According to the always unreliable Amazon, the “W” soundtrack comes out today (October 14; yup, it was up on Itunes on September 30, Lion’sgate Records, we need to talk). We see the film tomorrow (finally!) and we hear great things about Paul Cantelon’s score. Much like “Religuolous” use of classic-song irony, the movie and soundtrack mocks our current President with Willie Nelson’s apropos, “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” Gene Autry’s “Deep In the Heart of Texas” (remember it from “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”??) and this one is too rich and the best: Bob Dylan’s “With God On Our Side.” Too funny. No Talking Heads like there was in the trailer though (same as it ever was!). Hearing some of these songs alongsided, one-sided Stone-directed scenes from the film, could be wickedly fun. We’ll see.
“W” soundtrack tracklisting
1. Paul Cantelon—War Introduction
2. Collegians Male Chorus—The Whiffenpoof Song
3. Roy Orbison—Claudette
4. Alan Jackson—Chattahoochee
5. Hank Thompson—Shotgun Boogie
6. Paul Cantelon—Bayou
7. Willie Nelson—Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
8. Freddy Fender—Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
9. Paul Cantelon—Delta Waltz
10. Dick James—Robin Hood (With Stephen James and His Chums)
11. Gene Autry—Deep In the Heart of Texas
12. Paul Cantelon—The Differencemaker
13. Eddy Arnold—What A Wonderful World
14. Mitch Miller—Yellow Rose of Texas
15. Paul Cantelon—War
16. The Blackwood Brothers—I’m Winging My Way Back to Home
17. Bob Dylan—With God On Our Side
Listen: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sing “With God On Our Side,” oh the delicious irony.
Man! Bob Dylan’s giving all the left-wingers his songs these days. Maybe some right-wingers can steal some of his music and claim fair use 🙂