Road to Perdition (soundtrack)

Road to Perdition
Film score by
Thomas Newman
ReleasedJune 25, 2002
GenreSoundtrack, Instrumental
Length1:10:11
LabelDecca
Thomas Newman chronology
The Salton Sea
(2002) 		Road to Perdition
(2002) 		White Oleander
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Filmtracks[2]
SoundtrackNet[3]

Road to Perdition is the soundtrack, on the Decca Records label, of the 2002 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film Road to Perdition starring Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Daniel Craig and Paul Newman. The original score was composed by Thomas Newman.[4]

The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, but lost to the score of Frida.

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, information is taken from Discogs[4] and the album's liner notes[5]

  1. "Rock Island, 1931" – 3:22
  2. "Wake" – 1:55
  3. "Just the Feller" – 2:44
  4. "Mr. Rance" – 1:38
  5. "Bit Borrowers" – 2:25
  6. "Murder (in Four Parts)" – 7:54
  7. "Road to Chicago" – 3:06
  8. "Reading Room" – 1:25
  9. "Someday Sweetheart" – 3:06
  10. "Meet Maguire" – 1:44
  11. "Blood Dog" – 1:06
  12. "Finn McGovern" – 2:11
  13. "The Farm" – 2:09
  14. "Dirty Money" – 3:10
  15. "Rain Hammers" – 2:41
  16. "A Blind Eye" – 2:27
  17. "Nothing to Trade" – 2:25
  18. "Queer Notions" – 2:46
  19. "Virgin Mary" – 1:34
  20. "Shoot the Dead" – 2:25
  21. "Grave Drive" – 1:20
  22. "Cathedral" – 2:40
    • Contains a Vocal Sample from the song "Alma Redemptoris Mater", Performed by Choir of King's College
    • Vocal Sample Recorded 1994
    • Lyrics Written by Juan García de Salazar[9][10]
  23. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" – 2:59
  24. "Ghosts" – 3:40
  25. "Lexington Hotel, Room 1432" – 1:45
  26. "Road to Perdition" – 3:55
  27. "Perdition – Piano Duet" – 1:39

Personnel

Information is taken from Discogs[4] and the album's liner notes[5]

Notable Musicians (tracks 1-8, 10-17, 19-22, 24-26)
Production

References

  1. ^ "Road to Perdition [Music from the Motion Picture]". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  2. ^ "Road to Perdition". filmtracks.com. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  3. ^ "Finding Neverland". soundtrack.net. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  4. ^ a b c "Thomas Newman – Road To Perdition". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  5. ^ a b Thomas Newman, etc. (2002). Road To Perdition: Music from the Motion Picture (Liner Notes). Decca.
  6. ^ The Charleston Chasers. "Someday Sweetheart". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  7. ^ Charleston Chasers. "Someday Sweetheart". DAHR. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. "Queer Notions". DAHR. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  9. ^ Atlanta Schola Cantorum (8 December 2012). "Alma Redmptoris (2012)". YouTube: Atlanta Schola.
  10. ^ "Road to Perdition (2002): Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b Chicago Rhythm Kings. "There'll Be Some Changes Made". DAHR. Retrieved 21 December 2024.