A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Eisenstein’s film about a 1905 naval mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content. Battleship Potemkin is renowned for its dynamic compositional strength and editing of such frame-perfect precision that it’s hard not to be swept along. The set-piece massacre on the Odessa Steps still packs a sledgehammer punch. First revealed at a free outdoor live performance and screening in front of an estimated 25,000 people in London’s Trafalgar Square on 12 September 2004, Pet Shop Boys’ score, performed with the Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer with orchestrations by Torsten Rasch, blends electronic beats with orchestral grandeur to create a rousing contemporary cinematic experience. Since the premiere, Pet Shop Boys with Dresdner Sinfoniker have performed the music with the film in European cities including Frankfurt, Bonn, Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, and Segovia, Spain.

Disc 1
1. ‘Comrades!’ – Pet Shop Boys (3.52)
2. Men and Maggots – Pet Shop Boys (4.57)
3. Our Daily Bread – Pet Shop Boys (0.52)
4. Drama in the Harbour – Pet Shop Boys (9.00)
5. Nyet – Pet Shop Boys (6.14)
6. To the Shore – Pet Shop Boys (3.12)
7. Odessa – Pet Shop Boys (6.50)
8. No Time for Tears – Pet Shop Boys (4.32)
9. To the Battleship – Pet Shop Boys (4.34)
10. After All (The Odessa Staircase) – Pet Shop Boys (7.23)
11. Stormy Meetings – Pet Shop Boys (1.31)
12. Night Falls – Pet Shop Boys (5.55)
13. Full Steam Ahead – Pet Shop Boys (1.50)
14. The Squadron – Pet Shop Boys (4.24)
15. For Freedom – Pet Shop Boys (3.17)