"The Faculty" Soundtrack Lyrics

"The Faculty (Music From the Dimension Motion Picture)" – Album Guide to Tracks and Key Scenes

Overview

What if alien-body-snatcher paranoia met a turn-of-the-century alt-rock mixtape? The Faculty answers with a double hit: a swaggering various-artists album built from radio-friendly bangers and covers, and a nervy, propulsive score by Marco Beltrami. The needle-drops sketch the teen-culture surface — jocks, lockers, bonfire bravado — while Beltrami’s writing needles under the skin with razor rhythmic ostinatos and sudden brass stabs. Together, they make hallways feel like hunting grounds.

The compilation leans hard on late-’90s crossover rock (The Offspring, Garbage, Stabbing Westward), sly classic-rock reworks (Creed covering “I’m Eighteen,” Soul Asylum doing “School’s Out”), and the film’s calling card: Class of ’99’s Pink Floyd cover led by Layne Staley and Tom Morello. The end-credits sendoff — Oasis’s “Stay Young” — restores teenage normalcy after the goo dries. Beltrami’s score (finally expanded on a 2-CD release) is the glue: suspense engines for classroom showdowns, locker-room stalks, and that storeroom “salt test.”

Genres & themes, in phases: post-grunge/industrial — invasion anxiety; punk-pop adrenaline — game-day frenzy; classic-rock covers — teen rebellion as ritual; Britpop uplift — end-credits relief; modern horror score — clipped rhythms for creeping dread.

How It Was Made

The commercial album, The Faculty: Music From the Dimension Motion Picture (Sony/Columbia), corrals 13 songs — notably Class of ’99’s “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2),” The Offspring’s “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” Garbage’s “Medication,” Stabbing Westward’s “Haunting Me,” and Oasis’s “Stay Young.” In parallel, Marco Beltrami scored the film; collectors later got his full work on an expanded 2-CD set (Intrada), while a digital/streaming “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” of the score is also available.

Tracks & Scenes

“Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” (Class of ’99)

Where it plays:

Signature use in the film’s marketing and early sequence cues; the cover became the movie’s sonic calling card across trailers, TV spots, and opening-credits material.

Why it matters:

Choir-chant rebellion repurposed as anti-faculty irony. Layne Staley’s vocal + Tom Morello’s guitars sell the premise in one chorus.

“The Kids Aren’t Alright” (The Offspring)

Where it plays:

Football field action early on; the needle-drop frames Herrington High’s varsity vibe as the invasion creeps in at the margins (opening game/practice beat).

Why it matters:

High-octane scene setter — pep-rally energy with a lyrical side-eye at suburban rot.

“Haunting Me” (Stabbing Westward)

Where it plays:

Featured during early sequences inside the school as paranoia blooms; industrial pulse under fluorescent dread.

Why it matters:

Title tells the tale — an invasion movie’s perfect emotional telemetry.

“Medication” (Garbage)

Where it plays:

Mid-film corridors/classroom beats; a cool-blooded glide between escalating reveals.

Why it matters:

Detached, clinical mood mirrors the plot’s “who’s been dosed?” uncertainty.

“School’s Out” (Soul Asylum) & “I’m Eighteen” (Creed)

Where it plays:

Deployed around party/riotous set-pieces and recruitment scenes as the kids take the fight (and their freedom) into their own hands.

Why it matters:

Classic-rock rites refitted for ’90s angst — swagger with a wink.

“Stay Young” (Oasis)

Where it plays:

End credits. After order is restored, the camera drifts across the quad and Britpop brightness rolls in.

Why it matters:

Affirmation needle-drop — the campus resets, youth survives.

Score highlights (Marco Beltrami)

Key cues to notice:

Locker-room stalks, classroom confrontations, and the storeroom “sniff the salt” test all carry Beltrami’s clipped, percussive suspense writing; later battle cues punch with brass clusters and drum kit hits.

