WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO limited series The Sympathizer. The album features the show’s original score composed by Cho Young-Wuk (Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Little Drummer Girl, Decision to Leave). Also included are songs by Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Pham Thi Bao Tran, Duong Minh Quan, Đình Bảo, Lam Anh, as well as Robert Downey Jr.’s rendition of Helen Reddy’s You and Me Against the World and Vy Le’s Lady Marmalade cover. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (I Spy) and the two covers after the jump. The Sympathizer is developed by Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen and stars Hoa Xuande, Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Vy Le, Toan Le, Phanxine, Kieu Chinh, Ky Duyen, Alan Trong, Duy Nguyen and Sandra Oh. The 7-part comedy drama follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War as he starts a new life as a refugee in Los Angeles. The series finale is premiering tonight on HBO and full season is now also available to stream on HBO.
Here’s the album track list:
1. I Spy (1:46)
2. Interrogation (1:56)
3. Snooping (1:20)
4. Escape (1:33)
5. Đại Bác Ru Đêm – Pham Thi Bao Tran & Duong Minh Quan (5:12)
6. Despair (2:17)
7. Leave (2:02)
8. Take the Flight! (3:58)
9. Talk to Me (3:08)
10. In a Lonely Place (2:12)
11. A Refugee Camp (3:33)
12. Liquor Store (1:07)
13. Walk (2:20)
14. Family (1:19)
15. Sài Gòn Đẹp Lắm – Vy Le (1:40)
16. Meal (1:44)
17. You and Me Against the World – Robert Downey Jr. (3:00)
18. Keep Smilin’ – Maxwell Whittington-Cooper (2:44)
19. Confusion (1:17)
20. Filming Location / Threat (4:05)
21. Friendship (1:58)
22. Visit (0:53)
23. Biscuit (1:07)
24. Shitty Mission (1:05)
25. Ảo Ảnh – Vy Le & Maxwell Whittington-Cooper (4:17)
26. Lady Marmalade – Vy Le (2:07)
27. (They Long to Be) Close to You – Đình Bảo & Lam Anh (3:43)
28. Secret Letter (2:28)
29. Hidden Pictures (2:16)
30. Spy (2:48)
31. Resolution (4:06)
32. Truth or Dare (2:24)
33. Escape / Killing Me Too (2:03)
34. Đại Bác Ru Đêm (4:44)
