Want to know details about the upcoming release of the Smallville soundtrack? This is the place for you! Sounds like a great lineup, and we can't wait to have one in our hot little hands. Particularly given the name of the mix. <g>

Release date: February 25, 2003

Album cover: Click here to view.

Soundtrack Available Now!
Featured Artist: am Radio
Featured Artist: Remy Zero
Featured Artist: VonRay
Press Release

Soundtrack Available Now!

The official soundtrack for Smallville, subtitled "The Talon Mix," is in-stores NOW (Tuesday, February 25, 2003).

Check out this collectible Soundtrack E-Card and make sure to pass it on to your friends: http://promo.elektra.com/smallvilleost/card

Remember this CD also contains many never seen soundtrack only features. By purchasing the CD, fans can explore the world of SMALLVILLE, where they will be able to:
- Unlock online access to the sold-out first issue of DC Comics' Smallville comic book
- Preview chapters of the upcoming DC Comics' Smallville novels from Little, Brown and Company and Warner Books
- Tour a 3-D interactive map of the town of Smallville, including the Luthor mansion, The Talon coffeehouse, the Kent farm and much more
- Watch VonRay's live performance of "Inside Out" and Remy Zero's HBO Reverb performance of "Perfect Memory"
- Collect one of three collectible trading cards--Lana, Lex or Clark--from the Smallville series

Featured Artist: am Radio

am Radio, a power punk band from the bright sunshine state of California, had their song, 'I Just Wanna Be Loved' featured on Smallville Episode #2-14: "Rush." The band is managed by Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, and both am Radio and Weezer each have a song on the Smallville Soundtrack.

Download full length MP3s including 'I Just Wanna Be Loved' from am Radio's Web site: http://www.amradioonline.com/sounds.html

Web site: http://www.amradioonline.com/

The History of am Radio:
September, 2001...

Kevin Ridel, former front man of RIDEL HIGH and PEEL, sits in the driver's seat of a car that slowly creeps towards the microphone at Astroburger. He doesn't want anything. His passenger wants a veggie burger, no tomatoes. It's hot. The AC doesn't work. Popular music spills out of the radio and escapes out the window, mixing with the hum of passing cars and disappearing into the hazy Los Angeles afternoon. "Just as well," he thinks, "this music is lame." After two tries he orders the veggie burger and heads to the pick-up window. It comes with tomatoes.

Kevin turns to his right and asks, "why isn't there anything good on the radio?" His passenger, an old friend from Connecticut, familiar with candlepin bowling and the strange misidentity associated with that state, shrugs as he picks out the slice of tomato and lays it on top of the side-view mirror. After a moment he responds, "have you tried AM?" Ruminations begin.

Calls were made. A few weeks later Joe Higgins dazzles the drum kit while guitarists Jason Moore and Rowan Robertson supply powerful backdrops to Kevin's mellifluous vocals. Songs created on Ridel's beat-up Washburn acoustic transform from simple melodies to full-blown rock songs dripping with texture and energy. Joe Barresi takes them into a studio and soon the band releases their self-titled indie debut; two thousand copies sold to date.

For months they support their music by playing an exhaustive schedule around the Los Angeles area, continually trying to and succeeding in connecting with the fans. Producer and Engineer Rod Cervera takes the band into the studio and records a batch of new material. The band decides to release it for free on their web site, www.amradioonline.com. The fans are happy.

In April 2002, just days before the band is set to embark on their first major piece of road work, Kevin calls Canada for a bass player. The city of Victoria sends Bryce Soderberg to LA. Kevin gives him a quick test: "Ryan or Bryan Adams?" Bryce answers quickly and cooly, "Ryan, of course." He gets the job then pushes play on his portable CD player. "Cuts Like a Knife" enters his ears and he sports a satisfied grin. The Dusty West Tour, 13 cities in the US and Canada opening for WEEZER, goes incredibly well.

