The Census Taker soundtrack album (1984)
Since producing elements of the score for their abandoned feature film Vileness Fats in 1974, The Residents have occasionally worked as composers for film, television and multimedia, producing a number of soundtracks and scores (some of which have been officially released, others which to date have not).
This article attempts to list the known scores and soundtracks by The Residents for film, television and multimedia.
Scores for Residents productions[]
Feature films[]
- Vileness Fats (1972-1976, unfinished)
- Triple Trouble (2022)
Short films[]
- Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (1984)
- Disfigured Night! (1997)
- Icky Flix (2001)
- Commercial DVD (2004)
CD-ROM[]
- Bad Day On The Midway (1996)
- I Murdered Mommy! (1998, unfinished)
Internet videos and serial drama[]
- The River of Crime! (2006)
- The Bunny Boy (2009)
Art installations[]
- Chaos Is Not Just A Theory (2009)
Scores for others[]
Feature films[]
- The Census Taker (1984)
- Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story (1992)
- Conceiving Ada (1997)
- Sculpt (2016)
Short films[]
- Le Défilé (1985)
- The Begun of Tigtone (2014)
- Prometheus' Garden (2025)
Documentary films[]
- Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into The Mind of P. (2002)
- Strange Culture (2007)
Television[]
- "Theme For An American TV Show" (1980, unused)
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Season 2 (1987-1988)
- "Open House" (1987)
- "Playhouse in Outer Space" (1988)
- "Pajama Party" (1988)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Season 3 (1988)
- "To Tell the Tooth" (1988)
- Why Didn't I Think Of That? (1988)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Season 5 (1990)
- "Front Page Pee-wee" (1990)
- Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions (1991)
- Liquid Television (1992)
- "The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo" (1992)
- The Big Picture (1992)
- Hunters: The World of Predators and Prey (1994)
- Masters of Horror (episode "Haeckel's Tale") (2006, unused)
CD-ROM[]
- Tales From The Crypt (1996, unfinished)