PR: Sympathy for Delicious (The Besnard Lakes + songs)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LAKESHORE RECORDS PRESENTS SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Original Score Composed by The Besnard Lakes

Original Songs written by The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Cedric Bixler and performed by Burnt the Diphthongs (Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks)

(June 7, 2011- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the Sympathy for Delicious -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available digitally on June 21st and in stores on June 28, 2011. The album features original score by the Montreal indie-psych band The Besnard Lakes, original songs by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler (of The Mars Volta) and performed by Burnt the Diphthongs (featuring Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks). The album also features songs by The Kills, Do Make Say Think, and John Carrol Lynch with Jason Hiller.

Sympathy for Delicious marks acclaimed actor Mark Ruffalo’s first foray into directing. This inspired and unusual film tells the story of Dean O’Dwyer (Christopher Thornton), also known as “Delicious D,” an up-and-coming DJ on the underground music scene in Los Angeles. When a motorcycle accident leaves Dean paralyzed, he abandons his turntables for a wheelchair as his once promising career disappears before his eyes.

Forced to live out of his car on skid row, Dean begins his descent into depression when he meets Father Joe Roselli (Mark Ruffalo), a passionate young priest. Father Joe introduces Dean to the world of faith-healing, an unlikely way for him to begin his quest to walk again. He soon discovers that he possesses the otherworldly power to heal people, but in an odd twist of fate, he is utterly unable to heal himself.

Despite Father Joe’s warnings, Dean angrily decides to use his newfound gift for fame and fortune. He joins a rock band led by charismatic front man The Stain (Orlando Bloom) with bassist Ariel (Juliette Lewis), and manager Nina Hogue (Laura Linney). But his newfound notoriety is unable to cure the hurt that encompasses his life. To find true healing, Dean must ultimately confront his worst demons and come to terms with his own humanity.

Sympathy for Delicious is an edgy rock-and-roll spiritual journey that explores the lasting effects of tragedy, the search for meaning, and the ultimate redemptive power of compassion.

To take this journey, director Mark Ruffalo selected The Besnard Lakes to score the film. "First of all it was quite shocking because I don't think we ever had any intentions of someone like that contacting us," the band’s co-founder Jace Lasek said. "Mind you, I always had an inkling that our music would be quite good for film because of its atmospheric bent."

“Sympathy For Delicious is a Magic and Agnostic Rock and Roll Revival,” described Ruffalo, “and I wanted a score to the film that felt questioning and cinematic. The Besnard Lakes is a perfect match to what we have been trying to achieve with the movie; something rough and not overproduced, not devoid of guts, full of humanity and messy around the edges. Their music is not just a clutch of songs but a cinematic experience that evolves dramatically and carries poetry in the tidy complexity of its parts. I am very proud to have them.”

Track Listing
1. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Jason Hiller
2. Dean Wakes - The Besnard Lakes
3. Auberge Le Mouton Noir – Do Make Say Think
4. Dean Ponders - The Besnard Lakes
5. U.R.A. Fever - The Kills
6. Playing for Nina – Burnt the Dipthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks
7. Matilda Healing - The Besnard Lakes
8. El Mago Cardona - Xocoyotzin Herrera
9. After Gig Dean Burns Oogie - The Besnard Lakes
10. End Of 1st Day Of Healings - The Besnard Lakes
11. 2nd Day Of Healings - The Besnard Lakes
12. Mark's Master - Burnt the Dipthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks
13. Dean Signs With Nina - The Besnard Lakes
14. Wages Of Fame - The Besnard Lakes
15. The Healing Song - Burnt the Dipthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks
16. Ariel Collapses - The Besnard Lakes
17. 107 Reasons Why – Do Make Say Think
18. Rene's Healing - The Besnard Lakes
19. Dean Is Free - The Besnard Lakes
20. I Started A Joke - The Bee Gees

Maya Entertainment presents Sympathy for Delicious, currently in theaters and available via Video On Demand. The film, which is rated R, will be available on DVD on August 23. Sympathy for Delicious – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be released digitally on June 21st and in stores on June 28, 2011.

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