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Joy Division Film Soundtrack Tracklist Revealed

Though its wide-spread release is still uncertain, buzz surrounding Anton Corbijn's film Control, which depicts the life of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, continues. However, this time it's all about the music. The film will be releasing a soundtrack featuring not only Joy Division songs but also the band's contemporaries and influences, with the likes of David Bowie and The Buzzcocks rounding out the tracklisting.

As an added bonus, the young men in the cast who are playing the roles of Ian Curtis and company have recorded their own version of the Joy Division fan favorite "Transmission." But don't roll your eyes just yet. Sam Riley, the actor playing the troubled Ian Curtis, has his own rockstar cred as the singer of the Leeds-based indie band 10,000 Things.

Here is the tracklisting:

01. New Order - "Exit"
02. The Velvet Underground - "What Goes On"
03. The Killers - "Shadowplay" (Joy Division Cover)
04. The Buzzcocks - "Boredom" (live)
05. Joy Division - "Dead Souls"
06. Supersister - "She Was Naked"
07. Iggy Pop - "Sister Midnight"
08. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
09. Sex Pistols - "Problems" (live)
10. New Order - "Hypnosis"
11. David Bowie - "Drive In Saturday"
12. John Cooper Clarke - "Evidently Chickentown"
13. Roxy Music - "2H.B."
14. Joy Division - "Transmission" (Cast Version)
15. Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
16. Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
17. David Bowie - "Warszawa"
18. New Order - "Get Out"

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
08.23.07