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2007 soundtrack album by Various Artists From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The soundtrack album for the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There was released as a double CD on October 30, 2007.[1] It features only one recording by Dylan himself—his previously unreleased recording of the title song "I'm Not There" recorded during The Basement Tapes' sessions in 1967—plus various other artists' recordings of songs written by Dylan. These CDs do not contain the movie sound track. Fragments from less than half of the titles are heard in the film, which features more of Dylan's own recordings. The end credits relay a complete list of music heard in the film.
I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | October 30, 2007 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 159:20 |
Label | Columbia |
Producer | Randall Poster Jim Dunbar Todd Haynes |
A four-LP version was also released. It features various characters from the movie holding up the side numbers on cue cards, modeled after the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" scene from Dylan's 1967 film Dont Look Back.
A number of tracks feature backing by a supergroup called The Million Dollar Bashers, featuring Sonic Youth members Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, Dylan bassist Tony Garnier, guitarist Smokey Hormel and keyboardist John Medeski.[2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10)[4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Uncut | [6] |
John Doe's version of "Pressing On" was ranked #52 by Rolling Stone on their 100 Best Songs of 2007 list,[7] while Sonic Youth's cover of "I'm Not There" was ranked at #83 by Pitchfork Media on their Top 100 Tracks of 2007.[8]
The song "I'm Not There" was itself written in 1967 during a recording session with The Band known as The Basement Tapes. The song was part of the bootleg copies that circulated amongst Dylan fans for a number of years and when The Basement Tapes were released officially, the song, among others were not included. Because of the source material and that Dylan has never been captured playing the song in concert, the lyrics are something of a mystery.
"Ballad of Hollis Brown," covered by The Stooges, plays while Jude Quinn writes songs, but is not included on the soundtrack.
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