Why it matters:

Rodriguez’s pacing needs propulsion; Beltrami’s grooves give the film its heartbeat.

Trailer music

What you hear:

Class of ’99’s “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” alongside impact hits and score stings; the cover essentially branded the campaign.

Why it matters:

Marketing crystallized the film’s teen-vs-teachers gag in one instantly recognizable hook.

Notes & Trivia

• Two-album reality: the commercial songs compilation (Sony/Columbia) and the separate, later-expanded score by Marco Beltrami.
• Class of ’99 — a one-off “supergroup” (Layne Staley, Tom Morello, Stephen Perkins, Martyn LeNoble; produced by Matt Serletic) — cut “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” specifically for the film.
• Oasis’s B-side “Stay Young” is the end-credits lift — a fan-favorite needle-drop that’s not on the main studio albums.
• Beltrami’s complete score finally got a deluxe 2-CD presentation (Intrada) after years of bootlegs and fragments circulating among collectors.

Reception & Quotes

Reviews for the movie were mixed on release, but the soundtrack combo — radio-leaning compilation + taut original score — helped cement its cult status.

“A pounding soundtrack… and high-octane suspense.” — contemporary trade reviews summarized via film databases

“End-credits Britpop catharsis — ‘Stay Young’ communicates that despite the bloodshed, youth endures.” — feature on Oasis needle-drops

Availability: The 13-track songs album streams on major platforms; the complete Beltrami score is available digitally and in an expanded 2-CD edition for collectors.

Interesting Facts

• Cover city: Five cuts on the commercial album are covers — making the track list feel like a teen-spirit jukebox refracted through the ’90s.
• Music-video cameos: Cast members pop up in the “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” promo materials for cross-marketing.
• Industrial edge: Stabbing Westward’s “Haunting Me,” featured in the film, doubled as a single from their 1998 album.
• Label note: The songs album carries Sony/Columbia credits, reflecting Miramax/Dimension’s late-’90s soundtrack pipeline.

Technical Info

• Title: The Faculty — Music From the Dimension Motion Picture (songs); The Faculty — Original Motion Picture Score (Beltrami)
• Year: 1998 (film & albums; later expanded score reissue)
• Type: Feature film soundtrack — various artists + original score
• Composer: Marco Beltrami (original score)
• Key songs (selected): Class of ’99 — “Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2)”; The Offspring — “The Kids Aren’t Alright”; Garbage — “Medication”; Stabbing Westward — “Haunting Me”; Soul Asylum — “School’s Out”; Creed — “I’m Eighteen”; Sheryl Crow — “Resuscitation”; Oasis — “Stay Young.”
• Labels: Sony/Columbia (songs compilation); Intrada / digital storefronts (expanded score & streaming score album)
• Trailer/TV spots: anchored by Class of ’99’s Pink Floyd cover + score hits

Questions & Answers

Who composed the score?

Marco Beltrami. His full score later received an expanded 2-CD release and is also available digitally.

What’s the song everyone associates with the movie?

Class of ’99’s cover of “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” — it fronted the campaign and appears on the album.

What plays over the end credits?

Oasis’s “Stay Young,” a Britpop B-side that functions as a relief valve after the finale.

Is there an official “songs” album?

Yes — The Faculty: Music From the Dimension Motion Picture (Sony/Columbia) — separate from Beltrami’s score releases.

Does the movie use punk-pop at the football field?

Yes — The Offspring’s “The Kids Aren’t Alright” underscores the varsity vibe near the start.

Key Contributors

Sources: Apple Music & YouTube Music album pages for the songs compilation; Discogs release pages (songs compilation & Beltrami score); IMDb Soundtracks; WhatSong scene notes (opening football use); Intrada store listing (expanded score); Apple Music/Spotify Beltrami score pages; Wikipedia film entry for credits context; features noting “Stay Young” as end-credits needle-drop.

November, 28th 2025