The bluesy, depression-era inflected soundtrack for Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” which features tracks by Otis Taylor, Willie Johnson, Billie Holiday and a score by Eliot Goldenthal (“Heat,” “Drugstore Cowboy” and an Academy Award win for the excellent “Frida” score) is due June 30 via Decca Records.
The soundtrack also features tracks by Diana Krall (a new version of the classic jazz standard, “Bye Bye Blackbird“), The Bruce Fowler Big Band and presumably what is a spirituals hymnal by Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists.
“Public Enemies” stars Johnny Depp as gangster John Dillinger, Marion Cotillard plays his love interest and Christian Bale plays the FBI agent hot on his trail. The film opens up in theaters on July 1.
“Public Enemies” soundtrack tracklist.
1. Ten Million Slaves – Otis Taylor
2. Chicago Shake – The Bruce Fowler Big Band
3. Drive To Bohemia – Elliot Goldenthal
4. Love Me or Leave Me – Billie Holiday
5. Billie’s Arrest – Elliot Goldenthal
6. Am I Blue? – Billie Holiday
7. Love In The Dunes – Elliot Goldenthal
8. Bye Bye Blackbird – Diana Krall
9. Phone Call To Billie – Elliot Goldenthal
10. Nasty Letter – Otis Taylor
11. Plane To Chicago – Elliot Goldenthal
12. O Guide Me Thou Great Jehova – Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists
13. Gold Coast Restaurant – Elliot Goldenthal
14. The Man I Love – Billie Holiday
15. JD Dies – Elliot Goldenthal
16. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground Blind – Willie Johnson
Here’s Otis Taylor’s opening track, “Ten Million Slaves.”
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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