So it’s Friday, “I’m Not There” the 2-disc covers soundtrack to the Todd Haynes directed Bob Dylan quasi-biopic comes out on Tuesday and despite Oink going bye-bye you know it’s going to be everywhere regardless so what the hell. So for your previewing pleasure and cause we can’t get enough apparently, more I’m Not There OST cuts.
This time we’ve got Stephen Malkmus and the Million Dollar Bashers‘ take on “Maggie’s Farm,” the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O with them same Bashers tackling “Highway ’61 Revisited” and Antony & The Johnsons mournful piano version of “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” (our entire soundtrack review is here)
The physical soundtrack disc itself reveals few details that we haven’t already reported (the tracklist, the producers involved, guest stars, Yo La Tengo’s all-star crew, etc.) however us being obsessive completists, the Jack Johnson cover of “Mama You’ve Been On My Mind” is also a medley that contains “A Fraction of Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie” (which is a fraction of “Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie“).
Yes, we’ve seen the film and no we haven’t properly reviewed it yet (it’s dense and layered), but we have give two initial preview thoughts: One overall preview with the music the actors sing, one that discusses the actual Dylan originals used in the film and Todd Haynes’ thoughts on the film at the New York Film Festival screening. We’ll write a proper review one of these days before the film is widly released.