Enthusiasts of the acclaimed HBO series DEADWOOD will love this well-selected soundtrack. In addition to its excellent song selection, which features musical highlights from the program's first season, the album includes snippets of dialogue from the show. Memorable exchanges between characters Clell Watson, Joanie Stubbs, Seth Bullock, and the foul-mouthed, appropriately named Al Swearengen are interspersed with the musical treasures here, making this as much a souvenir piece as a collection of music.
But the music is superb as well, with its emphasis on American roots styles that evoke an old-world flavor. Jelly Roll Morton's hot jazz take on "Stars and Stripes Forever" and Mississippi John Hurt's "Farther Along" represent, respectively, the urban and rural strains of African-American music at the time, while Gustavo Santaolalla's Brazilian excursion "Iguazu" and Margaret's Native-American "Creek Lullaby" keep the stylistic palette revolving. Contemporary artists Michael Hurley and Lyle Lovett fit surprisingly well with the old-school blues and country here, making DEADWOOD an engaging listen, even for those unfamiliar with the show. (Note: The edited version of the soundtrack excludes the dialogue tracks.)
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (No. 807, pp.77-8) - "[Certain] songs memorably capture the uneasy hope of some of the critically acclaimed show's central characters..." - Grade: B
Uncut (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's a country-loving, blues-supping cowboy's El Dorado..."
Format:
Compact Disc
Country:
USA
UPC:
0075021036727
Studio/Live:
Studio
Release Date:
21 February, 2005
Tracks
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1. No Law
2. Theme From Deadwood
3. In Life
4. Hog Of The Forsaken
5. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
6. Go To Hell
7. Old Friend
8. Creek Lullaby
9. Row Row Row Your Boat
10. Iguazu
11. Pardon My French
12. Stars And Stripes Forever
13. God And Man
14. Fallen From Grace
15. Native Funeral
16. Who?, Wu?!
17. Snake Baked A Hoe Cake
18. High Fever Blues
19. Twisted Little Man
20. Next Round's On The House
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As a fan of the series Deadwood, I found this soundtrack CD to be both satisfying on its own merits and a successful evocation of the spirit of the series. It contains a lot of authentic American music that has the traditional feeling appropriate to the Old West setting of the show. There's gospel, folk, country, blues, and many pieces of miscellaneous instrumental music. It's telling that when the music producers wanted a true-sounding version of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," they went to the source, June Carter Cash. I also like the fact that they filled their show and this disc with many excellent songs by relatively unknown artists like Mark Lee Scott and Michael Sheehy. However, I think my very favorite music from the CD are some of the instrumentals, especially the themes by Gustavo Santaolallo and the great Michael Brook. In between the music, there's also a great deal of dialogue samples from the show -- and that's what gives the CD its parental advisory label. (The presence of strong language in those dialogue samples will be no surprise to anyone who has seen Deadwood!)
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