Repo! The Genetic Opera (soundtrack)

Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2008 rock opera

Rock opera

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Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 horror-rock opera musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The film is based on a play written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich....

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The entire album is in the form of a rock opera, where every song is part of the same story. The songs do not appear on the album in chronological order.

Due to popular demand, the producers released a deluxe version of the soundtrack in February 2009 which featured additional tracks which included songs and pieces of the score.

Standard edition

The standard soundtrack is available only through Amazon.com. It is manufactured on demand on CD-R recordable media.

Track listing

All song music and lyrics composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich

Terrance Zdunich

Terrance Zdunich is an American actor, writer, composer, producer, illustrator and storyboard artist. He is most known for his role as Graverobber in the 2008 film Repo! The Genetic Opera.- Early career :...

Video singles

To get better publicity of the film, the music and film producers released singles in video form on the official website. The videos were clips taken from the film and were released before the film was released.

Video Singles
Year	Title	Lead Performer	Website
2008	Mark It Up	Bill Moseley Bill Moseley William "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top... , Ogre Nivek Ogre Nivek Ogre is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin and was produced by another Ogilvie Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5, 1962) is a Canadian musician,... , & Paris Hilton Paris Hilton Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...	Official Website
2008	Zydrate Anatomy	Terrance Zdunich Terrance Zdunich Terrance Zdunich is an American actor, writer, composer, producer, illustrator and storyboard artist. He is most known for his role as Graverobber in the 2008 film Repo! The Genetic Opera.- Early career :... , Alexa Vega Alexa Vega Alexa Ellesse Vega is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The... & Paris Hilton	Official Website
2008	Seventeen	Alexa Vega	Official Website
2008	Chase the Morning	Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves and singing in the whistle register... & Alexa Vega	Director's MySpace

Deluxe edition

Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) is an extended version of the original soundtrack to Repo! The Genetic Opera.

All the tracks from the previous release remain on the deluxe edition in the same order, with the new tracks placed in between some tracks. The only track that appears on both albums that differs is Zydrate Anatomy, where it is slightly longer on the deluxe edition.

The deluxe edition also contains score tracks. It is only available at selected Hot Topic stores, but not in the online shop. There is an official site for supposedly ordering the deluxe edition, but it is not accessible and its only content is the word "yo".

Track listing

All song music and lyrics composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich

Terrance Zdunich

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Tracks listed with no performer are score pieces.

Selections from the Premiere Cast

A 7-track album entitled Repo! The Genetic Opera: Selections from the Premiere Cast was released on September 27, 2002, over 6 years before the film's release. The soundtrack consists of early versions of the songs used in the film, recorded by Repo! creators Darren Smith

Darren Smith (actor)

Darren Smith is an American actor, writer, composer, and producer.- Career :He, with Terrance Zdunich, composed and wrote both the short film and theatrical film Repo! The Genetic Opera. Smith also had a minor role in the film.-External links:...

, Terrance Zdunich

Terrance Zdunich

, and the premiere cast of the stage play.

Curt Wilson as Nathan/Repo Man
Lateefah Devoe as Blind Mag
Terrance Zdunich
Terrance Zdunich
Terrance Zdunich is an American actor, writer, composer, producer, illustrator and storyboard artist. He is most known for his role as Graverobber in the 2008 film Repo! The Genetic Opera.- Early career :...

as GraveRobber
Stephanie Kane as Shilo
Penny Wei as Heather (Amber Sweet's original name)

"Night Surgeon" - Nathan/Repo Man
"...But This is Opera!" - Blind Mag, Cyborg chorus
"21st Century Cure" - GraveRobber, Shilo
"Come Up and Try My New Parts" - Heather
"Legal Assassin" - Nathan
"Chase the Morning" - Blind Mag, Cyborg chorus
"Choice" - Blind Mag, Nathan, Company

Pre-Surgery Sampler

The Pre-Surgery Sampler was released July 24, 2008 at a secret location on the film's official site. Hardcopies were also released at a convention on the same date.

