O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) (Enhanced Cd)

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Label: Uni/mercury Nashville
UPC: 00008817006925
Release Date: 12/5/2000
Buy.com Sku: 60450876
Item#: M29CSY
Buy.com Sales Rank: 24281
Format:  CD

Song Listing

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



Hillbilly and bluegrass sounds underscore T-Bone Burnett's soundtrack to the award-winning Coen brothers film. Burnett researched into the type of music that was popular in 1937 to give added musical element to the movie. Among the musical legends T Bone called on to be part of the soundtrack are Ralph Stanley, Gillian Welch, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, the Fairfield Four, and Norman Blake. There are 19 tracks on this soundtrack.
 
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Notes & Personnel Info
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Includes a 24-page booklet with liner notes by Robert K. Oermann.
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? won the 2002 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year and for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. "O Death" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Those kings of cinematic quirkiness, the Coen brothers, fashioned their film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? as a contemporary adaption of Homer's Odyssey, centering around a group of American chain-gang prisoners. The film's earthy Southern setting makes it a natural for a bluegrass-oriented soundtrack, for which producer T-Bone Burnett picked the cream of the country crop.
"Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby," for example, is a summit meeting of some of the finest contemporary female country vocalists (Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss). The old school isn't forgotten either, as evidenced by a chilling a cappella rendering of "O Death," courtesy of Ralph Stanley, and by the closing cut, where the Stanley Brothers issue an elegant plea to heaven with "Angel Band."

 
Artist Overview
T-Bone Burnett is an artist of broad skills. Known primarily for his work as a producer (Counting Crows, Elvis Costello), he's also a skilled singer-songwriter whose writing is insightful and impassioned, while his singing is committed and honest and his guitar playing inventive while rooted in tradition. His biggest commercial success came with his overseeing of the O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? soundtrack in 2000, a multi-platinum seller that helped kickstart a bluegrass revival.

Artist Influences
Bob Dylan | Eric Clapton | Randy Newman | Richard Thompson | Roy Orbison | Tom Waits

Artist Contemporaries
David Lindley | Don Dixon | Elvis Costello | John Hiatt | Robbie Robertson | Ry Cooder | Tonio K. | Warren Zevon

Artist Followers
Counting Crows | Daniel Lanois | Daniel Tashian | Joe Henry | Los Lobos | Marshall Crenshaw | Peter Case | Sam Phillips (Singer)


 
Technical Info
Release Date : 12/05/2000
Original Release Date : 2000
Catalog ID : 170 069
Label : Mercury Nashville
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Mixed
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00008817006925

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.119)
- Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001".

Rolling Stone (1/18/01, pp.56-7)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A collection of folk, bluegrass, gospel and hobo country so true to the music's down-home, egalitarian roots that it's hard to distinguish the old tracks from the new and the folk heroes from screen actors..."

Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.38)
- Ranked #56 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...An unlikely hillbilly smash making 1930s-style string-band music the 1st trend of the 21st-century..."

Q (12/00, p.139)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Mostly traditional spirituals and bluegrass numbers....richly evocative of its time and place, and educational too..."

No Depression (1-2/01, p.90)
- "...The rarest of contemporary soundtracks: good (old)
music, coherently programmed, and masterfully perfromed....an exceptional album..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(6/02, p.68)
- Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks".

Mojo (Publisher)
(1/02, p.70)
- Ranked #3 in Mojo's "Best [10] Box Sets & Compilations of 2001".

  
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5 of 5 Review of O Brother Where Art There? Tuesday, August 05, 2008
LyricontheLake from Arnoldsville, GA  

This CD is the sound tract of the movie. The music is different and enjoyable. If you enjoyed the movie, you will enjoy the sound tract.
 
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5 of 5 Eastside Highschool Newspaper Review Friday, September 27, 2002
Davey Morgan - daveymorgan from Greenville, South Carolina  
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is the soundtrack produced by T Bone Burnett to go along with the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" produced by the Coen Brothers. T Bone Burnett produced albums for well know artists and groups such as Counting Crows, Elvis Costello, and The Wallflowers. It has such a diverse range of music that accompanies the storyline perfectly. The soundtrack ranges from southern gospel, blues, folk, and plain old country. Each song adds to the quirkiness of the story (which is loosely based on “Homer's Odyssey". Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss and Norman Blake all perform on this album, which adds great talent to the soundtrack. The soundtrack is a great collection of talent, artistry and musician-ship. Songs as “You Are My Sunshine” is used in other TV shows and movies, such as Star Trek (an unusual combination). Alison Krauss has been at the top of Billboard Charts and other types of country charts. Some of the other artists and groups on the soundtrack have also been on high spots on music charts. Any lover of great country music and who liked the movie should have this soundtrack.
 
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5 of 5 Captures the texture of the film Friday, October 12, 2001
George from Las Vegas, NV  
The music in this movie plays such a huge part in creating that depression-era southern texture. If you liked the quirky freshness of the film, you will enjoy listening to the soundtrack.
 
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