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True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by Hans Zimmer
Released	September 7, 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	46:58
Label	Morgan Creek
Producer	Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer film soundtracks chronology
Calendar Girl (1993) True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1993) Cool Runnings (1993)

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True Romance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack by Hans Zimmer for Tony Scott's film of the same name. It was released on September 7, 1993 through Morgan Creek Productions.

Development

The score for Tony Scott's True Romance (1993) was composed by Hans Zimmer, which is a theme based on Gassenhauer from Carl Orff's Schulwerk. This theme, combined with a voiceover spoken by Arquette, is an homage to Terrence Malick's 1973 crime film Badlands, in which Sissy Spacek speaks the voiceover, and that also shares similar dramatic motifs.

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Legacy

"Robbers", a song by the English indie rock band The 1975 from their 2013 debut album, was inspired by the film. Vocalist Matthew Healy explained: "I got really obsessed with the idea behind Patricia Arquette's character in True Romance when I was about eighteen. That craving for the bad boy in that film so sexualized." True Romance, the 2013 debut album from English pop star Charli XCX, was named after the film. In the trance song "Solarcoaster" by Solarstone, a sample is used from the film. The sample includes the line spoken by Alabama, "That three words went through my mind endlessly. Repeating themselves like a broken record. You're so cool. You're so cool. You're so cool."

References

1. "Hans Zimmer: True Romance". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
2. Campbell, Christopher (April 19, 2019). "The Legacy of Terrence Malick's 'Badlands'". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
3. Sherman, Dale (2015). Quentin Tarantino FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Original Reservoir Dog. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4950-2596-9. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
4. Comment with the video Hans Zimmer - "You're So Cool" (from True Romance) on YouTube. Video duration 2m 28s. Uploader Marshall Flores 2015.
5. Carl Orff - Gassenhauer on YouTube. Video duration 2m 36s. Uploader Quaid Damage 2008.
6. Original work for lute by the lutenist Hans Neusidler from 1536. Hans Neusidler (1536) "Ein guter Gassenhauer" Rómulo Vega-González on YouTube. Video duration 1m 48s. Uploader RomuloVG Garcimunoz, 2010.
7. Guy, Marina (December 17, 2015). "Intertextuality and thematic development. From Badlands to True Romance". Curating the Contemporary. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
8. MacDonald, Laurence E. (2013). The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History. Scarecrow Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-8108-8398-7. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
9. Murray, Robin (April 28, 2014). "The 1975 – Robbers (Explicit)". Clash. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
10. Larson, Jeremy (February 27, 2013). "Charli XCX announces debut album, True Romance". Consequence. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
11. "Solar Stone - Solarcoaster". Discogs. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

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