Encyclopedia > O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)

  Article Content

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? was an American film starring George Clooney. Set in the rural South of the United States in the early 20th century, three friends escape from a prison chain gang[?] and search for fortune and love. The adventure is based on Homer's Odyssey.

The setting for O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the United States rural south during the Great Depression. The soundtrack uses American roots music: music appropriate to that time and place, a marked break from the current Hollywood practice. The score, produced by T-Bone Burnett, prominently features bluegrass, gospel, blues and country music from such artists as John Hartford, Gillian Welch[?], Ralph Stanley[?], Alison Krauss[?], The Fairfield Four[?] and Norman Blake[?]. Contrary to the Hollywood "common wisdom" that non-contemporary music alienates audiences, the soundtrack CD became a best seller.

Track listing

  1. Po Lazarus performed by James Carter - 4:31
  2. Big Rock Candy Mountain performed by Harry McClintock - 2:16
  3. You Are My Sunshine performed by Norman Blake - 4:26
  4. Down in the River to Pray performed by Alison Krauss - 2:55
  5. Man of Constant Sorrow performed by Soggy Bottom Boys/Dan Tyminski - 4:16
  6. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues performed by King, Chris Thomas - 2:42
  7. Man of Constant Sorrow performed by Norman Blake - 4:28
  8. Keep on the Sunny Side performed by Whites - 3:33
  9. I'll Fly Away performed by Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch - 3:57
  10. Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby performed by Emmylou Harris/Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch - 1:57
  11. In the Highways performed by Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/Hannah Peasall - 1:35
  12. I Am Weary, Let Me Rest performed by Cox Family - 3:13
  13. Man of Constant Sorrow performed by John Hartford - 2:34
  14. O Death performed by Ralph Stanley - 3:19
  15. In the Jailhouse Now performed by Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Nelson - 3:34
  16. Man of Constant Sorrow [alternatetake] performed by Soggy Bottom Boys/Dan Tyminski - 4:16
  17. Indian War Whoop performed by John Hartford - 1:30
  18. Lonesome Valley performed by Fairfield Four - 4:07
  19. Angel Band performed by Stanley Brothers - 2:15

Personnel

  • Norman Blake - Performer
  • Jerry Douglas - Dobro
  • Alison Krauss[?] - Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • The Stanley Brothers - Performer
  • Ralph Stanley - Performer
  • Sam Bush - Mandolin
  • Emmylou Harris - Performer
  • John Hartford - Fiddle, Vocals
  • The Fairfield Four - Performer
  • Buck White - Mandolin, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Ed Haley - Arranger
  • The Whites - Performer
  • Mike Compton[?] - Guitar, Mandolin
  • Alan Lomax - Arranger
  • The Cox Family - Performer
  • Harley Allen - Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Barry Bales - Bass
  • Ron Block - Banjo
  • Curtis Burch - Dobro
  • T-Bone Burnett - Arranger, Producer
  • Evelyn Cox - Guitar
  • Sidney Cox - Banjo, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Suzanne Cox - Mandolin, Vocals
  • Willard Cox - Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
  • Pat Enright - Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Yodeling
  • Isaac Freeman - Bass, Vocals, Lead
  • James Hill - Vocals
  • Harry McClintock - Performer
  • Tim O'Brien - Vocals
  • Maura O'Connell - Vocals
  • Carter Stanley - Arranger
  • Dan Tyminski - Guitar, Vocals
  • Wilson Waters - Sax (Tenor), Vocals
  • Cheryl White - Bass, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Sharon White - Guitar, Vocals
  • Robert K. Oermann - Liner Notes
  • Sam Phillips - Vocals
  • Gillian Welch - Arranger, Vocals
  • Dub Cornett - Vocals
  • Chris Thomas King - Guitar, Vocals
  • Norman Blake - Guitar, Vocals
  • David Rawlings - Vocals
  • Gavin Lurssen - Mastering
  • Mike Piersante - Mixing
  • First Baptist Church of Norfolk Choir - Vocals
  • Chris Sharp - Guitar
  • Nathaniel Best - Lead
  • Robert Hamlett - Vocals
  • Joseph Rice - Vocals
  • Sarah Peasall - Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Soggy Bottom Boys - Performer
  • Tim Blake Nelson - Vocals, Performer
  • Hannah Peasall - Vocals
  • Leah Peasall - Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • James Carter And The Prisoners - Performer

U.S. album chart success Billboard[?]:

 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	The Billboard 200	     No. 1
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Country Albums	     No. 1
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Internet Album           No. 40
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Soundtracks	             No. 1
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	The Billboard 200            No. 1
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Country Albums	     No. 1
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Internet Albums          No. 38
 2001	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Soundtracks	             No. 1
 2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	The Billboard 200	     No. 1
 2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Canadian Albums	     No. 3
 2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Country Albums	     No. 1
 2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Internet Albums	     No. 40
 2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Soundtracks	             No. 1
 2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Top Internet Albums	     No. 38

The only single to chart was "Man of Constant Sorrow", which peaked at #38 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Battle Creek, Michigan

... 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 36 ms