"Valentine" Soundtrack Lyrics

"Valentine: Music from the Motion Picture" – Album Guide to Tracks and Key Scenes

Overview

What happens when a glossy studio slasher mixes candy-heart romance with club-industrial angst? Valentine answers with Don Davis’s stalking strings wrapped around a nu-metal/alt-rock mixtape that refuses to whisper.

The album captures the movie’s two pulses: score cues that tighten the breath (Davis’s ominous motifs, sudden brass hits) and needle-drops that plant the film squarely in turn-of-the-millennium club culture — Rob Zombie, Deftones, Linkin Park, Orgy, Amanda Ghost, BT, Filter, Snake River Conspiracy. In the film, the songs color gallery parties, speed-dating detours and the climactic mansion blowout; on record, they play like a snapshot of 2000–01 alt radio, with one ear for sheen and the other for menace.

Phases & meanings: industrial/nu-metal grind — humiliation, anger; dark electro & big-room breakbeats — hunt/chase energy; sleek alt-pop — aspiration and façade; Davis’s orchestral suspense — the killer’s silhouette closing in. It’s a heart-shaped box full of thorny hooks.

How It Was Made

Composer: Don Davis builds a suspense fabric that sits between his Matrix-era harmonic bite and classic slasher punctuation. Album: issued by Warner Records in late January 2001, it compiles 14 licensed tracks (no separate commercial score album at the time). The Blu-ray later spotlights the music with a dedicated “Scoring Valentine” featurette and even includes a promo music video cut to Orgy’s “Opticon.”

Tracks & Scenes

“Breed” (Snake River Conspiracy)

Where it plays:

End credits — the sly, taunting chorus (“somebody says… I love you”) rides over the roll as the film comes down from its final reveal.

Why it matters:

A lethal valentine in lyric form; the last word belongs to industrial pop swagger.

“Pushing Me Away” (Linkin Park)

Where it plays:

Heard during the party stretch — a brief source cue folded under dialogue/roaming camera while the mansion fills up.

Why it matters:

Early-2000s angst in miniature, mirroring friendships fraying under paranoia.

“Opticon” (Orgy)

Where it plays:

Associated with the film’s marketing and home-video extras (a “club reel” cut to the track appears on the Blu-ray). In-film, it textures the party atmosphere.

Why it matters:

Neon-cold synth-rock that matches the movie’s slick, glassy finish.

“Filthy Mind” (Amanda Ghost)

Where it plays:

A club/party source needle-drop, heard as characters circulate and tensions simmer before bodies begin to drop.

Why it matters:

Sultry, prowling energy — desire curdles into danger.

“Smartbomb (BT’s Mix)” (BT)

Where it plays:

Used as source during the art-show/party milieu; the breakbeat snap dovetails with the film’s maze-like staging.

Why it matters:

All nervous motion — propulsive, mechanical, a sonic match to cat-and-mouse blocking.

“RX Queen” (Deftones)

Where it plays:

Briefly heard in the mansion party soundscape — a low-boil pulse beneath flirting, sniping, and suspicion.

Why it matters:

Textural heaviness that hints at rot under the gloss.

“Superbeast (Porno Holocaust Remix)” (Rob Zombie)

Where it plays:

An early pump-in to the film’s sonic world (album opener), also used as aggressive source in crowd scenes.

Why it matters:

Sets the era’s grind and attitude in one blast.

“Take a Picture (Hybrid Mix)” (Filter)

Where it plays:

As a transitional source cue around party/interior movement; airy pads and whispered vocal contrast the film’s sharper edges.

Why it matters:

Momentary calm — the soundtrack catches its breath before plunging again.

Score cue: “Paige in the Hot Tub / Gasping for Air” (Don Davis)

Where it plays:

During Paige’s infamous hot-tub sequence at Dorothy’s mansion. Tension string figures and percussion ratchet up as the killer toys, then strikes.

Why it matters:

Classic Davis: tight rhythmic cells + jagged brass to stage a set-piece death.

Album-only note — “Son Song” (Soulfly feat. Sean Lennon)

Where it plays:

Not heard in the film; included on the commercial album.

Why it matters:

A good snapshot of the compilation’s heavier edge even if it’s not on screen.

Notes & Trivia

• The commercial album compiles 14 songs (Warner Records). No standalone retail score album accompanied the film’s release.
• “Breed” by Snake River Conspiracy closes the movie over the end credits.
• Linkin Park’s “Pushing Me Away” is featured briefly in-film (and on the album) — a popular “wait, was that…?” fan query.
• The Blu-ray adds a “Scoring Valentine” featurette with Don Davis and a promo music video cut to Orgy’s “Opticon.”
• Satirical pop-culture nod: an SNL sketch once ribbed the soundtrack’s very turn-of-2001 band roll call.

Reception & Quotes

Reviews were rough on the film overall, but even detractors clocked the sleek presentation and late-90s/00s-radio sheen of the music. Home-video retrospectives single out the audio mix and the extras’ attention to the soundtrack.

“Music selection… blends in well — score reproduced beautifully, source cues sit right.” The Digital Bits (Blu-ray review)

“Stylish, suspenseful revenge” — a studio slasher with a polished surface. Los Angeles Times

Interesting Facts

• End-credits sting: The “somebody says…” refrain people ask about is Snake River Conspiracy’s “Breed.”
• Era capsule: Rob Zombie → Deftones → Orgy → Linkin Park — the album plays like a 2001 alt-radio hour.
• Extras count: Scream Factory’s Blu-ray stacks a music-video cut for “Opticon” and a composer interview into the bonus pile.
• Album-only track: Soulfly’s “Son Song” appears on the CD/digital release but not in the film.
• Score heads: Davis’s suspense writing for the hot-tub set-piece is a fan-favorite cue on unofficial uploads.

Technical Info

• Title: Valentine: Music from the Motion Picture
• Year: 2001 (album release late Jan 2001; film released Feb 2, 2001)
• Type: Film soundtrack — songs + in-film score
• Composer (score): Don Davis
• Label/album status: Warner Records — CD & digital (14 tracks; 39 min)
• Selected on-screen cues: “Breed” (end credits); “Pushing Me Away,” “RX Queen,” “Filthy Mind,” “Smartbomb,” “Opticon” (party/club source cues)
• Album-only (not in film): “Son Song” (Soulfly feat. Sean Lennon)
• Home video note: Blu-ray includes a Don Davis interview featurette and an “Opticon” promo clip in the extras.

Questions & Answers

What song plays over the end credits?

“Breed” by Snake River Conspiracy — it’s the track with the “somebody says, I love you” refrain.

Is the Linkin Park song actually in the movie?

Yes — “Pushing Me Away” is briefly heard in the party stretch (and it’s on the album).

Was there a separate score album?

No retail score album at release; the official CD/digital was the songs compilation.

Is every album track used on screen?

No. For example, Soulfly’s “Son Song” appears on the album but not in the film.

Where can I see how the music was used?

The Scream Factory Blu-ray includes a “Scoring” featurette and a promo cut to Orgy’s “Opticon.”

Key Contributors

Sources: Apple Music album listing; Discogs release pages; Warner/WhatSong-style track resources; Wikipedia (film & soundtrack section); Scream Factory/Digital Bits Blu-ray review; SoundtrackINFO Q&A (end-credits ID); artist pages/label listings.

November, 20th 2025