Recorded: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2015
Producer: Tony Visconti
Supervising sound engineers: John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone
Re-recording engineer: Bill Stein
Mixing engineer: Jannek Zechner
Released: 16 September 2022
Personnel
- David Bowie: vocals, guitar, keyboards, saxophone, synthesizer, organ, piano, koto, Moog, Mellotron, Stylophone, harmonica, percussion, handclaps
- Mick Ronson: guitar, organ, Mellotron, vocals
- Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, Reeves Gabrels, Adrian Belew, Ricky Gardiner, Chuck Hammer, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nile Rodgers, Mick Wayne, Tim Renwick, Jeff Beck: guitar
- Erdal Kızılçay: guitar, keyboards, saxophone, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet
- Mike Garson: piano, keyboards, synthesizer
- Rick Wakeman: piano, harpsichord, organ, Mellotron
- Brian Eno: keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
- Roy Young, Roy Bittan, Sean Mayes: piano
- Roger Powell: keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
- Jason Lindner: piano, organ, keyboards
- Andy Clark: synthesizer
- Robert Sabino: piano, keyboards
- David LeBolt: keyboards
- Tony Visconti: guitar percussion, vocals
- Simon House: electric violin
- Trevor Boulder, George Murray, Herbie Flowers, Carmine Rojas, Gail Ann Dorsey, John Lodge: bass guitar
- Tony Newman, John Cambridge, Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson, Zachary Alford: drums
- Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey, Dennis Davis, Terry Cox: drums, percussion
- Sam Figueroa: percussion
- Neil Tennant: vocals
- Chris Lowe: synthesizers, programming
- J Peter Robinson, Paul Buckmaster: pianos, ARP synthesizer
- Geoff MacCormack: vocals, congas
- Mac Gollehon: trumpet
- Robert Aaron, Stan Harrison: tenor saxophone
- Steve Elson: baritone saxophone
- David Spinner, George Simms, Frank Simms: vocals
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tracklisting
- “Time… one of the most complex expressions…”
- ‘Ian Fish, UK Heir’ (Moonage Daydream Mix 1)
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’ (Remix Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’ (Live)
- ‘All the Young Dudes’ (Live)
- ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ (Live)
- ‘Life On Mars?’ (2016 Mix – Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘Moonage Daydream’ (Live)
- Medley: ‘The Jean Genie’/‘Love Me Do’/‘The Jean Genie’ (Live) [feat. Jeff Beck]
- ‘The Light’ (Excerpt) – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- ‘Warszawa’ (Live – Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘Quicksand’ (2021 Mix – Early Version)
- Medley: ‘Future Legend’/‘Diamonds Dogs’ Intro/‘Cracked Actor’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me’ (Live)
- ‘Aladdin Sane’ (Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘Subterraneans’ (2017 Remaster)
- ‘Space Oddity’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘V-2 Schneider’ (2017 Remaster)
- ‘Sound And Vision’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘A New Career In A New Town’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Word On A Wing’ (Moonage Daydream Mix Excerpt)
- “Heroes” (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘DJ’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Move On’ (Moonage Daydream A Cappella Mix Edit)
- ‘Moss Garden’ (Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘Cygnet Committee’/‘Lazarus’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Memory Of A Free Festival’ (Harmonium Edit)
- ‘Modern Love’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Let’s Dance’ (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘The Mysteries’/‘Absolute Beginners’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’ (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
- ‘Ian Fish, UK Heir’ (Moonage Daydream Mix 2)
- ‘Word On A Wing’ (Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’ (Live Moonage Daydream Mix)
- ‘I Have Not Been To Oxford Town’ (Moonage Daydream A Cappella Mix Edit)
- “Heroes”: IV ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’ (Excerpt) – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- ‘Blackstar’ (Moonage Daydream Film Mix Edit)
- ‘Ian Fish, UK Heir’ (Moonage Daydream Mix Excerpt)
- ‘Memory Of A Free Festival’ (Moonage Daydream Mix Edit)
- ‘Starman’ (Original Single Mix) [2015 Remaster]
- “You’re aware of a deeper existence…”
- ‘Changes’ (2015 Remaster)
- “Let me tell you one thing…”
- “Well you know what, this has been an incredible pleasure…”
Moonage Daydream is the soundtrack album to the 2022 film by Brett Morgen.
As with the film, the album takes a kaleidoscopic, non-linear approach to Bowie’s career, containing snippets and full versions of studio and live performances from throughout Bowie’s career.
Its rarities include outtakes of ‘Sound And Vision’, an early version of ‘Quicksand’, a previously-unreleased live version of ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me’ from the Soul Tour, and a long-unreleased live version of ‘The Jean Genie’ and the Beatles’ ‘Love Me Do’ featuring Jeff Beck on guitar.
Two tracks – ‘The Light’ and ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’ – were from Philip Glass’s “Heroes” Symphony, recorded by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the Concert Hall in Poole, England, on 16 and 17 May 2006.
The release
The soundtrack was announced on 25 August 2022. The same day, the Moonage Daydream Mix of ‘Modern Love’ was posted on YouTube.
The second song from the album to be posted online was ‘DJ’ on 12 September.
The full soundtrack album was released digitally along with the Moonage Daydream film on 16 September 2022. A two-CD edition followed on 18 November.