Verve Forecast's 'Brokeback Mountain' Original Soundtrack Picks Up Steam

NEW YORK (Verve Music Group) - Verve Forecast is proud to announce that the original soundtrack to the groundbreaking film "Brokeback Mountain" is the number-one selling album at both Amazon.com and iTunes Music Store and is heating up at other retail outlets across the country: it is currently No 2 at bn.com, No 10 at Barnes and Noble, No 15 at Borders Books and Music and No 24 at Tower Records. The album, which is No 6 on Billboard's Soundtracks chart, was released on November 1, 2005.

The soundtrack features music from the film's score, composed by GRAMMY(R) and British Academy Award-winner Gustavo Santaolalla, as well as a number of songs both new and old from a range of artists including Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt and newcomer Teddy Thompson, whose Verve Forecast debut will be released next month. "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," written by Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin and performed by Emmylou Harris won the Golden Globe for "Best Original Song."

The film is among the most critically lauded of the year and has garnered a number of prestigious honors, including four Golden Globes Awards for Best Picture [Drama], Best Director, Best Screenplay and the aforementioned Best Original Song.

Ron Goldstein, President and CEO of the Verve Music Group comments, "We are thrilled to be associated with this film and soundtrack. Our partners in this endeavor, James Shamus at Focus Features, Kathy Nelson at Universal/NBC Studios, director Ang Lee and of course, composer and producer Gustavo Santaolalla brought us a remarkable project and we look forward to continued success with it."