Mystify: A Musical Journey with Michael Hutchence [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by INXS

Overview

Mystify: A Musical Journey with Michael Hutchence is the soundtrack accompanying Mystify: Michael Hutchence, a 2019 documentary chronicling the life and times of the late INXS singer directed by his old friend Richard Lowenstein. The director decided not to follow convention for the soundtrack. Instead of offering up hits or rarities from the INXS catalog, Mystify takes listeners on a voyage -- a musical journey, if you will -- through Hutchence's career, threading recognizable hooks and melodies with interview snippets, outtakes, studio chatter, and slick new beats. The soundtrack doesn't follow a specific chronological sequence, nor does it offer a narrative. It's a collage, creating a smeary, patchwork impression of Hutchence's art and life. While it's not precisely freeform, it lacks a logical structure, which can be as frustrating as it is tantalizing. Why are there covers of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb" and War's "Spill the Wine" among a shiny new megamix of INXS hits? Are these songs that represent meaningful inspirations for Hutchence or are they just rarities? Who knows? Similarly, it's hard to tell if the dialogue is supposed to signify anything other than curiosity, especially when the most compelling sequence is hearing Ray Charles effectively produce his cameo on "Please (You Got That)." The end result is neither compelling nor evocative. Rather, it feels like an arty spin on the kind of promotional LP that would be sent to radio stations during the thick of the 1980s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2019
Label:	Universal
UPC:	0602577901683

Tracks

1. Let It Ride
2. Deliver Me
3. Black & White
4. Need You Tonight [Live, 1988]
5. Under My Thumb
6. Please (You Got That)
7. What You Need
8. Don't Change
9. Spill the Wine
10. Move On
11. Need You Tonight [Remix]
12. Devil Inside
13. Love Is (What I Say)
14. Baby Don't Cry
15. All I'm Saying
16. Shine Like It Does
17. Burn for You
18. Viking Juice
19. Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
20. Original Sin
21. Never Tear Us Apart

Album Credits

Performance Credits

INXS   Primary Artist
Michael Hutchence   Primary Artist
London Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Mylene Farmer   Primary Artist
Lucile Bannholtzer   Vocals
Peter Scholes   Conductor

Technical Credits

James Ash   Producer
CM Murphy   Executive Producer,Creative Consultant
Doug Rasheed   Producer
Garry Beers   Composer
Doug Roberts   Remixing,Producer
Chris Thomas   Producer
Mylene Farmer   Lyricist,Composer
Michael Hutchence   Producer,Composer
Kirk Pengilly   Composer
INXS   Producer
Keith Richards   Composer
Tim Simenon   Composer
Bruce Fairbairn   Producer
Nile Rodgers   Producer
Nick Launay   Producer
Mark Opitz   Producer
Mark Edwards   Remixing,Producer
Danny Sabar   Producer
Jon Farriss   Composer,Producer
E-Smoove   Producer,Mixing
Chris Sheldon   Mixing
Andy Gill   Producer
Andrew Farriss   Producer,Composer