Music from the Motion Picture Whale Music
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Music from The Motion Picture Whale Music is a 1994 album by Rheostatics
. It is the soundtrack to the film version
of Paul Quarrington
's novel Whale Music
, and should not be confused with the band's 1992 album Whale Music
.
The album includes "Claire", which in 1995 became the band's only Top 40 hit. That song is also included on the band's album Introducing Happiness
.
Rheostatics
Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...
. It is the soundtrack to the film version
Whale Music (film)
Whale Music is a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Richard J. Lewis. It is based on the comic novel of the same name by Paul Quarrington .-Plot:...
of Paul Quarrington
Paul Quarrington
Paul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.-Background:...
's novel Whale Music
Whale Music
Whale Music is a novel by Canadian writer Paul Quarrington. It was first published by Doubleday Canada in 1989.The novel's central character is Desmond Howl, a reclusive former rock star who has lived in virtual seclusion from the world since the death of his brother Danny in a car accident...
, and should not be confused with the band's 1992 album Whale Music
Whale Music (album)
Whale Music is a 1992 album by Canadian rock band Rheostatics. It should not be confused with the soundtrack to the film Whale Music, which was also composed by the band and released in 1994....
.
The album includes "Claire", which in 1995 became the band's only Top 40 hit. That song is also included on the band's album Introducing Happiness
Introducing Happiness
Introducing Happiness is a 1994 album by Rheostatics.The album includes "Claire", the band's only Top 40 hit. That song is also featured on the Whale Music soundtrack album....
.
Track listing
- "Song of Congregation" – 3:53
- "Find Me Mookie Saunders" – 1:32
- "Torque, Torque" – 2:10
- "Desmond's Reflections" – 1:55
- "Dez's Lament/Claire" – 4:32
- "Ocean Courtship" – 1:51
- "Song of Flight" – 3:38
- "Fried Brain" – 2:00
- "Song of Danger" – 4:10
- "Song of Courtship" – 2:32
- "Goodbye Claire" – 1:15
- "Song of Sadness" – 3:58
- "Euqrot, Euqrot" – 1:40
- "End Title" – 4:02
- "Deconstruct Me, Claire" – 4:13