In June 2002, Rivers Cuomo signs them to his new record label. He also likes them on the road. AM RADIO opens for WEEZER in Japan on The World Cup Tour and subsequently headlines the second stage on The Enlightenment Tour. The fans continue to be happy.

Plans to release a full-length album in June 2003 are soon solidified. Elektra Records has agreed to provide the band with worldwide distribution. In the meantime AM RADIO continues its schedule of rehearsing, recording, playing live and getting to know their fans. Although they have only been together a year, the time spent on the road and working together has solidified the unit into one rocking outfit without a tinge of suck.

Tune in to AM RADIO (guaranteed no tomatoes); keep it on the up.

Featured Artist: Remy Zero

Remy Zero and Smallville go hand in hand as Remy Zero's 'Save Me' is the theme song of the hit series. This track will also appear on the Smallville Soundtrack slated to be released on February 25, 2003.

"Save Me":

Listen to the song

Watch the video

The band appeared on Smallville as themselves performing "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory" in the finale of series one (Tempest), which aired May 21, 2001.

Remy Zero released their Elektra debut 'The Golden Hum' featuring 'Save Me' back on 9/18/01. For more information on Remy Zero, check out their website: http://www.remyzero.com and keep reading below...

To those who know exquisitely written, moody pop, Remy Zero is a familiar name. Their two previous albums had critics searching for new ways to arrange their favorite superlatives, with many writers placing them in the rarefied artistic space occupied by U2, REM and Radiohead. Along the way, the band was hand-picked by Radiohead to open shows on the latter's OK Computer tour; they toured with Travis and Semisonic; and they packed crowds into their own shows at L.A.'s famed Viper Room. Remy Zero's Elektra debut, The Golden Hum, was one of 2001's most acclaimed albums, ranging from trippy rockers to intricate ballads, with unexpected twists, soaring choruses and a mysterious, sensual quality that begs repeated listening. If today's disposable pop music has an opposite, this is it.

Featured Artist: VonRay

VonRay was on Smallville very recently. They played the song "Inside Out" from the episode Ryan.

Download the song

View the video for "Inside Out"

For more behind VonRay check out these links:
E-Card
Official Site

Press Release

ELEKTRA RELEASES SMALLVILLE SOUNDTRACK ON FEBRUARY 25

Elektra Records, The WB Television Network, Warner Bros. Television and Tollin/ Robbins Productions have teamed up to create the soundtrack for The WB's phenomenal hit television show SMALLVILLE. The soundtrack is packed with unprecedented added-value components for the upcoming release of Smallville Soundtrack: The Talon Mix that are worthy of, well, Superman!

By purchasing the CD, fans can explore the world of SMALLVILLE, where they will be able to:
- Unlock online access to the sold-out first issue of DC Comics' Smallville comic book
- Preview chapters of the upcoming DC Comics' Smallville novels from Little, Brown and Company and Warner Books
- Tour a 3-D interactive map of the town of Smallville, including the Luthor mansion, The Talon coffeehouse, the Kent farm and much more
- Watch VonRay's live performance of "Inside Out" and Remy Zero's HBO Reverb performance of "Perfect Memory"
- Collect one of three collectible trading cards--Lana, Lex or Clark--from the Smallville series

Certain to become coveted SMALLVILLE memorabilia for years to come, the collectors' assets will be made available exclusively on the February 25 CD release. Access to the comic book, novels and map will be made available through special CD key technology.

Among the artists included on Smallville Soundtrack: The Talon Mix are Remy Zero, creators of the SMALLVILLE theme song, "Save Me"; and VonRay, who contribute the album's first single, "Inside Out," (which was performed acoustically at The Talon in the episode "Ryan"), as well as songs by such acclaimed artists as Weezer, Ryan Adams, Sixpence None the Richer, Lifehouse, Five For Fighting, Phantom Planet, Eva Cassidy, The Flaming Lips and new Elektra artists Steadman (who will perform at The Talon in the episode "Fever," to air February 18) and AM Radio.