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At The Movies

John has written a few scores for films but also several directors have used his songs for their soundtracks. Also every now and then, a John song pops up in some episode of a television series. Below you find the stuff I managed to dig up.

24 Hour Party People

Director: 
Michael Winterbottom
13 Feb 2002

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From Punk To Rave

John Martyn is present with Solid Air, but not on the soundtrack CD.

"The unbelievably true story of one man, one movement, the music and madness that was Manchester."

 

Credits: 
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro
Tracks: 

Titanic Town

Director: 
Roger Michell
8 Aug 1998

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Ulster drama after novel by Mary Costello.

Belfast housewife takes up the peace cause which causes her family trouble with IRA sympathizers.

The film uses original John songs May You Never (with slightly different solo guitar work), Solid Air, Back Down The River, Go Down Easy and Over The Hill. Actress Nuala O'Neil also sings cover version of May You Never.

Credits: 
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds, Nuala O'Neill
Carriers: 
CD: Island CID 8081

Scrapple

Director: 
Christopher Hanson
1 Jan 1998

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Comedy about three leftover hippies.

Taj Mahal did the soundtrack and used John's Over The Hill.

John is in good company:
J.J. Cale, Lowell George and others.

Credits: 
Director: Christopher Hanson
Cast: Geoffrey Hanson, Ryan Massey, Buck Simmonds
Tracks: 

The Last Kill

Director: 
Riffat A. Kahn
1 Jan 1996
The Lost Song

John has a production credit for the original music. No further details available.

Credits: 
Director: Riffat A. Kahn
Jan-Michael Vincent, Joe Estevez

Il Verificatore

Director: 
Stefano Incerti
1 Sep 1995

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Lonely fat man goes off the deep end in Italian tragedy set in Naples.

John has two songs on the score:
Lonely Love and Never Let Me Go.
Peter Gordon did the other three tracks.

Film also known as The Gas Inspector/ The Meter Reader.

Credits: 
Director: Stefano Incerti
Cast: Franco Angrisano, Roberto De Francesco

Shameless

Director: 
Henry Cole
2 Jun 1995

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Sex, drugs and murder,
that's where John comes in.

Score by Barrie Guard features Sweet Little Mystery.

Film is also known as Mad Dogs & Englishmen.

 

Credits: 
Director: Henry Cole
Cast: Joss Ackland, Christopher Adamson

Vital Signs

Director: 
Marisa Silver
13 Apr 1990

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Angeline turns out to be a nurse.

Prototype third year medical students learn about medicine and life in hospital drama from the nineties.

John Martyn's Angeline sits side by side with Walk The Dinosaur (Was, Not Was).

Credits: 
Director: Marisa Silver
Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Diane Lane
Tracks: 

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