Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things is Stephen Fry’s adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies.
If you hadn’t already realised, I absolutely love Evelyn Waugh’s novels – indeed all his books. It’s a while since I last read Vile Bodies, and needless to say that I’ll be rereading it fairly shortly.
But this is about the film, which has received mixed reviews so far. I’ve got to say that I totally loved it. Yes it’s thoroughly inconsequential, and many of the people are unlikeable if you sit down and think too much about their lives, but it’s all such a riot.
Our hero Adam, begins the film having his new novel confiscated by customs as he returns to Britain. Now he can’t afford to marry his fianc�e Nina (incidentally, why do I always fall in love with fictional characters called Nina?). There are some fabulous other characters including the incredibly camp Archie, the thoroughly mad Agatha and the hilarious Peter O’Toole cameo.
I couldn’t possibly begin to explain all the intricacies of the plot, but it’s not a million miles away from Wodehouse, a TV version of which Stephen Fry famously starred in. And incidentally, Anne Dudley has done the soundtrack (with the Pet Shop Boys according to the IMDB listing). But sadly there doesn’t seem to be a soundtrack available to buy at the moment!


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6 responses to “Bright Young Things”

  1. Jeffrey Durst avatar
    Jeffrey Durst

    I happen to have a beautiful demo song called “Bright Young Things” done by the Pet Shop Boys. It was intended for the soundtrack, but scrapped because Fry wanted period music. If you like, I can pass this on to you.
    PS – I adore Waugh as well.

  2. Tom Robertson avatar
    Tom Robertson

    Hi,
    an equally avid fan of vile bodies calling! just wondering if you have had any luck tracking down the soundtrack at all? v keen to get my hands on it. When is the release date for the DVD?
    Toodlepip,
    Tom

  3. philip avatar
    philip

    any songs and score from the BYT film would be very much appreciated
    thanks

  4. Ali avatar
    Ali

    Does anyone know where I can buy BYT soundtrack please? ive searched everywhere.
    Thanx.

  5. ben avatar
    ben

    i wish someone could list the tracks in the soundtrack at least… sounds like temperance seven kind of stuff, but better… maybe originally recorded?

  6. Adam Bowie avatar

    I guess there’s a small chance that now the film’s been released in the States, a soundtrack album might be released. Otherwise it could be getting the DVD and pausing it a lot to transcribe the tracks. However, it’ll be near impossible to get hold of them all – particularly as Anne Dudley composed much of the music.