Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture)

I suppose everyone has a tendency to look through rose-tinted glasses at the period when they come of age and their cultural identity takes shape. So, without skipping a beat, Trainspotting would be my favourite soundtrack. I read the book as a first-year university student. Then, when the film adaptation came out, I saw it at the cinema several times, even persuading my mum to come along once. She didn’t care for it. The entire soundtrack is impeccable, but in retrospect, Born Slippy by Underworld, which is perfectly choreographed to the film’s final scene, captures the spirit of the times and opens a window back onto those hedonistic, carefree years.

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