. The soundtrack is produced by
Grammy® Award winner T Bone Burnett, who also composed the film’s
score. Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Joaquin Phoenix stars
(and sings) as Johnny Cash and Golden Globe nominee Reese Witherspoon
stars (and sings) as June Carter Cash in WALK THE LINE, the true story
of an honest sound that became a revolution, a man who became an icon,
and a love that saved him from destruction.
For T Bone Burnett, WALK THE LINE represented a tremendous opportunity
and a tremendous responsibility. “Johnny Cash was a mythical figure in
the 1950’s, by the time he was twenty five. It was his voice, his name,
his point of view. Love God Raise Hell. Destructive. Dangerous. Darker
than the Man in Black. Joaquin seemed like he was born to play this
role, and the very first time we met about it, I saw him evoke John
Cash in a profound way. He evoked him without imitating him. Joaquin is
an artist. So is Reese.”
The
soundtrack boasts trademark Cash gems including “I Walk The Line,”
“Ring of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Cry Cry Cry” performed by
Phoenix and Witherspoon. Additionally, the soundtrack features
performances by notable musicians including country/rock artist Shooter
Jennings, son of legend Waylon Jennings, who portrays his father in the
film; alternative rock and folk artist Johnathan Rice who plays Roy
Orbison; and singer/songwriter Tyler Hilton who plays Elvis Presley.
The complete track listing for Walk The Line – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is:
1. Get Rhythm – Joaquin Phoenix
2. I Walk The Line – Joaquin Phoenix
3. Wildwood Flower – Reese Witherspoon
4. Lewis Boogie Blues – Waylon Payne
5. Ring Of Fire – Joaquin Phoenix
6. You’re My Baby – Johnathan Rice
7. Cry Cry Cry – Joaquin Phoenix
8. Folsom Prison Blues – Joaquin Phoenix
9. That’s All Right -Tyler Hilton
10. Juke Box Blues – Reese Witherspoon
11. It Ain’t Me Babe – Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
12. Home of the Blues – Joaquin Phoenix
13. Milk Cow Blues – Tyler Hilton
14. I’m A Long Way From Home – Shooter Jennings
15. Cocaine Blues – Joaquin Phoenix
16. Jackson — Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
Producer T Bone Burnett won a BAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Film
Music (shared with Gabriel Yared) for “Cold Mountain.” He received an
Oscar®-nomination (shared with Elvis Costello) for the film’s original
song, “Scarlet Tide.” In addition, he won four Grammys for his work on
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, also receiving a BAFTA Award-nomination
for Best Achievement in Film Music (shared with Carter Burwell).
Developed for seven years with the cooperation of Johnny Cash and June
Carter Cash, Writer/Director James Mangold focuses WALK THE LINE on the
period in the mid-fifties when rock-and-roll exploded from a tiny
studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The film
follows Cash’s meteoric rise to fame, culminating with his emergence as
the “Man in Black” at his historic concert at Folsom Prison in 1968.
Mangold co-wrote the screenplay with Gill Dennis.
The WALK THE LINE cast also includes Robert Patrick as Cash’s volatile
father, Ray; Ginnifer Goodwin as Johnny’s first wife, Vivian; Dan John
Miller, who plays guitarist Luther Perkins; Larry Bagby as bassist
Marshall Grant; Dallas Roberts as legendary Sun Records founder Sam
Phillips; Dan Beene and Sandra Lafferty as the legendary Ezra and
Maybelle Carter; and Hailey Anne Nelson as the young Rosanne Cash.
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