IDLES perform on score for Darren Aronofsky's forthcoming film, Caught Stealing

Drawing inspiration from the gritty energy of the 1990s New York punk scene that permeates Academy Award nominee Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming crime caper Caught Stealing, IDLES have contributed four original tracks to the project’s soundtrack as well as having recorded the full film score composed by Rob Simonsen (The Whale, Deadpool, Wolverine). Also included is a cover of the Junior Marvin-penned "Police and Thieves" – a song famously covered by The Clash on their 1977 self-titled debut album.

Caught Stealing was directed by Aronofsky from a screenplay by Charlie Huston, based on his book of the same name. The film stars Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Benito Martínez Ocasio and Carol Kane.

“This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day. But in hindsight, I realise that Darren is one of my favourite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy,” Joe Talbot says.

“I built ‘Caught Stealing’ to be a roller coaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining a punk sensibility. I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than IDLES? It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen,” Darren Aronofsky comments.

Tracklist:

1. 6th and A
2. Doom
3. Kim’s Video
4. Tompkins Square Park
5. 5th Floor Walk Up
6. Walk/Don’t Walk
7. Loisaida
8. Cheerleader
9. Coper
10. Flushing, Queens
11. Police & Thieves
12. Bay 15
13. Blessings and Successes
14. Alphabet City
15. Under the EL
16. Rabbit Run