Virgin Suicides (15th Anniversary) (Limited Edition Deluxe Box) (LP3+CD2...)

LPA VIRGIN SUICIDES

1. Playground Love (With Gordon Tracks)
2. Clouds Up
3. Bathroom Girl
4. Cemetary Party
5. Dark Messages
6. The Word Hurricane
7. Dirty Trip

LPB VIRGIN SUICIDES

1. Highschool Lover
2. Afternoon Sister
3. Ghost Song
4. Empty House
5. Dead Bodies
6. Suicide Underground

LPC VIRGIN SUICIDES (UNRELEASED LIVE ALBUM)

1. Playground Love (KCRW L.A Radio jan 2000)
2. Dark Messages/The Word “Hurricane”  (KCRW L.A Radio jan 2000)
3. Highschool Lover (KCRW L.A Radio jan 2000)
4. Clouds Up (Live L.A jan 2000)
5. Bathroom Girl  (Live L.A jan 2000)

LPD VIRGIN SUICIDES (UNRELEASED LIVE ALBUM)

1. Dirty Trip  (Live L.A jan 2000)
2. Empty House  (Live L.A jan 2000)
3. Dead Bodies  (Live L.A jan 2000)
4. Cemetary Party  (Live L.A jan 2000)
5. Suicide Underground  (Live L.A jan 2000)

LPE PLAYGROUND LOVE EP

1. Playground Love (With Gordon Tracks)

LPF PLAYGROUND LOVE EP

1. Nosferatu Remix By Flower Pistols
2. Highschool Prom (Playground Love – Rob Remix)

CD1 VIRGIN SUICIDES

1. Playground Love (With Gordon Tracks)
2. Clouds Up
3. Bathroom Girl
4. Cemetary Party
5. Dark Messages
6. The Word Hurricane
7. Dirty Trip
8. Highschool Lover
9. Afternoon Sister
10. Ghost Song
11. Empty House
12. Dead Bodies
13. Suicide Underground
14. Bathroom Girl (Démo Version)
15. Playground Love (Vibraphone Version)

CD2 VIRGIN SUICIDES (UNRELEASED LIVE BONUS CD)

1. Playground Love (KCRW L.A Radio jan 2000)
2. Dark Messages/The Word “Hurricane (KCRW L.A Radio jan 2000)
3. Highschool Lover (KCRW L.A Radio jan 2000)
4. Clouds Up (Live L.A jan 2000)
5. Bathroom Girl  (Live L.A jan 2000)
6. Dirty Trip  (Live L.A jan 2000)
7. Empty House  (Live L.A jan 2000)
8. Dead Bodies  (Live L.A jan 2000)
9. Cemetary Party  (Live L.A jan 2000)
10. Suicide Underground  (Live L.A jan 2000)

Back in 2000, The Virgin Suicides was director Sofia Coppola’s first feature film, Kirsten Dunst’s first major screen role and the first soundtrack by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, alias Air. The Versailles duo started to record new music by watching VHS tapes of the film rushes during the autumn of 1998. Eerie, synthetic and tempestuous, The Virgin Suicides soundtrack is also reminiscent of Alain Goraguer’s score for La planète sauvage, Michel Colombier’s atmospheric work - the dehumanized Mellotron of « The Word « Hurricane »»- and the Get Carter’s lacerated strings on « Dirty Trip ». The recording was finished when drummer and soundtrack supervisor Brian Retzell called the duo from Los Angeles. « The microphones and the amps were packed and we needed a song for the ending credits ! It happened on a saturday afternoon. We called Thomas Mars from Phoenix (credited as Gordon Tracks on the album). He wrote the lyrics, played some drums and sang on « Playground Love », remembers Jean-Benoît Dunckel about one of the most famous songs in the Air catalogue.

The Virgin Suicides premiere took place at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1999. Much to the duo’s surprise, Air’s soundtrack had been heavily edited and 80% of the recorded tracks had been abandoned in the final cut of the film. Nicolas Godin : « You can do everything with editing. That was the first big lesson. The film turned out lighter and more evanescent. I felt that we didn’t get what Sofia wanted ». Despite these regrets, The Virgin Suicides soon became a cult soundtrack and, most of all, one of the most celebrated album in the electronic performers’s fascinating discography.

15 years after its initial release, Warner/Parlophone will reissue The Virgin Suicides soundtrack in a new expanded edition featuring the original soundtrack album, two outtakes, an unreleased live performance recorded at the Los Angeles American Legion Hall on January 22 2000 and several tracks from the 89.9 KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show with Nic Harcourt recorded on January 2000.

The Virgin Suicides/15th Deluxe Edition will be available xxxx in 2CD Deluxe Edition, vinyl and Limited Super Deluxe Edition including 2 colored vinyls, exclusive vinyl EP, 2CDs, a 16-pages booklet featuring a new interview and liner notes by Thibaut Wychowanok, a film poster, a VIP laminate pass, a download card and Sofia Coppola’s feature film on DVD.