Irréversible is the soundtrack album

Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...

 to the highly controversial film of the same name

Irréversible

Irréversible is a 2002 French drama film written and directed by Gaspar Noé, starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel. The film employs a non-linear narrative and follows two men as they try to avenge a brutally raped girlfriend...

, as well as a solo album by Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter is a French electronic musician best known as a member of the French house music duo Daft Punk. He has also recorded and released music as a member of the trio Stardust, the duo Together, and as a solo artist including compositions for the film Irréversible.Thomas Bangalter owns a...

. The album was produced by Bangalter, who is best known for being one-half of the French house

French house

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 duo Daft Punk

Daft Punk

Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...

. The tracks "Outrun" and "Extra Dry" were featured on the Midnight Club II

Midnight Club II

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soundtrack. North America

North America

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n pressings of the soundtrack omit the Mahler, Daho and Beethoven selections. "Outrun" and "Ventura" were previously released on Bangalter's Trax on da Rocks EP while "Extra Dry" had appeared in Trax on da Rocks Vol.2.
"Extra Dry" is also featured in the video game Midnight Club II

Midnight Club II

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Track listing

• All tracks composed by Thomas Bangalter
  Thomas Bangalter
  Thomas Bangalter is a French electronic musician best known as a member of the French house music duo Daft Punk. He has also recorded and released music as a member of the trio Stardust, the duo Together, and as a solo artist including compositions for the film Irréversible.Thomas Bangalter owns a...
  
   unless noted

1. "Irreversible" - 6:32
2. "Tempus Edax Rerum" - 1:14
3. "Symphony n°9 in D Major - Adagio (Excerpt)" (Gustav Mahler
   Gustav Mahler
   Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
   
   ) - 1:49
4. "Rectum" - 6:23
5. "Night Beats" - 2:17
6. "Stress" - 6:41
7. "Paris By Night" - 6:05
8. "Outrage" - 6:29
9. "Outrun" - 5:42
10. "Spinal Scratch" - 6:29
11. "Extra Dry" - 4:57
12. "Désaccords" - 3:48
13. "Ventura / Into the tunnel" - 5:47
14. "Mon Manège à moi" (Étienne Daho
    Étienne Daho
    Étienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
    
    ) - 3:51
15. "Symphony n°7 in A Major Op. 92 (Excerpt)" (Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
    
    ) - 3:23
16. "The End" - 1:11

North American version

The North American pressings of the soundtrack are marketed as a Bangalter solo album and omit the Mahler, Daho and Beethoven selections.

1. Irreversible (6:32)
2. Tempus Edax Rerum (1:14)
3. Rectum (6:23)
4. Night Beats (2:17)
5. Stress (6:41)
6. Paris by Night (6:05)
7. Outrage (6:29)
8. Outrun (5:42)
9. Spinal Scratch (6:29)
10. Extra Dry (4:57)
11. Desaccords (3:48)
12. Ventura/Into the Tunnel (5:47)
13. The End (1:11)