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Call Me By Your Name, the film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent taleof first love, based on the acclaimed novel by Andreacute Aciman.Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. An American Italian is enamored by an American studentwho comes to study and live with his family. Together they share an unforgettable summerfull of music, food, and romance that will forever change them.The film received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Chalamet, Hammer andStuhlbarg’ s performances, Guadagnino’ s direction, and the screenplay. Call Me By YourName won a variety of awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA, GLAAD and the23rd Critics’ Choice Award amongst others. Sufjan Stevens’ song ‘Mystery of Love ‘ wasalso nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.Luca Guadagnino wanted the film’ s music to be connected to Elio, a young pianist wholikes to transcribe and adapt pieces to get close to Oliver. The music is used to reflectthe time, the characters’ family, level of education and ‘the kind of canon they would bea part of. ‘ Guadagnino found himself resonating with Sufjan Stevens’ lyricism through his work andinitially asked Stevens to record an original song. Eventually, Stevens contributed threesongs to the soundtrack ‘Visions of Gideon ‘ , which was used at the end of the film, ‘Mystery of Love, ‘ which was featured in the film’ s first trailer, and a new rendition of ‘Futile Devices ‘ with piano. Stevens penned the songs by using the script, the book, andthe conversations with the director about the characters. It marks Sufjan Stevens’ firstsoundtrack for a feature film. Various Artists Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £40