Factotum
About the Soundtrack
Based on the life of American cult favorite writer Charles Bukowski – and
on his quasi-autobiographical novel of the same name – Factotum is the story
of a man living on the edge; of a writer who is willing to risk everything to
make sure that his life is his poetry. Henry Chinaski (Matt Dillion) works in
factories and warehouses to support what he really wants to do: drink, bet on
the horses, take up with women as rootless as he is and, above all, write stories
that no one wants to publish.
The film's music is composed by the singer Kristin Asbjørnsen. She performs
the music together with her band Dadafon, plus Tord Gustavsen, Jarle Bernhoft
and Yvind Brandtsegg among others. Kristin is one of the leading singers in the
Scandinavian jazz scene. Layered over Asbjørnsen's magical, sad and poignant
music, she performs two poems by Bukowski: "Slow day" and ?"I wish
to weep." The soundtrack also contains two more songs based on poems by Bukowski:
"My Garden" and "If you're going to try". The poems are taken
from the book What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
Tracks
01 On the Bus
02 Reunion
03 I Wish to Weep
04 Farewell I
05 Slow Day
06 Ice Plant Overture
07 Pickles
08 Still Awake
09 Quirky Waltz
10 Dreamland II
11 Slow Day Fragments
12 My Garden
13 In the Kitchen
14 Beside You
15 Drunk Driving
16 Remembering
17 Shoes
18 If You’re Going to Try
19 Horse Race Groove
20 Farewell II
21 Slow Day (Lost Love Chords version)
In Stores August 15, 2006
