Frank (soundtrack)

Frank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2014 film Frank directed by Lenny Abrahamson. The album consists of original songs composed by Stephen Rennicks and performed by Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Fassbender and his fictional band Soronprfbs. Besides singing, Gleeson further composed and wrote a few numbers which are bit songs compiled into individual songs. The lyrics for the songs were written by Abrahamson, Jon Ronson and Rennicks.

Frank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Stephen Rennicks and various artists
Released	4 August 2014
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	64:00
Label	Silva Screen
Stephen Rennicks chronology
What Richard Did (2012) Frank (2014) Room (2014)

Development

Frank is Rennicks' second collaboration with Abrahamson after What Richard Did (2012). Rennicks was involved during the film's pre-production, where besides composing, he further served as the vocal coach to the principal characters. He wrote 70 musical pieces, combining both songs and incidental underscore.^[1] Most of the songs were performed live by the cast.^[2][3] Regarding the music, Abrahamson described it as "eclectic, strange, deliberately hard to pin down because we wanted Frank's character to be permanently exploring musical possibilities."^[4]

Reception

Henry Barnes of The Guardian described the music as "spiky, abrasive and extremely hard to predict".^[5] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal opined that Rennicks' music "turns into a brilliantly inaccessible amalgam of Sun Ra, [Frank] Zappa and John Cage".^[6] Donald Clarke of The Irish Times wrote "Stephen Rennicks's music is quite brilliant: odder yet less mannered than most of the Brooklyn-loft sub-folk baloney".^[7]

Track listing

Frank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Jon's Crap Songs[a]"	Lenny Abrahamson Jon Ronson Domhnall Gleeson	Gleeson Stephen Rennicks	Gleeson	2:43
2.	"Ginger Crouton"	Abrahamson	Rennicks	Michael Fassbender The Soronprfbs Rennicks	3:42
3.	"Welcome To Vetno"		Rennicks	Rennicks	0:45
4.	"Lay an Egg"		Rennicks	Soronprfbs Rennicks	2:27
5.	"Frank's Dawn Chorus"		Rennicks	Rennicks	1:22
6.	"Jon Shares His Songs[b]"		Gleeson Rennicks Ludwig van Beethoven	Gleeson	1:09
7.	"Lone Standing Tuft"	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Rennicks	1:46
8.	"Work Begins in Earnest"		Rennicks	Rennicks	1:44
9.	"Creaky Door"	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks	Soronprfbs	6:25
10.	"Be Still (Don's Song)"	Rennicks	Rennicks	Scoot McNairy Darragh O'Kelly Rennicks	1:25
11.	"Idiot Shriek"		Rennicks	Rennicks	0:43
12.	"The Holidaymakers"		Rennicks	Rennicks Evanna Lyons	0:58
13.	"Again"		Rennicks	Soronprfbs	0:39
14.	"Jon's Song Changed by Frank and Clara"		O'Kelly Gleeson Rennicks	Fassbender Gleeson Rennicks	1:22
15.	"Secure the Galactic Perimeter"	Abrahamson	Rennicks	Fassbender Soronprfbs Rennicks	5:02
16.	"Broken"	Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Soronprfbs Rennicks	2:08
17.	"Viking Funeral"		Rennicks	Orchestra Karl Ronan Rennicks	2:09
18.	"Just Like 'Paris Texas'"		Rennicks	Rennicks	2:18
19.	"SXSW"		Rennicks Hugh Drumm	Rennicks Drumm	0:57
20.	"I'm Just Me"	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks Drumm	Jordyn Aurora Aquino Rennicks	2:00
21.	"Frank's Most Likeable Song... Ever"	Ronson Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Rennicks	0:33
22.	"The Music's Shit"		Rennicks	Rennicks	0:33
23.	"#findfrank"		Rennicks	Rennicks	1:15
24.	"Lighthouse Keeper"		Erika Eigen	Maggie Gyllenhaal Soronprfbs Rennicks	1:49
25.	"I Love You All"	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Soronprfbs Rennicks	2:54
26.	"I Love You All (Credits)"	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Carla Azar Rennicks	3:20
27.	"All Broken (Credits)"	Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender O'Kelly	2:07
28.	"Tuft (Credits)"	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks	Rennicks Abrahamson	2:09
29.	"Frank's Cacophony"	Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Rennicks	1:20
30.	"Stop Sign"	Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Rennicks	2:24
31.	"I Love You All" (radio mix)	Abrahamson Rennicks	Rennicks	Fassbender Azar Rennicks	3:52
Total length:					64:00

Charts

Chart performance for Frank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Chart (2014)	Peak position
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[8]	15
UK Vinyl Albums (OCC)[9]	36

Notes

1. the song itself consisted of six other songs: "Endless Rolling Waves", "Children Building Castles In The Sand", "Band's Playing In My Town", "Lady In The Red Coat", "Little Boxes", "Suburbia"
2. the song itself consists of five other songs: "Blues Warm Up", "Für Elise", "Walking Down The Street", "Lady In The Red Coat" and "Crouton Piano"

References

1. Byrne, Paul (11 September 2014). "FRANK – Interview with composer Stephen Rennicks". Movies.ie. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
2. Nemiroff, Perri (14 August 2014). "Frank Interview: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Lenny Abrahamson". Collider. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
3. Gallo, Phil (15 August 2014). "'Frank' Talk: Inside the Head of the Oddball Indie Comedy". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
4. Forde, Leon (16 January 2014). "Lenny Abrahamson, Frank". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
5. Barnes, Henry (11 March 2014). "SXSW 2014 review: Frank – into the head of a pop comedy maverick". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
6. Anderson, John (14 August 2014). "Film Review: 'Frank'". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
7. Clarke, Donald (9 May 2014). "Film review: Frank". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
8. "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 – 19 to 25 April". Official Charts Company. 19 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
9. "Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 – 19 to 25 April". Official Charts Company. 19 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2024.