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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the 2000 American comedy film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman.

With the film set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, the soundtrack uses American folk music appropriate to the time period. The score, produced by T-Bone Burnett, prominently features bluegrass, gospel, blues and country music. With the exception of a few vintage tracks (such as Harry McClintock's 1928 single "Big Rock Candy Mountain"), most tracks are contemporary recordings.

Reception

The soundtrack CD became a best seller, certified eight times platinum as of October 2007^[1] with sales of 7,421,000 copies in the United States up to November 2008.^[2] It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002, the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (for singer Dan Tyminski, whose voice overdubbed George Clooney's in the film on "Man of Constant Sorrow", Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Pat Enright), and the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "O, Death" by Ralph Stanley.

Some of the artists on the soundtrack played a concert at the Ryman AuditoriuminNashville, Tennessee, which was recorded in the documentary film, Down from the Mountain.

In 2006, the album ranked #38 on CMT's 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music.

Track listing

1. "Po' Lazarus", arrangement by Alan Lomax; performed by James Carter and The Prisoners – 4:31
2. "Big Rock Candy Mountain", written and performed by Harry McClintock – 2:16
3. "You Are My Sunshine", written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell; performed by Norman Blake – 4:26
4. "Down to the River to Pray", traditional; performed by Alison Krauss – 2:55
5. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (radio station version), arrangement by Carter Stanley; performed by Soggy Bottom Boys and Dan Tyminski – 3:10
6. "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues", written by Skip James; performed by Chris Thomas King – 2:42
7. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", traditional; performed by Norman Blake – 4:28
8. "Keep on the Sunny Side", written by A.P. Carter; performed by The Whites – 3:33
9. "I'll Fly Away", written by Albert E. Brumley; performed by Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch – 3:57
10. "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby", arrangement by Alan Lomax, T-Bone Burnett and Gillian Welch; performed by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Gillian Welch – 1:57
11. "In the Highways", written by Maybelle Carter; performed by Leah, Sarah, and Hannah Peasall – 1:35
12. "I Am Weary, Let Me Rest", written by Pete Roberts; performed by The Cox FamilyofCotton Valley, Louisiana – 3:13
13. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental), traditional; performed by John Hartford – 2:34
14. "O Death", traditional; performed by Ralph Stanley – 3:19
15. "In the Jailhouse Now", written by Jimmie Rodgers; performed by Soggy Bottom Boys and Tim Blake Nelson – 3:34
16. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (with band), arrangement by Carter Stanley; performed by Soggy Bottom Boys and Dan Tyminski – 4:16
17. "Indian War Whoop" (instrumental), written by Hoyt Ming; performed by John Hartford – 1:30
18. "Lonesome Valley", traditional; performed by The Fairfield Four – 4:07
19. "Angel Band", traditional, performed by The Stanley Brothers – 2:15

Personnel

Chart positions

Singles

See also

• Down from the Mountain

References

External links

• O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack
• BBC News: O Brother, why art thou so popular?
• Official O Brother, Where Art Thou? Lost Highway Soundtrack Page