tolls," song #12. You're welcome. (thanks to Mark , DC add more info
 
Q: What song is playing at the start of the end credits in the director's cut?  (from Fred  in USA )
A: I think it's Smyphony No. 3 by Henryk Gorecki. Enjoy. (thanks to Huggo , London! woo! add more info
 
Q: What song is played during the scene where Drew Barrymore is walking through the school?  (from Jake  in Milwaukee, WI )
A: "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears. (thanks to bret , gainesville florida add more info
 
Q: What is the name of the song from the beginning of the movie (the directors cut), heard when Donnie is riding his bike home down the hill after he wakes up?  (from Brad  in Glendale Heights,illinois, United States. )
A: That's "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen. (thanks to Sarah , MA add more info
A: This song was changed for the director's cut. In the director's cut it's "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS. (thanks to Patrick , Niagara Falls NY add more info
 
Q: What is the title and artist of the piece of music begining end credits, the chorus of singers? Not "Mad World."  (from dge  in ontario canada )
A: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Steve Baker & Carmen Dave (thanks to DRT , belgium add more info
 
Q: What song is playing at the party when Gretchen enters?  (from orchrist  in norway )
A: "Under the Milky Way Tonight" by The Church. (thanks to cara , texas add more info
A: When she enters, Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is playing. When they come downstairs, "Under the Milky Way Tonight" by The Church is playing. (thanks to JoePhus , Newcastle United Kingdom add more info
 
Q: What song is playing when Cherita is dancing?  (from Logan  in Colorado )
A: This is an excerpt from Gorecki's Symphony Number 3, movement 2, around about 4:30 onwards (thanks to Thomas Smith , London, UK add more info
 
Q: I have been looking for the CLASSICAL OPERA piece heard in the end credits for quite some time. I also noticed on this website the same question was asked by someone else. Their question was answered with the reply of "Whom the Bell Tolls." That is more of a energetic/ could be low key piece, but I am positive the person is looking for the same piece that I am looking for. It sounds very deep and emotional, and it has a low to high pitched female voice. It is actually quite powerful. It starts playing right after "Mad World" during the end credits. It is not on the soundtrack. I have looked everywhere and it is impossible to find. Can someone help me out here? Thanks :)  (from Naomi  in Hawaii )
A: I believe it's Symphony No.3 by Hendryk Gorecki! (thanks to Huggo , London! woo! add more info
A: I had to search all over to figure this one out... Steve Baker & Carmen Daye: "For Whom the Bell Tolls." (thanks to Survbigc , Portland, OR add more info
 
Q: What's the song playing when Donnie and Gretchen leave during the party on their bikes?
...from Sami  in Black Hawk, USA  (answer Sami's question)
 
Q: What is the song heard in the background at the beginning of the movie when Donnie lies on his bed reading a book and his mother enters the room?  (from swoop  in Berlin, Germany )
A: It's "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday, from their 1985 album, Voices Carry. I, myself, had also been looking for that song for a long time. (thanks to novemberain27 , Kanpur,India add more info
 
Q: In the beginning of the movie when Rose enters Donnie's room in the evening (when he is reading and asks her to get out of his room), what's the song playing?  (from novemberain27  in Kanpur,India )
A: I found the answer myself! :D It's "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday, from the album Voices Carry (1985). Cheers! (thanks to novemberain27 , Kanpur,India add more info
 
Q: Is there any compilation available for purchase that has all the songs from the soundtrack (...and performed by the original artists)?  (from Alan  in Alachua, FL, USA )
A: No (thanks to DOOOOOM add more info
 
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