28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album

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28 Days Later:
The Soundtrack Album
28 Days Later Album Cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
John Murphy, Various Artists
ReleasedJune 17, 2003
Recorded2002
Genre Rock, post-rock, alternative rock, ambient, electronica, classical
Length45:03
28 Days Later soundtrack chronology
28 Days Later:
The Soundtrack Album

(2003)
28 Weeks Later
(2007)
No.TitleLength
1."The Beginning"2:56
2."Rage"1:22
3."The Church"1:16
4."Jim's Parents (Abide with Me)" (Abide with Me performed by Perri Alleyne)2:29
5."Then There Were Two"0:42
6."Tower Block"1:26
7."Taxi (Ave Maria)" (Ave Maria performed by Perri Alleyne)2:08
8."The Tunnel"1:39
9."A.M. 180" (performed by Grandaddy)3:20
10."An Ending (Ascent)" (performed by Brian Eno)4:17
11."No More Films"0:48
12."Jim's Dream"0:40
13."In Paradisum (Faure's Requiem in D Minor)"2:11
14."Frank's Death – Soldiers (Requiem in D Minor)"2:39
15."I Promised Them Women"1:24
16."The Search for Jim"2:41
17."Red Dresses"0:48
18."In the House - In a Heartbeat"4:16
19."The End"1:55
20."Season Song" (performed by Blue States)4:12
21."End Credits"1:46
22."Season Song (Rui da Silva Remix)" (performed by Blue States)7:39
23."Taxi (Ave Maria) (Jacknife Lee Remix)"6:15

Tracks 22 and 23 appear on the U.S. release only.

Reception and single releases

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"Season Song", a song performed by British band Blue States, from their 2002 album Man Mountain, was released as a single, containing a remixed version by Rui da Silva and a "Taxi" (Ave Maria) remix by Jacknife Lee.

Use in other media

"In the House – In a Heartbeat" is an instrumental metal track performed by John Murphy. As well as being used during the climax of 28 Days Later, it recurs in several scenes in the sequel, 28 Weeks Later . It has also been used in a climactic torture and fight scene in 2010's Kick-Ass and in the sequel Kick-Ass 2 . An arrangement was used in the final scene of the first episode of the anime Highschool of the Dead .

The BBC used the track in a number of their television programmes in July 2011. It was used in tense or large scale moments in Top Gear , The Apprentice and Richard Hammond's Journey To.... In 2012, it was used in commercials for both Strongbow cider [4] and Luis Vuitton. [5]

The song was covered by British Death Metal band The Rotted on their album Get Dead or Die Trying. The Italian band Eldritch used the song on the first CD of their 2008 live album Livequake as an intro. A trance remix was also produced by the Irish duo Tucandeo in 2013. [6]

Indie developer James Silva used the track for the Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile in a Guitar Hero style mini-game segment where the protagonists play guitar solos. It was used in the trailer of Beowulf. This iteration was included in one of the game's soundtracks when released for free on the developer's bandcamp site, where it was dubbed "Iffenhaus – In a Heartbeat (John Murphy Homage)". It was also used in a trailer for the post-apocalyptic videogame Metro 2033 and appeared again in the Metro Exodus trailer, which is another game in the franchise.

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