Music / NewsMusic / NewsHear Thom Yorke’s ‘Daily Battles’, written for new film Motherless BrooklynTwo versions of the song will appear in Edward Norton’s second filmShareLink copied ✔️August 21, 2019August 21, 2019Text Günseli Yalcinkaya Thom Yorke has shared a new track called “Daily Battles”, which will feature in an upcoming film by Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn, a film adaption of Jonathan Lethem’s novel of the same name about a detective who suffers from tourettes in 1950s New York. The song includes instrumentals by Atom for Peace bandmate, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who plays the bass and horns. According to Rolling Stone, “Daily Battles” features in a somber scene where Norton’s main character returns home to his apartment and – in a state of acute isolation – attempts to dissociate himself from reality by smoking “hash or opium”. “To have (Yorke) write a song for the movie in response to absorbing what the movie and the character are aiming at is a very different thing,” said Norton. “It’s like Barbra Streisand and ‘Memories’ for The Way We Were; sometimes it can define a thing. Like Lady Gaga, what those guys did with ‘Shallow’ in (A Star Is Born), that’s a stunning song that rises up in the film and out of the film. It rises organically out of the story of the film and it gives you shivers, it’s really a special thing when that happens.” Two versions of Yorke’s track will appear in Motherless Brooklyn, which will be released in November this year. A jazz arrangement of the song by American trumpeter Wynton Marsalis will also appear in a jazz bar scene in the film, which you can listen to here. A split 7” vinyl of both tracks will also be released in the US this November. Listen to Yorke’s track below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.Trending10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaManaging to (mostly) slip under the radar of Instagram’s notorious censorship rules, these are the flesh-baring accounts you need to followBeautyFashionNo bottoms allowed: Menswear dropped its trousers for SS27 PumaLife & CultureMeet freestyle footballer Janella HernandezFashionTom of Finland meets Twin Peaks at LGN SS27BeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followMusicK-Pop superduo V8 don’t care if you think they’re old-fashionedBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismFashionInside Charli xcx and Lyas’ Paris Fashion Week afterpartyFashionIn pictures: Harry Styles’ best looks from his 2026 tourEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy