Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle

Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director...

 film Sunshine

Sunshine (2007 film)

Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a spacecraft on a dangerous mission to the Sun. In 2057, with the Earth in peril from the dying Sun, the crew is sent to reignite the Sun with a massive stellar bomb with the mass...

and is a joint composition by the electronic band Underworld

Underworld (band)

Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :...

 and film score composer John Murphy

John Murphy (composer)

John Murphy is an English film composer. He is a self taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with The Lotus Eaters, Thomas Lang and Claudia Brücken....

. Underworld has a long history of collaboration with Boyle, having been featured on the soundtracks to Boyle's Trainspotting

Trainspotting (film)

Trainspotting is a 1996 British satirical/drama film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The movie follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life...

, A Life Less Ordinary

A Life Less Ordinary

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, and The Beach

The Beach (film)

The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and features Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle, Virginie Ledoyen and Guillaume Canet...

. Murphy composed the scores to Boyle's 28 Days Later

28 Days Later

28 Days Later is an acclaimed 2002 British horror film directed by Danny Boyle. The screenplay was written by Alex Garland, and the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, and Christopher Eccleston...

and Millions

Millions

Millions is a 2004 British comedy-drama film, directed by Academy Award–winning director Danny Boyle, and starring Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, and James Nesbitt. The screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce adapted his novel while the film was in the process of being made...

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The soundtrack includes "Avenue of Hope" by I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell , Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves .-History:...

 and "Peggy Sussed" by Underworld. These tracks are featured during the movie's end credits. "Capa Meets the Sun" is a slightly edited version of "To Heal", from Underworld's album Oblivion with Bells

Oblivion with Bells

Oblivion with Bells is the seventh studio album from Underworld, released on in Japan, in the EU and in the USA. Due to the success of lead single "Crocodile" and the use of "To Heal" as a central theme in the film Sunshine, Oblivion With Bells has sold over 93,000 copies worldwide, as of 23 May...

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Legal problems

The soundtrack release was held up for over a year with lawyers trying to resolve unspecified legal issues. Several official sources even stated that a soundtrack release would never happen. However, the legal issues were finally resolved, and on their 10 September 2008 radio show, Underworld announced that the soundtrack would be released soon. On 25 November 2008 the soundtrack was finally released exclusively through the iTunes Store

ITunes Store

The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...

. On 14 February 2009 the album was re-released on iTunes in DRM-free iTunes Plus format.

Other appearances of music from the film Sunshine

Sunshine (2007 film)

Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a spacecraft on a dangerous mission to the Sun. In 2057, with the Earth in peril from the dying Sun, the crew is sent to reignite the Sun with a massive stellar bomb with the mass...

Various arrangements, renditions and samples of the now-famous four-chord progression first heard in "Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)" and "Kaneda's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor)" have been used in television shows, films, advertisements and song remixes such as:

• A trailer for the movie The Adjustment Bureau
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  The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American fantasy romantic thriller film loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story, "Adjustment Team". The film was written and directed by George Nolfi and stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The cast also includes Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly,...
  
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• A trailer for the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American action film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. The fourth installment in the X-Men film series, it was released worldwide on May 1, 2009...
  
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• The unaired pilot episode of the television series Fringe
  Fringe (TV series)
  Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
  
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• The season finale of the 2009 television series V
  V (2009 TV series)
  V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...
  
  (season 1, episode 12: "Red Sky").
• Multiple episodes of the television series The Walking Dead
  The Walking Dead (TV series)
  The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed for television by Frank Darabont and based on the ongoing comic book series, The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard...
  
  (season 1, episode 5: "Wildfire"
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  ; season 2, episode 1: "What Lies Ahead
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• An NBC feature on speed skater
  Short track speed skating
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   Apolo Ohno
  Apolo Anton Ohno
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   that aired on February 14, 2010 during the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics
  2010 Winter Olympics
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   in Vancouver
  Vancouver
  Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
  
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• The 2010 film Kick-Ass
  Kick-Ass (film)
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  . John Murphy was one of five composers who worked on the film's score. Tracks based on the Sunshine/Adagio theme include "I'm Kick-Ass," "Safehouse / Ambush," "Nightvision," "Strobe (Adagio in D Minor)" and "Flying Home" — most of which are devoted arrangements.

Track listing

1. "Welcome to Icarus II" (John Murphy
   John Murphy (composer)
   John Murphy is an English film composer. He is a self taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with The Lotus Eaters, Thomas Lang and Claudia Brücken....
   
   ) – 1:59
2. "Avenue of Hope" (I Am Kloot
   I Am Kloot
   I Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell , Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves .-History:...
   
   ) – 4:34
3. "Capa's Last Transmission Home" (Underworld
   Underworld (band)
   Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :...
   
   ) – 2:11
4. "Kaneda's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor)" (John Murphy) – 2:58
5. "Mercury" (Underworld & John Murphy) – 2:10
6. "Kaneda's Death, Pt. 1" (John Murphy) – 6:06
7. "Searle Finds the Crew of Icarus I / Floating Free / Searle's Last Blast" (Underworld & John Murphy) – 3:11
8. "Freezing Outside: Harvey" (John Murphy & Underworld) – 2:54
9. "Trey's Fate" (Underworld) – 2:42
10. "Pinbacker Slashes Capa" (John Murphy & Underworld) – 2:32
11. "Corazon Finds the Seedling" (Underworld) – 1:20
12. "Cassie Searches / Dead Corazón" (John Murphy & Underworld) – 2:41
13. "Freezing Inside: Mace" (John Murphy) – 1:51
14. "Capa Suits Up" (John Murphy) – 1:54
15. "Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)" (John Murphy) – 4:27
16. "Capa's Jump" (John Murphy) – 1:20
17. "Distortions" (Underworld) – 5:40
18. "Capa Meets the Sun (To Heal)" (Underworld) – 2:18
19. "Peggy Sussed" (Underworld) – 2:27