{"id":3337,"date":"2021-02-23T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2023-05-23T08:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T08:15:53","slug":"the-music-and-color-of-trainspotting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/the-music-and-color-of-trainspotting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of Music and Color in Trainspotting on its 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>This post contains major spoilers. Read at your own risk.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The opening monologue of Trainspotting, one of the most iconic films of the 1990s, which celebrates its 25th anniversary, begins with a supposedly life-affirming message:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Choose Life; Choose a job; Choose a career; Choose a family\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3341 size-full\" src="\&quot;https:\/\/artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/giphy-18.gif\&quot;" alt=\"657\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\" \ /><\/p>\n<p>When the voice-over says &#8216;&#8221;Choose a f***king big television,&#8217; you realize that this might not be such an inspiring speech. And indeed, it isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3342 size-full\" src="\&quot;https:\/\/artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/89a4c6ea005537648e6207c6dbd3f64d15d9f222.jpg\&quot;" alt=\"657\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/89a4c6ea005537648e6207c6dbd3f64d15d9f222.jpg 656w, https:\ \ new-blog.artlist.io\ blog\ wp-content\ uploads\ 2021\ 02\ 89a4c6ea005537648e6207c6dbd3f64d15d9f222-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \ /><\/p>\n<p>By the end of the monologue, the film&#8217;s main theme becomes clear:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you have heroin\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3343 size-full\" src="\&quot;https:\/\/artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5588b99a6154fc718792c0a680a240ad01cd6b83.jpg\&quot;" alt=\"657\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5588b99a6154fc718792c0a680a240ad01cd6b83.jpg 656w, https:\ \ new-blog.artlist.io\ blog\ wp-content\ uploads\ 2021\ 02\ 5588b99a6154fc718792c0a680a240ad01cd6b83-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \ /><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Danny Boyle and based on Irvine Welsh&#8217;s novel, Trainspotting deals with heroin addiction, showing vignettes from the chaotic lives of 4-5 (so-called) friends living in Edinburgh, Scotland. 3 of the friends are heroin addicts: Mark Renton (Ewan MacGregor), Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller). The other 2 friends are not heroin-users &#8211; Tommy (Kevin McKidd), the &#8220;straight&#8221; guy of the bunch and Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a mentally unstable hothead who&#8217;s addicted to violence instead of heroin. Think of him as the Scottish version of Joe Pesci&#8217;s character in Goodfellas, Tommy DeVito &#8211; always on the verge of a violent outburst.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3345 size-full\" src="\&quot;https:\/\/artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/f9d6c69834aa46f5f7a91f78905893475e0dafcb.jpg\&quot;" alt=\"657\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/f9d6c69834aa46f5f7a91f78905893475e0dafcb.jpg 656w, https:\ \ new-blog.artlist.io\ blog\ wp-content\ uploads\ 2021\ 02\ f9d6c69834aa46f5f7a91f78905893475e0dafcb-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \ /><\/p>\n<p>There are several ways to analyze this classic indie hit, and I&#8217;ll focus on the impact of color and music on the film&#8217;s storytelling, message, hyper-realistic style and emotions it evokes.<\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s soundtrack is rightly considered one of the best all-time and not only because it features the hottest British acts of the 90s like Blur, Damon Albarn, Pulp, Elastica, Left Field, Underworld and New Order alongside 2 of their American Godfathers, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.<\/p>\n<h2>The beat of the Film<\/h2>\n<p>Music is one of Trainspotting&#8217;s main driving forces. The pulsating beat of Iggy&#8217;s proto-punk anthem &#8216;<a href="\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vYZ-n8L0AaI\&quot;" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-anchor=\"?v=vYZ-n8L0AaI\">Lust for Life<\/a>&#8216; in the opening scene sets the film&#8217;s dynamic pulse and hyper-realistic style. That throbbing beat helps keep things energized all through the film, always keeping you on your toes. Even the most disturbing moments (and there are quite a few) have a rhythm that prevents things from becoming too heavy.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Boyle expertly breaks off the film&#8217;s musical pulse in Renton&#8217;s overdose scene in which he (temporarily) loses his pulse to the sound of Lou Reed&#8217;s drugged emotional and euphoric ballad &#8216;Perfect Day&#8217; &#8211; the film&#8217;s musical centerpiece.