Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | November 15, 2005 |
Recorded | 2005 |
Genre | |
Length | 41:38 |
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Producer | T-Bone Burnett |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2005 biographical drama film of the same name released November 15, 2005 by Wind-Up Records. There are nine songs performed by Joaquin Phoenix (as Johnny Cash), four songs by Reese Witherspoon (as June Carter Cash), one song by Waylon Payne (as Jerry Lee Lewis), one song by Johnathan Rice (as Roy Orbison), two songs by Tyler Hilton (as Elvis Presley), and one song by Shooter Jennings (as Waylon Jennings). At the Golden Globe Awards Joaquin Phoenix was awarded the Best Actor – Comedy or Musical and Reese Witherspoon was awarded the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical, as well as the film won the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, which Witherspoon won.
Walk the Line is an enhanced CD which also contains two deleted scenes from the film: Phoenix performing "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" and Phoenix and Witherspoon together near the scene of "Jackson".
The cover features the two stars in an early publicity still, several of which were included as bonus postcards in the Collector's Edition DVD.
As of May 17, 2006 the soundtrack was certified platinum by the RIAA with over 1,000,000 copies sold.
On February 11, 2007 this album won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television or Other Visual Media.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
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1. | "Get Rhythm" | Johnny Cash | Joaquin Phoenix | 2:26 |
2. | "I Walk the Line" | Johnny Cash | Joaquin Phoenix | 3:20 |
3. | "Wildwood Flower" | Traditional | Reese Witherspoon | 2:31 |
4. | "Lewis Boogie" | Jerry Lee Lewis | Waylon Payne | 2:01 |
5. | "Ring of Fire" | June Carter Cash | Joaquin Phoenix | 3:42 |
6. | "You're My Baby" | Johnathan Rice | 2:12 | |
7. | "Cry! Cry! Cry!" | Joaquin Phoenix | 2:35 | |
8. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Joaquin Phoenix | 2:52 | |
9. | "That's All Right" | Tyler Hilton | 1:46 | |
10. | "Juke Box Blues" | Reese Witherspoon | 2:15 | |
11. | "It Ain't Me Babe" | Bob Dylan | Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon | 3:05 |
12. | "Home of the Blues" | Joaquin Phoenix | 2:40 | |
13. | "Milk Cow Blues" | Tyler Hilton | 2:19 | |
14. | "I'm a Long Way from Home" | Shooter Jennings | 2:15 | |
15. | "Cocaine Blues" | Troy Junius Arnall | Joaquin Phoenix | 2:50 |
16. | "Jackson" | Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon | 2:49 | |
Total length: | 41:38 |
The film also featured a variety of country, rockabilly and traditional scoring. They were not featured on the soundtrack CD.
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [24] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [25] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [26] | Gold | 100,000 |
Ireland (IRMA) [27] | 3× Platinum | 45,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [28] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United States (RIAA) [29] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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