# Orbital discography

The discography of the electronic dance music duo Orbital consists of ten studio albums, three original score albums, three live/session albums, seven compilation albums, two DJ-mix albums, four extended plays, and eighteen singles.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | BEL (FL) | US | US Elec. | US Heat. | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Orbital | Released: 30 September 1991 Label: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | BPI: Silver |
| Orbital | Released: 24 May 1993 Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | BPI: Silver |
| Snivilisation | Released: 8 August 1994 Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | BPI: Silver |
| In Sides | Released: 29 April 1996 Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl | 5 | – | – | – | – | 47 | BPI: Gold |
| The Middle of Nowhere | Released: 5 April 1999 Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K. Format: CD, cassette, vinyl | 4 | – | 38 | 191 | – | 11 | BPI: Silver |
| The Altogether | Released: 30 April 2001 Labels: FFRR, EastWest Japan Format: CD, cassette, DVD | 11 | 50 | – | – | 8 | 24 | BPI: Silver |
| Blue Album | Released: 21 June 2004 Label: Orbital Music Format: CD, vinyl | 44 | – | – | – | 9 | – | |
| Wonky | Released: 2 April 2012 Label: Orbital Music Format: CD, vinyl, digital download | 22 | – | 44 | – | – | – | |
| Monsters Exist | Released: 14 September 2018 Label: ACP Format: CD, vinyl, digital download | 12 | – | 143 | – | 24 | 9 | |
| Optical Delusion | Released: 17 February 2023 Label: Orbital Recordings Format: CD, vinyl, digital download | 6 | – | 70 | – | – | – | |

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details | UK |
| Event Horizon (with Michael Kamen) | Released: 25 August 1997 Labels: London Format: CD, cassette, vinyl | 83 |
| Octane | Released: 20 October 2003 Labels: EMI Format: CD, vinyl | – |
| Pusher | Released: 29 October 2012 Labels: Silva Screen Format: CD | – |
| The Pentaverate (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) | Released: 5 May 2022 Labels: Lakeshore Format: Digital, vinyl | – |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | UK |
| Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994–2004 | Released: 11 June 2007 Labels: ACP Recordings, ATO Records Format: CD | 101 |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | UK |
| Peel Session | Released: 7 March 1994 Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD | 32 |
| Diversions | Released: 22 March 1994 Labels: Full Frequency/Ils Format: CD, cassette | – |
| Work 1989–2002 | Released: 3 June 2002 Labels: FFRR Format: CD, vinyl | 36 |
| Halcyon | Released: 26 September 2005 Labels: WEA Format: CD | – |
| Orbital 20 | Released: 8 June 2009 Labels: Rhino Format: CD | 118 |
| 30 Something | Released: 29 July 2022 Label: Orbital Format: 2×CD, 4×LP, digital | 19 |
| A Beginner's Guide | Released: 8 November 2024 Label: London Format: CD, LP, digital | – |

## Singles and extended plays

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | UK Dance | IRL | US Bub. | US Club Play | Album |
| 1990 | "Chime" | 17 | – | – | – | 23 | Orbital (Green Album) |
| 1990 | "Omen" | 46 | – | – | – | – | — |
| 1991 | III EP (including "Satan" and "Belfast") | 31 | – | – | – | – | Orbital (Green Album) |
| 1991 | "Midnight / Choice" | – | – | – | – | – | Orbital (Green Album) |
| 1992 | Mutations EP | 24 | – | – | – | – | Orbital (Green Album) |
| 1992 | Radiccio EP (including "Halcyon") | 37 | – | – | – | 33 | Orbital (Brown Album) |
| 1993 | "Lush 3" | 43 | – | – | – | – | Orbital (Brown Album) |
| 1994 | "Are We Here?" (featuring Alison Goldfrapp) | 33 | 16 | – | – | 38 | Snivilisation |
| 1995 | "Belfast/Wasted" / "Innocent X" (split single with Therapy?) | 53 | – | – | – | – | Wasted – The Best of Volume (Part 1) (originally released on Volume 3 in 1992) |
| 1995 | Times Fly (EP) | – | – | – | – | – | — |
| 1996 | "The Box" | 11 | 2 | 25 | – | – | In Sides |
| 1996 | "Satan Live" | 3 | – | 7 | – | – | — |
| 1997 | "The Saint" | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | – | The Saint soundtrack |
| 1999 | "Style" | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | The Middle of Nowhere |
| 1999 | "Nothing Left" | 32 | 5 | – | – | – | The Middle of Nowhere |
| 2000 | "Beached" (Orbital and Angelo Badalamenti) | 36 | 15 | – | – | – | The Beach soundtrack |
| 2001 | "Funny Break (One Is Enough)" | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | The Altogether |
| 2001 | "Illuminate" (12" only) | – | – | – | – | – | The Altogether |
| 2002 | Rest/Play EP | 33 | 3 | – | – | – | Work |
| 2004 | "One Perfect Sunrise" / "You Lot" | 29 | 2 | – | – | – | Blue Album |
| 2010 | "Don't Stop Me" / "The Gun Is Good" | – | 37 | – | – | – | — |
| 2012 | "New France"(featuring Zola Jesus) | – | – | – | – | – | Wonky |
| 2012 | "Wonky"(featuring Lady Leshurr) | – | – | – | – | – | Wonky |
| 2012 | "Where Is It Going?" | – | – | – | – | – | Wonky |
| 2013 | "Christmas Chime" | – | 36 | – | – | – | — |
| 2017 | "Kinetic 2017" | – | – | – | – | – | Monsters Exist (HMV exclusive edition) |
| 2017 | "Copenhagen" | – | – | – | – | – | Monsters Exist (HMV exclusive edition) |
| 2018 | "Tiny Foldable Cities" | – | – | – | – | – | Monsters Exist |
| 2018 | "P.H.U.K." | – | – | – | – | – | Monsters Exist |
| 2018 | "The End Is Nigh" | – | – | – | – | – | Monsters Exist |
| 2019 | "Buried Deeper Within" | – | – | – | – | – | — |
| 2022 | "Dirty Rat" (featuring Sleaford Mods) | – | – | – | – | – | Optical Delusion |
| 2022 | "Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)" (featuring Mediæval Bæbes) | – | – | – | – | – | Optical Delusion |
| 2023 | "Are You Alive?" (featuring Penelope Isles) | – | – | – | – | – | Optical Delusion |

