I Went Down's Music

Dario Marianelli, the Pisa-born, London-based composer, wrote the soundtrack to I Went Down. Starting off with a very modern R&B flavour, the music evolved as Paddy Breathnach's idea of the film did. After many sleepless nights and rewrites, the obvious choice of guitar and harmonica as the "soul of the soundtrack" became obvious and the sound was shaped and paced with the action of the movie. The final recording session was on St-Patrick's day of 1997, and as Marianelli says: "It's a funny feeling, to look at the little cassette with the final mixed tracks. It contains months of work, and discussions, and sweat, and telephone calls, and ideas, and all the rest that make a film soundtrack. It's so small, it rests in my hand now." (from the I Went Down soundtrack CD liner notes).

Featured songs and bands:

We're Ready- Buddy Guy

Trouble in Mind- King Curtis

Don't Lead Me Down- Revellino

Sparkle Up- The High Llamas

Two Characters in Search of a Country Song- The Magnetic Fields

Angel- Christie Hennessy

Chitlin Con Carne Alternate- Junior Wells

There Are More Things- LiR