Elizabethtown (soundtrack)

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Elizabethtown Soundtrack
ElizabethtownSoundtrackVol1.jpg
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005
Genre Rock, pop, alternative country
Length58:47
Label RCA Records
Producer Cameron Crowe

The soundtrack for the film Elizabethtown , directed by Cameron Crowe, constitutes multiple volumes released by RCA Records between 2005-2006. The first volume of original songs from the movie, titled Elizabethtown: Songs from the Motion Picture, was released September 13, 2005. [1] The physical CD release of this first volume remains in print at the time of writing, but is not as pictured here, featuring instead the red cover art seen on AllMusic, and does not include the last song "Plush" referenced by the track listing here. [2] The original score, composed by rock musician Nancy Wilson, was released on October 14, 2005. [3] The four-song extended play Songs for the Ride Home was released as a limited-time iTunes Exclusive on December 20, 2005. [4] A full-length follow-up collection, titled Elizabethtown: Volume 2, was released on February 7, 2006, and replaced Songs for the Ride Home on iTunes [5]

Contents

Overall, the albums featured original music by rock musician Nancy Wilson, as well as songs by Tom Petty, Elton John, Lindsey Buckingham, Ryan Adams, My Morning Jacket, Jeff Finlin, and other artists. [6] [7]

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Track listing

Volume 1

  1. "60B (Etown Theme)" – Nancy Wilson
  2. "It'll All Work Out" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  3. "My Father's Gun" – Elton John
  4. "io (This Time Around)" – Helen Stellar
  5. "Come Pick Me Up" – Ryan Adams
  6. "Where to Begin" – My Morning Jacket
  7. "Long Ride Home" – Patty Griffin
  8. "Sugar Blue" – Jeff Finlin
  9. "Don't I Hold You" – Wheat
  10. "Shut Us Down" – Lindsey Buckingham
  11. "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" – The Hombres
  12. "Hard Times (Come Again No More)" – Eastmountainsouth
  13. "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" – The Hollies
  14. "Square One" – Tom Petty
  15. "Same in Any Language" – My Morning Jacket
  16. "Plush" – 13th Step

Songs for the Ride Home

Songs for the Ride Home
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EP by
various artists
ReleasedDecember 20, 2005
Genre Rock, pop, alternative country
Label RCA Records
Producer Cameron Crowe
  1. "Words" – Ryan Adams
  2. "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" – Rachael Yamagata
  3. "Oh Yeah" – Nancy Wilson
  4. "Moon River" – Patty Griffin

Volume 2

Elizabethtown Soundtrack Vol: 2
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Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2006
Genre Rock, pop, alternative country
Label RCA Records
Producer Cameron Crowe
Professional ratings
Review scores
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  1. "Learning to Fly" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  2. "English Girls Approximately" – Ryan Adams
  3. "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" – Rachael Yamagata
  4. "Funky Nassau" – The Beginning of the End
  5. "Loro" – Pinback
  6. "Moon River" – Patty Griffin
  7. "Summerlong" – Kathleen Edwards
  8. "...Passing By" – Ulrich Schnauss
  9. "You Can't Hurry Love" – The Concretes
  10. "River Road" – Nancy Wilson
  11. "Same in Any Language" – My Morning Jacket
  12. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today" – Washington Phillips
  13. "Words" – Ryan Adams
  14. "Big Love" (Live) – Lindsey Buckingham
  15. "I Can't Get Next to You" – The Temptations

Original score

Elizabethtown Original Score
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Soundtrack album by
Nancy Wilson
Released14 October 2005
Genre Rock, pop, alternative country
Label RCA Records
Producer Nancy Wilson
  1. "60B (Etown Theme)"
  2. "Same in Any Lingo"
  3. "Scruffy Busque"
  4. "River Kiss"
  5. "River Drive"
  6. "Headstone"
  7. "Grey Sky's Blue"
  8. "Flame to Ashes"
  9. "Zapata"
  10. "Dirty Shirt"
  11. "C Roll"
  12. "Family Table"
  13. "Drew's Theme"
  14. "Telephone Waltz"
  15. "California Baylor"
  16. "River Road"
  17. "Fiasco"
  18. "Containing Magic"
  19. "Bicycle Kid"
  20. "Every Snowflake"
  21. "Sun on a Rug"

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