Original Soundtracks 1 is a studio album recorded by the Irish rock band U2 and English producer Brian Eno as a side project under the pseudonym Passengers.

Guest musicians on the record included Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti (on "Miss Sarajevo") and producer Howie B, who would co-produce U2's following album, Pop (1997).

According to the producer Brian Eno, near the end of the recording sessions for U2's 1993 album Zooropa, the band hit "a stone wall" and were getting obsessive about small details.

[5] U2 spent time in Shinjuku, Tokyo, at the end of the Zoo TV Tour in 1993, and their experience in the city influenced the recording sessions.

[2] Eno said, "Listening to the original improvisations as they came off the floor, you feel the excitement of the process ... You have to be careful not to disturb the organic flow of the thing.

[6] Guitarist the Edge said that "Seibu" (later retitled to "Slug"), "Miss Sarajevo" and "Your Blue Room" were the only three tracks from the album in which U2 "really dug in [their] heels and did more work on and tried to craft".

[2] Eno alluded to some extra tracks that were recorded with the Japanese singer Holi at the time and that they may be released at some point in the future: "...in fact we did several things together in four hours.

[10][11] About half of the album is instrumental, and the vocal tracks generally stray from the clear hooks and melodies that usually define U2's work.

[citation needed] The album alleges to be a collection of songs written for movies, hence the title Original Soundtracks.

[13] "Miss Sarajevo" was released as a successful single, competing in the UK for the 1995 Christmas number 1 spot but ultimately losing to Michael Jackson's "Earth Song", however; it also later appeared on U2's The Best of 1990–2000 compilation in 2002.

The Japanese edition release include "Bottoms (Watashitachi No Ookina Yume) (Zoo Station Remix)" as a bonus track, which is also featured as B-side to the "Miss Sarajevo" single.

[24] All music is composed by Passengers (Brian Eno, Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr.) Track 8 co-written by Holi.