This is the type of news we’d like to be breaking, sigh… According to Pitchfork, Ethan Hawke’s new film, “The Hottest State” features a soundtrack written by Nora Jones collaborator Jesse Harris (he wrote or co-wrote almost all of her first Grammy award-winning album). The semi-interesting news of note is that most of Harris’ songs are recorded and performed by various indie-rockers including Feist, Cat Power, Bright Eyes, M. Ward and Emmy-Lou Harrison. I think MTV first reported Feist and Willis Nelson’s inclusion on this soundtrack back in March of 2006 (but no, we’re not touting ourselves or anything).
“Feist has also been busy recording “Somewhere Down the Road,” a track penned by Jesse Harris (Norah Jones’ songwriting partner), for the Ethan Hawke-written film “The Hottest State.” The soundtrack features different singers, including Tony Scherr, Willie Nelson and Norah Jones, covering songs by Harris.” – by handsome MTVNews reporter, March 2006, well before aforementioned Pitchfork story.
The Hottest State tracklist
01 Rosario Ortega – “Never See You (Spanish)”
02 Willie Nelson – “Always Seem to Get Things Wrong”
03 Feist – “Somewhere Down the Road”
04 Bright Eyes – “Big Old House”
05 Emmylou Harris – “The Speed of Sound”
06 Jesse Harris – “It Will Stay With Us”
07 The Black Keys – “If You Ever Slip”
08 M. Ward – “Crooked Lines”
09 Norah Jones – “World of Trouble”
10 Brad Mehldau – “Never See You (Instrumental)”
11 Cat Power – “It’s Alright to Fail”
12 Jesse Harris – “One Day the Dam Will Break”
13 Tony Scherr – “You, the Queen”
14 “Morning in a Strange City (Cafe)”
15 Rosario Ortega – “No More”
16 Jesse Harris – “Dear Dorothy”
17 Rosario Ortega – “Never See You (English)”
18 “There Are No Second Chances”
