Released in 2000. Koch Records KOC-CD-8164
Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis about a yuppie going berserk. After a lot of hassle - the producers wanted the publishing rights and Cale was not having that - only two short pieces (38 and 30 seconds) made it to the soundtrack. Needless to say that these are hard to listen to, because the voice by Christian Bale, the actor playing the lead, is all over them. The DVD extras of the movie however has the complete score. A promo copy of the full score exists. The full score can be downloaded from the Internet Archive.
Writer/Director Mary Harron on Cale's score:
"Cale was going for a soulful, even melancholy sound to compliment the soundtrack’s poppy brightness (...) at times had to write the soundtrack playing in Bateman’s head. John had to write in a more Hollywood style to match Bateman’s surreal, overblown shootout scene. In a way, Bateman is living his own movie, especially towards the end. We needed a score to mirror Bateman living out his fantasy."