Album Of The Day: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack by Various

Album Art of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack album - The sky is replaced with a gold paper, but the bottom is a photo of three men in prison uniforms chained together running away from the camera through fields of green plants. In the middle of the gold background, the movie's title is printed in large black print, and above that it has the top four actors printed in an old-time poster font, and then printed in a modern, small black 'Music from a film by Joel and Ethan Coen'.

Released 25 years ago today, this is the soundtrack to the excellent Coen Brothers film set in the American South during the Depression. T-Bone Burnett put together a who's who of artists to record new versions of period-appropriate songs that do a good deal to make the film very enjoyable and memorable, though there are many other elements about this film I love as well. The mix of country, bluegrass, Southern Gospel and blues is just so much fun music to listen to, even when you're not watching the movie. Actor Tim Blake Nelson even gets his moment to shine on this album with "In The Jailhouse Now". Even if you haven't seen the film, you probably know a few of these old standards like "You Are My Sunshine", "I'll Fly Away" and "Down To The River To Pray". I don't yet have this on CD, but I'm looking for a copy now after giving it a listen today. I also want to watch the movie again sometime as it's been at least a decade since I watched it.

Release Year: 2000
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