The ‘Backrooms’ soundtrack is getting a vinyl release

The soundtrack for hit horror film Backrooms is going to be pressed on vinyl later this summer.

The A24 movie, about a psychiatrist searching for her client through a series of parallel dimensions, is proving to be a huge hit at the box office, bringing in $81.4million (£60.4million) in the US and $117.9 million (£87.5million) globally during the opening weekend alone.

Now, the soundtrack is getting a vinyl release and is available to pre-order now. The 2LP release includes the film’s original score, composed by director Kane Parsons and Edo Van Breemen (The Monkey, Keeper), and is expected to ship this August.

Check out the tracklist below and visit here to pre-order.

The ‘Backrooms Soundtrack’ tracklist is:

SIDE A
‘Handprint’
‘People In San Jose’
‘Local Network’
‘Pirate Shanty’
‘Furniture Lament’
‘The Untrained Mind’

SIDE B
‘Quiet Wall in Dark Room’
‘Basement Land’
‘Ottoman Empire’
‘Next Room Over’
‘Feeling of a Door Imminently Remembered’
‘Capitol & McKee’
‘Cafe Bossa v1 (Jeffrey Innes)’
‘Open The Window’
‘4-PCH’

SIDE C
‘Paint’
‘You Know Me’
‘Dining Room’
‘Landsick’
‘Homothet’
‘Layout Extrapolation’
‘Furnished Dead End’

SIDE D
‘Wired’
‘Cold Floor’
‘Humble MRI Company’
‘Old Home Not Yet Built’
‘Complex’

While not included in the vinyl release, the movie also featured a haunting track from Boards Of Canada during the ending credits.

The track in question was the ominous ‘The Word Becomes Flesh’, which featured on the Scottish band’s new album, ‘Inferno’. That record dropped on the same day as the movie, and is the first from the duo since 2013’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’.

Kane Parsons spoke to GQ recently about the influences for the film, and name-checked Boards Of Canada as one of the inspirations for his score.

Since the film was released, the 20-year-old director has also spoken about drawing heavily from video game Portal when writing the screenplay, as well as confirming plans to make a sequel, and batting off accusations of “ghost directing” the horror flick.

In a four-star review of Backrooms, NME wrote: “Backrooms’ vibes-based momentum won’t be to everyone’s taste. For some there’ll be too much explanation and for others, too little. But it’s an intriguing, memorable creation with the power to rattle, as Parsons lurks in the intersection between dread and delirium. Well worth exploring.”