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| label = [[Sire Records|Sire]] | | label = [[Sire Records|Sire]] | ||
| producer = [[David Byrne]] | | producer = [[David Byrne]] | ||
| chronology = [[ | | chronology = [[David Byrne]] | ||
| prev_title = [[Music for "The Knee Plays"]] | | prev_title = [[Music for "The Knee Plays"]] | ||
| prev_year = 1985 | | prev_year = 1985 | ||
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'''''Sounds from True Stories''''', subtitled ''Music for Activities Freaks'', is the soundtrack to [[ | '''''Sounds from True Stories''''', subtitled ''Music for Activities Freaks'', is the soundtrack to [[David Byrne]]'s 1986 film ''[[True Stories]]''. It was initially released on vinyl and cassette, but was given a CD and 2xLP release in 2018. | ||
The album is not a complete soundtrack recording, featuring only a couple of the vocal songs heard in the film, with the rest being instrumental music. | The album is not a complete soundtrack recording, featuring only a couple of the vocal songs heard in the film, with the rest being instrumental music. [[Talking Heads]] released the album ''[[True Stories (album)|True Stories]]'', which contained versions of the other songs in the film. | ||
In 2018 the Criterion Collection Blu-ray release of the film includes a soundtrack CD that is listed as "containing the film’s complete soundtrack, compiled here for the first time." | In 2018 the Criterion Collection Blu-ray release of the film includes a soundtrack CD that is listed as "containing the film’s complete soundtrack, compiled here for the first time." | ||
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"Glass Operator" is an orchestral rendition of "Dream Operator" featuring a glass harmonica; "City of Steel" is a steel guitar version of "City of Dreams", which, along with "Dream Operator", appears on Talking Heads' ''[[True Stories ( | "Glass Operator" is an orchestral rendition of "Dream Operator" featuring a glass harmonica; "City of Steel" is a steel guitar version of "City of Dreams", which, along with "Dream Operator", appears on Talking Heads' ''[[True Stories (album)|True Stories]]''. | ||
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* '''Drums''' – Prairie Prince ("Disco Hits!" and "I Love Metal Buildings"), Steve Mitchell ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), [[Chris Frantz]] ("City of Steel"), Steve Jordan Jr. ("Soy de Tejas") | * '''Drums''' – Prairie Prince ("Disco Hits!" and "I Love Metal Buildings"), Steve Mitchell ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), [[Chris Frantz]] ("City of Steel"), Steve Jordan Jr. ("Soy de Tejas") | ||
* '''Bass guitar''' – Rich Girard ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), [[Tina Weymouth]] ("City of Steel"), [[ | * '''Bass guitar''' – Rich Girard ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), [[Tina Weymouth]] ("City of Steel"), [[Steve Jordan]] ("Soy de Tejas") | ||
* '''Guitar''' – Steve Erquiaga ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), Steve Jordan ("Soy de Tejas") | * '''Guitar''' – Steve Erquiaga ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), Steve Jordan ("Soy de Tejas") | ||
* '''Piano''' – Phil Aaberg ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), [[Jerry Harrison]] ("City of Steel"), Charles Judge ("I Love Metal Buildings") | * '''Piano''' – Phil Aaberg ("Freeway Son" and "Brownie's Theme"), [[Jerry Harrison]] ("City of Steel"), Charles Judge ("I Love Metal Buildings") | ||
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* '''Oboe''' – Robin May ("Road Song") | * '''Oboe''' – Robin May ("Road Song") | ||
* '''Viola''' – Hank Dutt ("Dinner Music") | * '''Viola''' – Hank Dutt ("Dinner Music") | ||
* '''Concertinas''' – | * '''Concertinas''' – Paul Groff ("Love Theme from True Stories") | ||
* '''Pan flutes''' – Fernando Torres ("Love Theme from True Stories") | * '''Pan flutes''' – Fernando Torres ("Love Theme from True Stories") | ||
* '''Glass harmonica''' – Terry Hinely ("Glass Operator") | * '''Glass harmonica''' – Terry Hinely ("Glass Operator") | ||
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* '''Front cover photograph''' – [[Annie Leibovitz|Annie Liebowitz]] | * '''Front cover photograph''' – [[Annie Leibovitz|Annie Liebowitz]] | ||
* '''Back cover photograph''' – [[David Byrne]], Christina Patoski, Mark Lipson | * '''Back cover photograph''' – [[David Byrne]], Christina Patoski, Mark Lipson | ||
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