Sydney, AU. (SONY BMG
Music Entertainment) - Awesome director Cameron Crowe has a new flick, Elizabethtown, coming out in November, and the soundtrack is massive! Crowe is renowned for brilliantly blending music and film - check out
Almost Famous, Singles and Jerry Maguire if you want proof - and the soundtrack to his newie is yet another example of a perfect union! Check out the tracklisting here... Starring Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom, upcoming film Elizabethtown is another Cameron Crowe classic in the making. Inspired by a road trip through his father's home-state of Kentucky, a place filled with Crowe family roots, the film is a modern folk tale about love, loss, failure and inspiration... and of course, music.
"Before long, Elizabethtown felt like more of a musical than even Almost Famous, a movie about music," says Crowe. "The music turned out to be as important as any of the characters - it's the inner voice of Elizabethtown, a friendly guide and a secret muse."
Crowe's well-known love of setting music to his movies has resulted in a number of unforgettable modern marriages of film and song, from Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes' in Say Anything, to Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' bus singalong at the emotional peak of Almost Famous.
For the line-up of artists represented on Elizabethtown, Crowe turned both to radio legends, obscure gems and developing artists who share the spirit of the movie's musical soul. Tracks from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Elton John, share the spotlight with modern classics from the likes of Ryan Adams, Patty Griffin and My Morning Jacket. Also represented are newer acts like Wheat and I-Nine, who Crowe first heard from a live demo recorded last year at Eddie's Attic.
Tom Petty and Lindsey Buckingham contribute previously unreleased songs while Helen Stellar, an unsigned band and another recent Crowe discovery, make their debut here. Crowning the new offerings is a beautiful atmospheric composition, 'Where To Begin' by My Morning Jacket, written especially for the film by MMJ frontman Jim James. James and the Kentucky-based My Morning Jacket were also important early influences on Crowe and the project, and worked with the director on Kentucky locations and details.
"There is nothing quite like the deep American soul of My Morning Jacket," Crowe says, "and I'm proud their music runs through the movie".
Here's the full Elizabethtown track-listing:
1. 60B (Etown Theme) - Nancy Wilson
2. It'll All Work Out - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3. My Father's Gun - Elton John
4. io (This Time Around) - Helen Stellar
5. Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
6. Where to Begin - My Morning Jacket
7. Long Ride Home - Patty Griffin
8. Sugar Blue - Jeff Finlin
9. Don't I Hold You - Wheat
10. Shut Us Down - Lindsey Buckingham
11. Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) - The Hombres
12. Hard Times - eastmountainsouth
13. Jesus Was a Crossmaker - The Hollies
14. Square One - Tom Petty
15. Same in Any Language - I Nine
For more on the flick, check out www.elizabethtown.com
'Elizabethtown - Music From The Motion Picture' is in stores October 30. The film hits screens November 3