"A New World Organ"
"At the Opera Tonight" - Shilo, Mag, Nathan, Amber, GraveRobber, Rotti, Luigi, Pavi
"Zydrate Anatomy" - GraveRobber, Shilo, Amber, Chorus
"Night Surgeon" - Nathan, Rotti, Gen-Terns, Luigi, Pavi
"Chase the Morning" - Mag, Shilo, Marni
"Seventeen" - Shilo, Chorus
"Genetic Emancipation" - Shilo, Chorus

Personnel

Lionsgate:

President of Music: Jay Faires
General Manager & EVP, Business Affairs: Lenny Wohl
Head of Soundtracks and Digital Music: Chris Fagot

Soundtrack:

Producer: Joseph Bishara & Yoshiki
Yoshiki
, better known by his stage name YOSHIKI, is a musician, songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known as leader and co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan, for which he plays drums and piano and writes most of the music. After the band disbanded in 1997 he participated in several other...
Music and Lyrics: Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
Terrance Zdunich
Terrance Zdunich is an American actor, writer, composer, producer, illustrator and storyboard artist. He is most known for his role as Graverobber in the 2008 film Repo! The Genetic Opera.- Early career :...
Associate Music Producer: Chris Spilfogel
Score: Darren Smith
Score Producer and Mixer: Joseph Bishara
Engineering and Mixing: Chris Spilfogel and Cedrick Courtois
Assistant Engineering: Zach Kasik
Additional Engineers: Sean Lacefield, Zach Kasik and Ashburn Miller
Digital Editor: Sean Lacefield
Pre-Production Digital Editing: Paul Lani, Danny Sternbaum, and Tim Harkins
Creative Consultant: Sean E. DeMott
Lead Music Administrator: Erica Forster
Music Assistant: Alisa Burket
Vocal Coaches: Franni Burke, Brent Alan Huffman, Roger Love, Paul Masse and Eric Vetro
Orchestrations: Jonathan Zalben and Darren Smith
Italian Translation on "Chromaggia": Elena Tedros and Sara Suminski
Music Transcriptions: C.J. Deangelus, Jr., Chris Guardino, Rohen Landa, Jonathan Zalben, Lev Zhurbin, MEDIANTMUSIC, LLC. and Darren Smith

Musicians

All listings apply to the Deluxe Edition version of the album.

Drums/percussion

Mark “Moke” Bistany: Tracks 2, 7, 17, 30 & 36
Tommy Clufetos
Tommy Clufetos
Tommy Clufetos Currently plays drums for Ozzy Osbourne, and previously played for famous rock artists Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper. He also played drums for Rob Zombie, and was featured on the 2006 album Educated Horses, Zombie's first live release, 2007's Zombie Live and 2010's Hellbilly Deluxe 2...

: Tracks 6, 9 & 14
Stephen Perkins
Stephen Perkins
Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellflower....

: Tracks 3, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 & 25
Darren Smith: Tracks 3, 8, 10 & 25
Ray Luzier
Ray Luzier
Raymond Lee "Ray" Luzier is an American drummer. He is currently the drummer of the band Korn, becoming a full-time member of the band in April 2009.-Life and career:...

: Tracks, 9, 11, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37 & 38
Ryan Lacey: Track 15
Shawn "Clown" Crahan (as M. Sean Crahan “Clown”): Track 17
Pablo Amador: Track 22

Bass:

Ashburn Miller: Tracks 2, 6, 9 & 17
Joseph Bishara: Track 4
Blasko: Tracks 7, 14, 34, 37 & 38
David J
David J
David John Haskins , better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets....

: Tracks 11, 13, 14, 17, 24, 36,
Darren Smith: Track 10, 12, 8 & 29
Philip Bynoe
Philip Bynoe
Three-time Grammy nominee and Emmy Award-winning bassist Philip Earl Bynoe is a prolific recording and touring musician. Though best known for his work with virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai, Philip has played everything from heavy metal to R&B to classical, and has worked with the likes of Kevin...

