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Coffee Break: Soundtrack work

Thom Yorke looking very serious at the 'Suspiria' screening for the 75th Venice Film Festival.
Thom Yorke looking very serious at the 'Suspiria' screening for the 75th Venice Film Festival.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

by Anna Weggel

December 06, 2018

Thom Yorke is in town tonight playing the Northrop Memorial Auditorium and at 8:30 am you can hear his Suspiria session where he plays and talks about his songs from the 2018 Luca Guadagnino horror film 'Suspiria'.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists who contributed significantly to the score or soundtrack of a film?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

The Wonders - That Thing You Do!
Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat
Daft Punk - Derezzed
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Theme
Bee Gees - Night Fever
DeVotchKa - Til The End of Time
Randy Newman - You've Got A Friend In Me
Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
Queen - Flash's Theme