Remember the film “My Blueberry Nights“? Here’s your refresher. The film is directed by Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai and stars singer Norah Jones in her first acting role.
A road-trip film with interconnecting relationship stories, the movie also stars Jude Law, Natalie Portman, David Strathairn and Rachel Weisz (Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, even has a small cameo in the film where she makes out with Jude Law). The Weinstein Company will release the film in theaters February 13 and the soundtrack is due February 5.
We’ve got a hold of the album’s first single, the original song Jones wrote for the film, “The Story,” and just for kicks, here’s the tracklist to the album again. The album contains tracks by Cat Power, Ry Cooder (he did the score) and one of our favorite composers, two-time Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla.
“My Blueberry Nights” soundtrack tracklist
01. “The Story” – Norah Jones
02. “Living Proof”- Cat Power
03. “Eli Nevada” – Ry Cooder
04. “Try a Little Tenderness” – Otis Redding
05. “Looking Back” – Ruth Brown
06. “Long Ride” – Ry Cooder
07. “Eyes on the Prize” – Mavis Staple (produced by Cooder)
08. “Yumeji’s Theme (Harmonica Version)” – Umebayshi Shigeru
09. “Skipping Stone” – Amos Lee
10. “Bus Ride” – Ry Cooder
11. “Harvest Moon” – Cassandra Wilson (Neil Young cover)
12. “Devil’s Highway” – Hello Stranger (Ry Cooder produced; his sons’s band)
13. “Parajos” – Gustavo Santaolalla
14. “The Greatest” – Cat Power
Download: Ry Cooder – “Paris Texas”
Download: Ry Cooder – “Mixteca”
Download: Umebayshi Shigeru – “Yumeji’s Theme”
Download: Cat Power – “Willie”
“My Blueberry Nights” trailer