## Compilations

* The Bedroom Sessions (Various Artists, selected by Orbital, released with the April 2002 issue of Mixmag.) (2002) UK
* Back to Mine (DJ Mix album) (2002)

## Compilation appearances

Tracks not released on an Orbital release
| Title | Released on | Year |
| "Chime (The Helium Mix)" | FFRR presents Gold on Black | 1990 |
| "Son of Chime" | Live at The Brain | 1990 |
| "Chime (Friends of Matthew Remix)" | October 91: Two | 1991 |
| "Open Mind (Remix by Orbital)" | Funky Alternatives Six | 1991 |
| "Adnan" | War Child: The Help Album | 1995 |
| "Equinox" | 3rd Side of the Record: Compilation One | 1995 |
| "The Tranquiliser Busy Tranquilising" | Foundations: Coming up from the Streets | 1997 |
| "The Girl with the Sun in Her Head" | Sally's Photographic Memory | 1997 |
| "Technologicque Park" | Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture xXx (a New Breed of Special Agent) | 2002 |
| "The Box (Equilibrium Found Mix)" | The Fire This Time | 2002 |
| "Lush (Hervé's Tree and Leaf Remix)" | Hervé: Ghetto Bass 2 | 2010 |
| "Halcyon Teen Spirit" (with Elle Fanning) | Teen Spirit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2019 |

## Featured songs

* Sonatine (1993) "Belfast"
* Shopping (1994) "Crash and Carry"
* Hackers (1995) Soundtrack Vol.1 • "Halcyon + On + On" (shortened version) (Used as the film's theme)
* Hackers (1995) Soundtrack Vol.2 • "Speed Freak [Moby Remix]"
* Mortal Kombat (1995) • "Halcyon + On + On"
* Johnny Mnemonic (1995) • "Sad But True"
* The Saint (1997) • "The Saint Theme"
* A Life Less Ordinary (1997) • "The Box" and "Dŵr Budr"
* Test Drive 4 (1997) • "Out There Somewhere? (Part 2)" (Background music for the main menu)
* Spawn (1997) • "Satan" (with Kirk Hammett)
* π (1998) • "P.E.T.R.O.L"
* Human Traffic (1999) • "Belfast" (Played when the ravers are driving back from the house party and the sun rises over Cardiff, viewed from above)
* The Beach (2000) • "Beached"
* Groove (2000) • "Halcyon + On + On"
* CKY2K (2001) • "Halcyon + On + On"
* FreQuency (2001) • "Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Weekend Ravers Mix)"
* 24 Hour Party People (2002) • "Satan" (Played when Shaun Ryder fires a gun and sells the mastertapes of the Happy Mondays album Yes Please! to Tony Wilson in Dry Bar Fac 201)
* XXX (2002) • "Technologicque Park" (original to this film) (Orbital appears in the film performing during the night club/rave sequences)
* ER (episode: "Insurrection") • "Frenetic"
* BBC 40th anniversary celebration of Doctor Who (2003) • Doctor?
* Keen Eddie • (original to this programme) (score for first episode) (2003)
* Haggard: The Movie (2003) • "Doctor?" (Played while Valo and Falcone tape fæces to Glauren's garage door)
* Mean Girls (2004) • "Halcyon + On + On" (not on soundtrack) (Played in the last scene of Mean Girls before closing credits)
* It's All Gone Pete Tong • "Frenetic (Short Mix)"
* Wipeout • "Kein Trink Wasser", "P.E.T.R.O.L"
* Forza Motorsport 2 • "Nothing Left"
* Long Way Round (2004 BBC series) • "One Perfect Sunrise"

## Selected remixes

To clarify, these are remixes by Paul Hartnoll and Phil Hartnoll, but not those which are described as an "Orbital Mix" involving The Orb or William Orbit.
* Madonna – "Bedtime Story"
* Kraftwerk – "Expo 2000"
* Meat Beat Manifesto – "Edge of No Control" and "Mindstream"
* EMF – "It's You"
* Queen Latifah – "Come Into My House"
* The Shamen – "Hear Me O My People"