You won’t find a more arresting opening scene in movie history: At the start of Danny Boyle’s caffeinated classic Trainspotting, we see Ewan McGregor’s character, Mark Renton, race down Princess ...

The soundtrack to the sequel to Danny Boyle's 1996 film has leaked (and subsequently been removed) onto Amazon UK. Danny Boyle‘s 1996 film “Trainspotting” follows a group of heroin addicts in an ...

I fire up Netflix and rewatch an opening scene that I have long since committed to memory: The spirited beat of “Lust for Life” replaces the rhythm of feet pounding sidewalk as Renton and his friends ...

Underworld and Iggy Pop are both legends of underground music, and they were both famously featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack, but the music they're actually known for making is very different.

The director also explains why none of the sequel's marketing materials include footage of Jonny Lee Miller and Ewan McGregor’s unique duet: "It’s ridiculous and wonderful and takes no prisoners." By ...

I recently finished reading Scottish author Irvine Welsh’s new novel Men in Love, a sequel to his 1993 debut Trainspotting – the all-time classic tale of youth, poverty, addiction, the working class ...

The electronic duo Underworld formed part of the collective soundtrack of the late nineties, in part due to their appearance on the omnipresent Trainspotting soundtrack. After five years of ...

Young Fathers is one of the most enigmatic bands to come out of the UK in the last decade. Back in 2014 they won the Mercury Prize for their outstanding debut album Dead. Following that win, they ...

The rock band Oasis, Britain's hottest act in the late 1990s and early 2000s, turned down a chance to be on the soundtrack of the movie "Trainspotting" because band members thought it was about ...

Released in 1996, Trainspotting hit cinemas at a time when Great Britain was beginning to find its swagger again. The moniker Cool Britannia was even being used to label the country's surge in pop ...

Looking at Trainspotting's soundtrack, it's kind of weird that Oasis never featured. Surely they would've fitted right in alongside the likes of Damon Albarn, Iggy Pop, New Order and Pulp on the 1996 ...