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All of Us Strangers soundtrack: Every song in Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal film

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, and more feature in the track lsit.

Paul Mescal as Harry smiling in a doorway in ALL OF US STRANGERS.

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Published: Monday, 19 February 2024 at 3:10 pm

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Music plays a powerful role in the BAFTA-nominated film All of Us Strangers.

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"I'll protect you from the hooded claw, keep the vampires from your door."

The lyrics of Frankie Goes To Hollywood hit The Power of Love permeate throughout the moving new film from Looking director Andrew Haigh.

Inspired by the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, All of Us Strangers follows a lonely screenwriter named Adam (Andrew Scott) who is struggling to write about his late parents.

Adam's monotonous daily routine is punctuated when his handsome neighbour Harry (a BAFTA-nominated performance from Paul Mescal) comes into his life one evening and opens up new possibilities.

Amidst this, Adam returns to his childhood home in Sussex and encounters his late parents, portrayed by Jamie Bell and a BAFTA-nominated Claire Foy, who died when Adam was a child.

Music is used evocatively throughout this moving film, so what songs feature in the All of Us Strangers soundtrack? Here is your guide to the complete soundtrack.

All of Us Strangers soundtrack: Every song in Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal film

Jamie Bell and Claire Foy around a Christmas tree with Andrew Scott sat on the floor facing them in All of Us Strangers.

Jamie Bell and Claire Foy in ALL OF US STRANGERS.  Chris Harris/Searchlight Pictures

The following songs feature in the film All of Us Strangers.

Speaking to various publications, director Andrew Haigh discussed the use of some songs in the film, particularly the prominent use of personal beloved tracks The Power of Love and Always on My Mind in the film.

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Regarding a childhood favourite song The Power of Love, Haigh told IndieWire: "Now, I’m 10 years old, and I didn’t really understand what that even means, necessarily. But I knew there was something that spoke to my queer self. There was some grand, operatic longing to the song that made me want to reach out to the f**king stars. Like, I can have love one day, I hope, but maybe I can’t. And so when I was writing the film I was like, ‘You know what? I want to go back to that kid, when I didn’t think love was ever gonna be possible in any way, shape, or form."

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Meanwhile, Haigh told the publication that the lyrical content of the song Always on My Mind when sung by Claire Foy's character to on-screen son Andrew Scott made it truly hit home.

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Haigh highlighted the lyric 'Maybe I didn’t hold you all those lonely, lonely times.' as particularly characterising the lost time between Adam (Scott) and his mother.

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