Last month, Brian Eno’s Gary Hustwit-directed documentary, Eno, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Now, Eno has announced the documentary’s corresponding soundtrack, which will arrive on April 19th via UMR. Along with the announcement, he shared the previously-unreleased song, “Lighthouse #429.”
Spanning 17 tracks from 14 albums — plus three previously-unreleased songs — the Eno soundtrack will show off Eno’s 50-year, including collaborations with artists like Daniel Lanois, Fred again.., David Byrne, John Cale, Roger Eno, and more.
After arriving on April 19th, the Eno soundtrack will be available on CD and vinyl formats, including a limited-edition colored vinyl option with eco-packaging. Physical copies will drop in North America on June 7th, pre-orders are ongoing.
In the release announcing the soundtrack, Eno offered a statement on his creative process: “Picasso once said: ‘Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.’ I don’t wait to be inspired: I start working and (if I’m lucky) I become ‘inspired.’ And if I’m not lucky, I keep at it until my luck changes. I’m obstinate and confident that I will get somewhere in the end if I keep at it.”
The single, “Lighthouse #429,” arrives today. An instrumental, the track is taken from Eno’s Sonos radio station, The Lighthouse, and is the first public release from the station.
The documentary Eno premiered last month at Sundance, and marks the first authorized documentary about Eno. A“uniquely generative” film that is “different every time it’s screened,” the documentary was made using hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage, unreleased music from Eno’s archive, and visual art. Details on a wide release are still forthcoming.
