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American psycho : London cast recording / music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: CRE39374 | Concord RecordsPublisher: Beverly Hill, CA : Concord Records, [2016]Copyright date: ℗2016Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Related works:
  • Based on (work): Ellis, Bret Easton. American psycho
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Opening (Morning routine) (3:32) -- Cards (3:16)-- You are what you wear (4:07) -- Oh Sri Lanka (2:18) -- True faith (1:31) -- Killing time (3:12) -- In the air tonight (2:23) -- Hardbody/Hardbody Luis (5:54) -- If we get married (2:29) -- Not a common man (3:10) -- Mistletoe alert (3:11) -- Clean (2:33) -- Killing spree (4:40) -- Nice thought (2:34) -- At the end of the island/Harbody Hamptons (3:48) -- I am back (2:53) -- A girl before (3:42) -- Don't you want me? (1:16) -- This is not an exit (5:07) -- Selling out (4:05) -- Everybody wants to rule the world (3:24) -- Killing time 2.0 (2:58).
Production credits:
  • Produced by Duncan Sheik ; music director, David Shrubsole.
Ben Aldridge (Paul Owen) ; Charlie Anson (Craig McDermott) ; Jonathan Bailey (Tim Price) ; Katie Brayben (Courtney Lawrence) ; Cassandra Compton (Jean) ; Holly Dale Spencer (Sabrina) ; Susannah Fielding (Evelyn Williams) ; Simon Gregor (Detective Kimball) ; Holly James (Christine) ; Lucie Jones (Victoria/hardbody bartender) ; Tom Kay (Sean Bateman) ; Gillian Kirkpatrick (Patrick's mother/Mrs. Wolfe) ; Eugene McCoy (David Van Patten) ; Hugh Skinner (Luis Carruthers) ; Matt Smith (Patrick Bateman) ; instrumental ensemble.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD MUSICAL American psycho Available 33111008655660
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

On stage, the musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho alternates Duncan Sheik's original songs with period hits from Tears for Fears, New Order, and, of course, Phil Collins and Huey Lewis & the News. On record, American Psycho is shorn of most of these big '80s hits -- "True Faith" and "In the Air Tonight" survive, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" shows up as a bonus track -- so concentration is drawn to Sheik's dry, witty electro-pop tunes. Often, the spare, synthesized songs are reminiscent of Ben Gibbard's Postal Service project -- this is especially true of the numbers that Sheik sings himself -- and it's possible to tune out the violent, cynical lyrics and groove on the chilly, glassy surfaces of the show tunes. Usually, zoning out isn't part of the plan here, though: the Patrick Bateman monologues and the sung dialogues with his victims are meant to unsettle, and they often succeed. And that's what's interesting about American Psycho: it taps into the malevolent undercurrents that flew underneath the sleek, steely synthesized surfaces of the Reagan era. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Musical.

Sung in English.

Book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis.

Title from container.

Compact disc.

All songs written by Duncan Sheik except: True faith, In the air tonight, Don't you want me? and Everybody wants to rule the world.

Ben Aldridge (Paul Owen) ; Charlie Anson (Craig McDermott) ; Jonathan Bailey (Tim Price) ; Katie Brayben (Courtney Lawrence) ; Cassandra Compton (Jean) ; Holly Dale Spencer (Sabrina) ; Susannah Fielding (Evelyn Williams) ; Simon Gregor (Detective Kimball) ; Holly James (Christine) ; Lucie Jones (Victoria/hardbody bartender) ; Tom Kay (Sean Bateman) ; Gillian Kirkpatrick (Patrick's mother/Mrs. Wolfe) ; Eugene McCoy (David Van Patten) ; Hugh Skinner (Luis Carruthers) ; Matt Smith (Patrick Bateman) ; instrumental ensemble.

Produced by Duncan Sheik ; music director, David Shrubsole.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sneaky Studios, Garrison, NY and Parliament Hill, London.

Lyrics inserted in container.

Opening (Morning routine) (3:32) -- Cards (3:16)-- You are what you wear (4:07) -- Oh Sri Lanka (2:18) -- True faith (1:31) -- Killing time (3:12) -- In the air tonight (2:23) -- Hardbody/Hardbody Luis (5:54) -- If we get married (2:29) -- Not a common man (3:10) -- Mistletoe alert (3:11) -- Clean (2:33) -- Killing spree (4:40) -- Nice thought (2:34) -- At the end of the island/Harbody Hamptons (3:48) -- I am back (2:53) -- A girl before (3:42) -- Don't you want me? (1:16) -- This is not an exit (5:07) -- Selling out (4:05) -- Everybody wants to rule the world (3:24) -- Killing time 2.0 (2:58).

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