: Tracks 19, 20, 23, 27, 29 & 30
Ross O’Carrol: Track 22
Sean Lacefield: Track 25

Guitars:

Daniel Ash
Daniel Ash
Daniel Gaston Ash is the guitarist for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, and solo projects.-Life and work:After going to concerts in his teenage years, Ash made a decision to be on a stage in some way...

: Tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 26, 29, 34 & 36
Sean Lacefield: Tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 20, 25, 34 & 38
Darren Smith: Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 & 38
Brian Young: Tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 32, 36 & 37
Cedrick Courtois: Tracks 4, 9, 34 & 38
Sonny Moore
Sonny Moore
Sonny John Moore is an American electronic dance music producer who is widely known by his professional name Skrillex. Moore is also a former frontman for the American band From First to Last. In late Autumn of 2007 he embarked on his first tour as a solo artist, the Team Sleep Tour with Team...

: Tracks 4, 9 & 25
Richard Patrick
Richard Patrick
Richard Patrick is an American rock musician. He is the frontman for the band Filter, a founding member of the supergroup Army of Anyone, and has served as a touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails....

: Tracks 4, 14, 17 & 34
Richard Fortus
Richard Fortus
Richard Fortus is a professional guitarist who is most famous for being rhythm guitarist in Guns N' Roses.Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Fortus cut his teeth throughout the Midwest with his band, The Eyes. The four-piece alternative band independently released "Freedom in a Cage", which was...

: Tracks 7 & 27
Zach Kasik: Track 8
Ian Smith: Track 22

Piano/keyboard:

Darren Smith: Tracks 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35 & 37
Saar Hendelman: Tracks 6, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32 & 37
Aaron Embry
Aaron Embry
Aaron Embry is an American songwriter and record producer. He is the firstborn son of screenwriter / talent manager Karen Embry and dental technician H. Charles Randall. He is the eldest brother of actor Ethan Embry and photographer Kessia Embry...

: Tracks 20 & 27
Doron Kochli: Track 30

Violins:

Jonathan Zalben: Tracks 2, 6, 7, 11, 17, 18, 24, 27, 30, 34 & 36
Fred Bows: Tracks 5, 18, 25, 31, 34 & 35

Accordions:

Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee, born March 11, 1969, in Los Angeles, is best known as the keyboardist of The Wallflowers and work for several bands and artists, including Foo Fighters, Pete Yorn, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Stone Sour, Joseph Arthur and Coheed and Cambria....

: Track 8
Doron Kochli: Tracks 8 & 24
Darren Smith: Tracks 12 & 25

Trumpet:

Darren Smith: Tracks 10 & 15

Saxophones:

C.J. DeAngelus, Jr.: Tracks 2 & 11

Additional vocals

Backing vocals:
Jacqueline Becker, Alisa Burket, Kate Conklin, Lateefah Devoe, Thomas Dolan, Richard Gould, Branden James, Erik Hart, Nancy Long, Gabriel Wyner, Nina Bergman, Cedrick Courtois, Sean Lacefield, Poe, Aidan Smith, Darren Smith, Chris Spilfogel, Joseph Bishara, Zach Kasik, Sanjay Nagar, Terrance Zdunich, Zakia Green, Thomasina Gross, Shaun Kama, Tracy Mullholland, Pablo Amador, Nic Cohn, Ross O’Carroll, Ian Smith, Brendan James, Curt Wilson, Laura Bosserman, Kristen DeCarlo, Jennifer Farmer, Lola Blanc, Suthi Picotte & Julia Voth

Foreign Vocals on "A New World Organ": Ai Aota, Alisa Burket, Dapo Torimiro, Erica Forster, Jinny Lee, Alex Mannone, Martijn Terporten & Suthi Picotte

Vocals on 'Lungs and Livers': Joseph Bishara, Zach Kasik, Sean Lacefield, Darren Smith & Chris

Spilfogel
Vocal Choir on "Worthy Heirs?": Timothy Carr, Nancy Long &Natalie Salins

Vocals on 'A Ten Second Opera': Nancy Long
Air Raid Siren voice on "21st Century Cure": Zakia Green

External links

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