Ballad Of A Small Player

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Release: January 30, 2026

TRACKLIST

Side A

  1. The City of Dreams
  2. Cloaked In Invisibility
  3. Spirit World My Arse
  4. Skin Her Alive
  5. Hungry Ghost
  6. Waking Up
  7. Handbag Theft
  8. Not So Lucky After All
  9. 09-55
  10. Tell Me It's You
  11. Lamma Island

Side B

  1. Not Too Late For You
  2. Take Play Win Part 1
  3. All Of It
  4. Another Card
  5. Fucking Hate Cigars
  6. I Was With Her
  7. Apartment, Running & Ghost Day
  8. Ballad Closing Credits
  9. How About That Dance
CREDITS

Composed by

  • Volker Bertelmann

Including artists

DETAILS
  • Release date: 30-01-2026
  • Composer: Volker Bertelmann
  • Record size: 12"
  • Case type: Sleeve
  • Movie genre: Comedy/Drama/Thriller
  • Director: Edward Berger
  • Actors: Colin Farrell, Chik-Ka Lai, Alan K. Chang
  • EAN: 8719262042360
  • Colour: Transparent Red
DESCRIPTION

Ballad of a Small Player is one of Netflix’s big releases of 2025. The movie, with Colin Farrell, tells the story of Brendan Reilly, a disgraced Irish financier posing as the aristocratic "Lord Doyle," living in Macau after fleeing his financial crimes in the United Kingdom. Reilly moves between hotels and casinos while his dependency on alcohol and gambling grows. 

The music for this film was composed by Volker Bertelmann, one of the most celebrated contemporary film composers. This is the third collaboration between the composer and director Edward Berger, following Conclave and All Quiet on the Western Front. Bertelmann gives the film a tense, paranoid feel that perfectly captures Brendan Reilly's world. 

Ballad of a Small Player is available on translucent red coloured vinyl and includes an insert. 

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Ballad of a Small Player

Ballad of a Small Player follows a compulsive gambler whose life spirals out of control as he becomes obsessed with the dazzling world of Macau’s casinos. Drawn deeper into risky bets and dangerous entanglements, he finds himself confronting the costs of addiction, illusion and the choices that define his fate in a city where luck and loss blur together. The film’s evocative original score, composed by Alex Weston, supports its atmospheric storytelling by highlighting both the heightened tension of the gambling world and the emotional undercurrents of its central journey.
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