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In the Shadow of the Sun is an improvised musical score by Throbbing Gristle for the 1981 Derek Jarman film of the same name. [1]
In the Shadow of the Sun is an improvised musical score for the film of the same name by Derek Jarman. Throbbing Gristle founder Genesis P-Orridge called the film "ambient video", used to "enhance or complete an environment." [2]
Simon Ford, author of the Throbbing Gristle biography Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of COUM Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle, opined that both the movie and its accompanying soundtrack "revelled in distortion, chance and formlessness." [1]
Throbbing Gristle played a new version of the soundtrack live during their April 2009 United States tour. [3]
Psychic TV performed a reinterpreted version of the soundtrack live along with a screening of the film at Cafe Oto in London during their spring 2017 European tour.
The Wire described the soundtrack as "dark and mournful". [4]
All tracks are written by Throbbing Gristle (Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis P-Orridge).
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "In the Shadow of the Sun Pt. 1" |
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| 1. | "In the Shadow of the Sun Pt. 2" |
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| UK Indie Chart [5] | 23 |
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