Watch Jonathan Rhys Meyers starring as Clash frontman Joe Strummer in ‘London Town’

A clip of the new Derrick Borte film London Town is on YouTube, featuring actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers onstage as legendary Clash frontman Joe Strummer.

The movie will use the music of The Clash and others of the era to look at contemporary teenage life at the start of Thatcher’s Britain, carrying a brilliant looking soundtrack which is set out below.

It opens at the IFC Center in NYC and Laemmle Monica Film Center in LA on October 7th.

Soundtrack:

“Armagideon Time”
Performed by Willi Williams (Original version, also recorded by The Clash)

“(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”
Performed by The Clash

“London’s Burning”
Performed by The Clash

“Something Better Change”
Performed by The Stranglers

“Clash City Rockers”
Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Originally recorded by The Clash)

“White Riot”
Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Originally recorded by The Clash)

“Pulse”
Performed by The Psychedelic Furs

“Something’s Gone Wrong Again”
Performed by The Buzzcocks

“Pressure Drop”
Performed by Toots & The Maytals (Original version, also recorded by The Clash)

“Keys to Your Heart”
Performed by The 101ers (Joe Strummer’s pre-Clash band)

“Another Girl, Another Planet”
Performed by Natascha McElhone (Originally recorded by The Only Ones)

“Wasted Life”
Performed by Stiff Little Fingers

“Clampdown”
Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Originally recorded by The Clash)

“I Fought The Law”
Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Also recorded by The Clash)

“Police And Thieves”
Performed by Bernard Fowler, Steve Jordan, Meegan Voss & Rickey Peterson (Also recorded by The Clash)