featuring Aphex Twin Bow Wow Wow The Cure Gang Of Four New Order The Strokes And More!

oscar-winning Sofia Coppola Brings To The Screen An Imaginative Interpretation Of The Life Of France's Legendary Teenage Queen Marie Antoinette. When Betrothed To King Louis Xvi (jason Schwartzman), The Naïve Marie Antoinette (kirsten Dunst) Enters The Opulent French Court Which Is Steeped In Conspiracy And Scandal. Without Guidance, Adrift In A Dangerous World, The Young Girl Rebels Against The Isolated Atmosphere At Versailles And Becomes France's Most Misunderstood Monarch. Based On The Book Marie Antoinette: The Journey By Antonia Fraser.

Marie Antoinette may be a period film, but don't expect minuets: Sofia Coppola's candy-colored portrait of the doomed queen moves to a punk beat. Whatever you think of how that approach works in the movie itself, it makes for a bracing two-CD soundtrack that's like a mix tape put together by a DJ particularly attuned to the tastes of 2006, not 1786. A dominant chunk of the selection is made up of vintage postpunk tracks, from Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden" to Gang of Four's "Natural's Not in It," from New Order's "Ceremony" to the Cure's "All Cats Are Grey." The giddily fun Bow Wow Wow offers a counterpoint to all that seriousness with three songs (two of them, including the iconic "I Want Candy," remixed by My Bloody Valentine's maestro Kevin Shields). Newer contributions come from acts as diverse as retromongers the Strokes and avant-electronicists Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, while Dustin O'Halloran (half of the L.A. duo Devics) contributes three nice, Debussy-style piano solos. The most conventional choices of the lot are a pair of harpsichord pieces by Couperin and Scarlatti, as well as Vivaldi's "Concerto in G," a chestnut that's got to be in every single film set in the 18th century. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Marie Antoinette Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
2. "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
3. "Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.
4. "Ceremony" - New Order
5. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
6. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" - Bow Wow Wow
7. "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants
8. "Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
9. "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby
10. "I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.
11. "Plainsong" - The Cure

Disc 2

1. "Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs
2. "Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran
3. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air
4. "Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.
5. "Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran
6. "Les Baricades Misterieuses"* - Francois Couperin / Reitzell
7. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) - Bow Wow Wow
8. "Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin
9. "K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
10. "Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher
11. "Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie
12. "Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran
13. "All Cat's Are Grey" - The Cure