Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid & Nancy: Love Kills) is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox, co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. The film portrays the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and his destructive relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungen. The film also features supporting performances from David Hayman, Xander Berkeley, and Courtney Love.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1986, and was released theatrically in the United States in November of that same year. Although it failed to recoup its production budget at the box office, the film was received positively by most critics and developed a cult following.
The official soundtrack contains no songs by either the Sex Pistols or Sid Vicious (although it does include one song by former Pistol Steve Jones). Much of the film's soundtrack (as opposed to soundtrack album) was composed by Dan Wool (of Pray for Rain) and Joe Strummer, who was contractually limited to contribute only two songs. Strummer continued to contribute more (unpaid) work because of his interest in the project and composing for film in general. This additional material was credited to fictitious bands in the credits, so as to keep Strummer's label, Epic Records, from knowing what he had done. Another large portion of the music was composed by The Pogues.
1 Joe Strummer– Love Kills (Title Track) 4:00
2 The Pogues– Haunted 3:36
3 Steve Jones – Pleasure And Pain 4:57
4 Pray For Rain– Chinese Choppers 1:12
5 Circle Jerks– Love Kills 2:52
6 Pray For Rain– Off The Boat 1:04
7 Joe Strummer– Dum Dum Club 3:02
8 Pray For Rain– Burning Room 1:53
9 John Cale– She Never Took No For An Answer 3:12
10 The Pogues– Junk 2:56
11 Gary Oldman– I Wanna Be Your Dog 3:50
12 Gary Oldman– My Way 3:30
13 Pray For Rain– Taxi To Heaven 1:32
