Night on Earth (soundtrack)

Night on Earth
Night on Earth
Soundtrack album by Tom Waits
Released	April 7, 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	52:38
Label	Island
Producer	Tom Waits
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Night on Earth is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1992 on Island Records. It is the soundtrack to the 1991 Jim Jarmusch film of the same name.

Three musicians who performed on this album went on to form the group Oranj Symphonette.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted. Songs arranged by Tom Waits and Francis Thumm. Recorded and mixed by Biff Dawes and assisted by Joe Marquez at Prairie Sun Studios.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the Good Old World (Gypsy)"	Waits, Kathleen Brennan	2:30
2.	"Los Angeles Mood (Chromium Descensions)" (Instrumental)		2:35
3.	"Los Angeles Theme (Another Private Dick)" (Instrumental)		4:28
4.	"New York Theme (Hey, You Can Have That Heart Attack Outside Buddy)" (Instrumental)		4:03
5.	"New York Mood (New Haircut and a Busted Lip)" (Instrumental)		2:38
6.	"Baby, I'm Not a Baby Anymore (Beatrice Theme)" (Instrumental)		1:58
7.	"Good Old World (Waltz)" (Instrumental)		2:46
8.	"Carnival (Brunello Del Montalcino)" (Instrumental)		3:05
9.	"On the Other Side of the World"	Waits, Brennan	5:19
10.	"Good Old World (Gypsy Instrumental)"		2:19
11.	"Paris Mood (Un De Fromage)" (Instrumental)		2:38
12.	"Dragging a Dead Priest" (Instrumental)		4:00
13.	"Helsinki Mood" (Instrumental)		4:10
14.	"Carnival Bob's Confession" (Instrumental)		2:17
15.	"Good Old World (Waltz)"	Waits, Brennan	3:56
16.	"On the Other Side of the World" (Instrumental)		3:59

Personnel

Tom Waits – vocals, pump organ, drums, percussion, piano
Ralph Carney – trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, baritone horn, pan pipes
Josef Brinckmann – accordion
Matthew Brubeck – cello
Joe Gore – guitar, banjo
Clark Suprynowitz – bass
Francis Thumm – harmonium, Stinson band organ

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Studio albums	Closing Time The Heart of Saturday Night Nighthawks at the Diner Small Change Foreign Affairs Blue Valentine Heartattack and Vine Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years Bone Machine Mule Variations Blood Money Alice Real Gone Bad as Me
Live albums	Big Time Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin Glitter and Doom Live
Soundtracks	One from the Heart Night on Earth The Black Rider
Compilations	Bounced Checks Anthology of Tom Waits Asylum Years The Early Years, Volume One The Early Years, Volume Two Beautiful Maladies Used Songs 1973–1980 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Notable songs	"Ol' '55" "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" "Tom Traubert's Blues" "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)" "Step Right Up" "Somewhere" "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" "Romeo Is Bleeding" "Kentucky Avenue" "Heartattack and Vine" "Jersey Girl" "In the Neighborhood" "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six" "Jockey Full of Bourbon" "Hang Down Your Head" "Time" "Downtown Train" "Hang On St. Christopher" "Innocent When You Dream" "Way Down in the Hole" "Alice" "Bad as Me" "Back in the Crowd"
Tours	Glitter and Doom Tour
Musicals	The Black Rider Woyzeck
Related articles	Discography Kathleen Brennan Greg Cohen Bones Howe Jim Jarmusch Rickie Lee Jones Marc Ribot Larry Taylor Chuck E. Weiss Big Time (film) Wicked Grin Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits New Coat of Paint Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits Tom Waits for No One