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable embeditem\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_IDJpB9de3E\" data-embed-height=\"384\" data-embed-width=\"800\" data-embed-constrain=\"true\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_IDJpB9de3E?feature=oembed\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The film&#8217;s pulse quickly picks up with the next song &#8211; Pulp&#8217;s playfully dirty &#8216;Mile End&#8217; &#8211; and continues beating all until the end. It culminates in the final scene, where Renton sheds his past (by double-crossing his friends) to make a new life for himself to the sound of Underworld&#8217;s Techno Dance hit &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iTFrCbQGyvM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-anchor=\"?v=iTFrCbQGyvM\">Born Slippy<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable embeditem\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0xfkfc79_q4\" data-embed-height=\"384\" data-embed-width=\"800\" data-embed-constrain=\"true\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xfkfc79_q4?feature=oembed\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>The muted colors of heroin<\/h2>\n<p>In terms of style, many have tried to emulate the Trainspotting look when trying to capture the essence of young social outcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Color-wise, Danny Boyle and his production design team based their palette on the work of British figurative painter Francis Bacon. 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latter.<\/p>\n<p>The most striking example is the non-heroin-using Tommy and the most tragic figure in the film, whose color palette starts fading the moment he takes that first hit. The film was criticized for glorifying drug-use, but Tommy&#8217;s ark serves as a cautionary tale that shows everyone could become an addict.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before heroin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/d02dea036dbf1dc59c68f80b19283b39a228d364.jpg\" alt=\"678\" width=\"676\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/d02dea036dbf1dc59c68f80b19283b39a228d364.jpg 676w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/d02dea036dbf1dc59c68f80b19283b39a228d364-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>After heroin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18ffb52c2ed0da260756f768649eae0e353d5dbb.jpg\" alt=\"676\" width=\"676\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18ffb52c2ed0da260756f768649eae0e353d5dbb.jpg 676w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18ffb52c2ed0da260756f768649eae0e353d5dbb-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>After more heroin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/31fb9d68bfcae911a633a90f7d4d43f513c5bb0e.jpg\" alt=\"676\" width=\"676\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/31fb9d68bfcae911a633a90f7d4d43f513c5bb0e.jpg 676w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/31fb9d68bfcae911a633a90f7d4d43f513c5bb0e-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Music also comes into play in this scene, as New Order&#8217;s &#8216;Temptation&#8217; plays in the background when Renton realizes Diane is underage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before meeting the parent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3da42f9e3af4f5730b77f98fa419dcaf8d9f7ecc.jpg\" alt=\"675\" width=\"675\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3da42f9e3af4f5730b77f98fa419dcaf8d9f7ecc.jpg 675w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3da42f9e3af4f5730b77f98fa419dcaf8d9f7ecc-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>After meeting the parents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dfd5dc1a118f84364b8f6d9594dd893f3834c294.jpg\" alt=\"675\" width=\"675\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dfd5dc1a118f84364b8f6d9594dd893f3834c294.jpg 675w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dfd5dc1a118f84364b8f6d9594dd893f3834c294-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Music also comes into play in this scene, as New Order\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xxDv_RTdLQo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-anchor=\"?v=xxDv_RTdLQo\">Temptation<\/a>\u2019 is playing in the background when Renton realizes Diane is underage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A few moments later<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3351 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4fb3ed8040b5311eb6695801ed09b94a6b585611.jpg\" alt=\"676\" width=\"676\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4fb3ed8040b5311eb6695801ed09b94a6b585611.jpg 676w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4fb3ed8040b5311eb6695801ed09b94a6b585611-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another inspiration for Trainspotting is Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s hyper-violent masterpiece &#8216;A Clockwork Orange&#8217;. One could say that the Trainspotting gang is the heroin-addicted version of Alex&#8217;s &#8220;droogs&#8221; who are too wiped out to be violent.<\/p>\n<p>The ClockWork Orange influence becomes explicit in the club scene, which was stylized in the same way as the Korova Milkbar, where the droogs drink their drug-laced milk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Korova Milkbar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/296007772e671d7b80669f673376c4c70d20721b.jpg\" alt=\"676\" width=\"675\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/296007772e671d7b80669f673376c4c70d20721b.jpg 675w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/296007772e671d7b80669f673376c4c70d20721b-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Volcano club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/c4df9bb71b0eb088e5f48d93596d13a83e94e464.jpg\" alt=\"674\" width=\"673\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/c4df9bb71b0eb088e5f48d93596d13a83e94e464.jpg 673w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/c4df9bb71b0eb088e5f48d93596d13a83e94e464-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Wrap up<\/h2>\n<p>In Trainspotting, Danny Boyle shows how you can use music to set the film\u2019s rhythm and colors to set the mood. 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