O Brother Where Art Thou:Soundtrack

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Product Details

Artist : Soundtrack
Format : Enhanced, Soundtrack
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0008817006925
Label : Universal Music Group
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2005-03-24
UPC : 008817006925

ASIN : B00004XQ83

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Po Lazarus - J. Carter & Prisoners
2. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McLintock
3. You Are My Sunshine - Norman Blake
4. Down In The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
5. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
6. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Chris Thomas King
7. Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) - Norman Blake
8. Keep On The Sunny Side - The Whites
9. I'll Fly Away - Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss
10. Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby - Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss & Emmylou Harris
11. In The Highways - The Peasall Sisters
12. I Am Weary - The Cox Family
13. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) - John Hartford
14. O Death - Ralph Stanley
15. In The Jailhouse Now - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Tim Blake Nelson
16. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (With band) - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
17. Indian War Whoop (Instrumental) - John Hartford
18. Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four
19. Angel Band - The Stanley Brothers

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Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.co.uk

Joel and Ethan Coen have long established themselves as film stylists without peer: from Blood Simple to Fargo, their movies have never been less than fascinating, and there has never been any question that their films could not have been made by anyone else. In T-Bone Burnett, the producer of the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, they have finally met their match: Burnett's work in assembling a collection of pieces for the Depression-set film is as skilled and entrancing as the film itself.

Despite the presence of Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss and bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, the stars here are the songs themselves, a host of traditional songs augmented by archival recordings. The collection is also a showcase for a host of lesser known and forgotten bluegrass masters: The Cox Family, collaborators with Krauss; Norman Blake, a sideman for Bob Dylan and June Carter Cash; country gospel group The Whites, who once counted Ricky Skaggs as a member (and who, here, cover the Carter Family); and young bluesman Chris Thomas King among them. All bring life to their songs, and the results are sublime--and, at times (Krauss and a choir's take on "Down To The River to Pray", Blake's instrumental version of the oft-repeated "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow"), downright entrancing.

Some of these songs can be found on Alan Lomax collections. If you enjoy this album, we also highly recommend the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music and Woody Guthrie's Asch Recordings series. --Randy Silver

Chronique amazon.fr

Les frères Coen ont convoqué la fine fleur du bluegrass et du gospel pour réaliser la bande originale de leur film le plus drôle. On y entend des violons qui geignent, des voix qui chantent à la lune, et on y sent vivre un monde et vibrer une époque. Et quand ces violons, par exemple, sont entre les mains de John Hartford ("Indian War Whoop", "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow"), on traverse des moments de pure délectation. Hartford est un des maîtres du violon bluegrass et Alison Krauss s'impose comme sa nouvelle déesse. Elle interprète ici "Down To The River To Pray" avec une dévotion intense et un abandon total. Les anciens côtoient la relève pour signifier encore mieux l'inaltérable continuité de ces musiques sans âge. Ainsi en est- il de Ralph Stanley ("O Death") ou des Stanley Brothers ("Angel Hand") qui chantent ces classiques du gospel du fond de leur âme. Toutes ces chansons sentent la tourbe et la sueur, le travail pénible sous un soleil de plomb et les bouffées d'espoir. Cet album permet en prime de découvrir des réunions inespérées avec le duo Gillian Welch et Alison Krauss ("I'll Fly Away"), ces deux-là rejoignant à leur tour Emmylou Harris ("Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby"). Un CD 100 % au bois et aux voix d'une traçabilité totale. --José Ruiz

Customer Reviews

what a dissapointment (2006-03-30)

This is the worst example of bluegrass -- where I have come to expect great musicianship and songwriting. my concern with this CD is that people bought it because it is so well known, and think this is top BlueGrass stuff. It's not -- its a crappy soundtrack for a crappy movie.

Music the way is should be (2004-06-17)

This is perhaps the best soundtrack ever made. It is a stunning mix of mostly acoustic tracks by most of the best bluegrass artists ever. There is work on here from Ralph Stanely, Allison Kraus, and Emmelou Harris, to name a few. This CD won a lot of Grammys the year that it came out, and that is because it was the best CD of that year.

Highlights include the Big Rock Candy Mountains, Man of Constant Sorrow, In the Jailhouse Now and O Death. If you have ever wondered what bluegrass sounded like but have been afraid to try, this is the CD for you. It will show you the magic that this genre of music can provide.

Great but..... (2004-06-14)

This CD is fantastic, with songs that will leave you humming and tapping your feet. I would have given it 5 stars except for the fact that the primary song I wanted featuring the artists from the actual movie was not featured on the album. The version of "I'll FLy Away" from the actual movie is done by the Kossoy Sisters and is featured on their album "Bowling Green". I hope this helps anyone else who will end up trying to hunt down that origianl version.

O Brother (2004-06-10)

This is the soundtrack to the Coen brothers' film based loosely on Homer's "The Odyssey". This soundtrack takes the movie from good to great. The tracks follow the progression of the movie. Nearly an hour of blue-grass music, even if you haven't seen the movie, this is worth having if you like "Old-Time" Country music and blue-grass.

The legend, Ralph Stanley, appears a couple of times here, although his "Man of Constant Sorrow" is here too, but covered by Dan Tyminski. Stanley's "O Death" is a haunting tune sung without accompaniment. His voice is sorrowful and full of pain, and will send shivers up your spine. Tyminski's cover is well done and becomes the centerpiece for the movie. The sultry voices of Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch provide a rising rendition of "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby." Alison Krauss also lends her voice to the spiritual "Down to the River to Pray," and joins up again with Gillian Welch for "I'll Fly Away". The surprise here is Tim Blake Nelson on lead vocals as the dimwitted Delmar on "In the Jailhouse Now."

Overall, this is a great soundtrack, and well worth owning if you like this type of music. I think the Coen brothers have done a lot with the release of this movie to turn the spotlight onto blue-grass music. This is great music that deserves more than the fifteen minutes of fame it's received.

Wonderful! (2004-05-05)

My husband and I listen to this cd all the time, and we never tire of it. You should purchase this cd. It is really good.

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