Listen to the City

Listen To The City
Listen To The City
Directed by	Ron Mann
Screenplay by	Bill Schroder
Produced by	Ron Mann
Starring	P.J. Soles; Jim Carroll; Sandy Horne; Michael Glassbourg;
Cinematography	Rene Ohashi
Edited by	Elaine Foreman
Music by	Gordon Deppe
Release date	1984
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Listen To The City is a 1984 dramatic film directed by Ron Mann. Normally a documentary filmmaker, this is Mann's only fictional feature. The film stars P.J. Soles, Jim Carroll, Sandy Horne and Michael Glassbourg. Featured in small or cameo roles are such notable Canadian counter-culture figures as poets bp nichol and Barry Callaghan, politician Jack Layton, playwright Sky Gilbert and radio broadcasters Pete Griffin and Geets Romo.

The movie's score was by Gordon Deppe, who also has a small role in the film. Both Deppe and the film's co-star Sandy Horne were members of the Canadian band Spoons, who had placed several songs on the Canadian pop charts prior to this film's release. Two Spoons songs included on the film's soundtrack -- "Tell No Lies" and "Romantic Traffic" — would become substantial hits in Canada.

Plot

Hupar (Jim Carroll) wakes up from a 20-year coma. Disoriented, he soon meets Arete, a young poet (Sandy Horne) and Sophis, a TV newswoman (P.J. Soles). Together, the three team up to expose corporate crime in a crumbling cityscape of the very near future.

Cast

P.J. Soles as Sophia
Jim Carroll as Hupar
Sandy Horne as Arete
Michael Glassbourg as Goodman
Sky Gilbert as Shadow
Jack Layton as patient
bp nichol as labour department head

Soundtrack

The Listen To The City soundtrack album consists of the primarily instrumental score for the film, and was written, produced and performed by Gordon Deppe of the band Spoons. On two tracks, Deppe is joined by Sandy Horne as co-performer and co-composer; Horne co-starred in the film and was also a member of Spoons. Rob Preuss, also of Spoons, assists on these two tracks.

The album's final two tracks are actually performed by (and credited to) the Spoons as a whole. These songs, "Tell No Lies" and "Romantic Traffic", were both issued as singles in Canada. Both charted and are among the band's most well-known hits in that country.

The Listen To The City soundtrack was issued only on LP and cassette and has never been reissued in any format. However, the two Spoons tracks from this album were made available on various "best of" albums, as well as being included as bonus tracks on a CD reissue of the band's 1983 album Talkback. Later, a 2014 digital "30th anniversary" release of "Romantic Traffic"/"Tell No Lies" also included the two Deppe/Horne collaborative tracks as bonus material.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Theme For A City (Opening Credits)"	Deppe	Gordon Deppe	2:46
2.	"Something Not Quite Right"	Deppe	Gordon Deppe	4:00
3.	"Sundown"	Deppe, Horne	Gordon Deppe, Sandy Horne	4:29
4.	"Then As Now"	Deppe	Gordon Deppe	1:16
5.	"A New World"	Deppe	Gordon Deppe	1:30
6.	"Take Me Walking"	Deppe, Horne	Gordon Deppe, Sandy Horne	3:44
7.	"Walk Into The Wind"	Deppe	Gordon Deppe	2:08
8.	"Until Tomorrow (Closing Credits)"	Deppe	Gordon Deppe	2:07
9.	"Romantic Traffic"	Deppe, Preuss	Spoons	3:34
10.	"Tell No Lies"	Deppe	Spoons	4:11 Total 29:45

Personnel

Tracks 1-8

Gordon Deppe - all instruments, except
Sandy Horne - vocals, bass guitar on 3 and 6
Rob Preuss - keyboards and rhythm machine on 3 and 6

Production personnel, tracks 1-8

Produced by Gordon Deppe
Engineered by Rick Lightheart and Brian Hewson
Recorded and mixed at Sound Path Studios, Oakville, Ontario

Tracks 9-10

Gordon Deppe - vocals, guitar
Sandy Horne - bass, vocals
Rob Preuss - electronic keyboards and piano
Derrick Ross - drums

Production personnel, tracks 9-10

Nile Rodgers - producer
Jason Corsaro - engineer
Recorded at The Power Station, New York City

References

External links

Listen to the City at IMDb