AMERICAN PSYCHO SCORED BY VELVET UNDERGROUND'S CALE

The soundtrack to the forthcoming film American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, will feature a score by former Velvet Underground bassist and keyboardist John Cale, as well as newly remixed music by David Bowie and the Cure, period music from the 1980s and more.

Cale's score on the soundtrack, due out on April 4 on Koch Records, is actually credited both to Cale and the film's lead character, Patrick Bateman, who is portrayed by actor Christian Bale (Velvet Goldmine, A Midsummer Night's Dream). On the three tracks included on the release, Bale recites monologues over Cale's musical compositions.

The set also features the Cure's "Watching Me Fall" from the band's just-released album Bloodflowers, remixed by Massive Attack's Underdog. An "American Psycho Remix" of David Bowie's "Something in the Air," from his most recent album ... hours is also included.

The soundtrack also includes a collaboration between ex-Bauhaus/ex-Love and Rockets guitarist Daniel Ash and Portishead's Adrian Utley ("Trouble"), as well as period music from the Tom Tom Club, New Order, M/A/R/R/S, Information Society, and Huey Lewis & the News.

Set in the self-indulgent late-eighties New York City club scene, Bale plays a young urban professional living a double life as a serial killer. The Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) -directed film also features Willem Dafoe (Affliction, Clear and Present Danger), Jared Leto (My So Called Life, Girl, Interrupted), Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry, Kids), and Reese Witherspoon (Pleasantville, Cruel Intentions). Opening on April 14, American Psycho currently carries an NC-17 rating, although representatives of Lion's Gate Films have said that much of the graphic violence described in the novel was toned down for the film. For more on the movie, visit the official website at www.americanpsycho.com.

-- Barry Jeckell, New York (Launch Networks)

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