Road to Perdition (soundtrack)

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, losing to the score of Frida.

Track listing

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

"Rock Island, 1931" – 3:22
"Wake" – 1:55
"Just the Feller" – 2:44
"Mr. Rance" – 1:38
"Bit Borrowers" – 2:25
"Murder (in Four Parts)" – 7:54
"Road to Chicago" – 3:06
"Reading Room" – 1:25
"Someday Sweetheart" – 3:06
- Performed by The Charleston Chasers
- Composed by John Spikes and Benjamin Franklin Spikes
- Recorded 1927^[6]^[7]
"Meet Maguire" – 1:44
"Blood Dog" – 1:06
"Finn McGovern" – 2:11
"The Farm" – 2:09
"Dirty Money" – 3:10
"Rain Hammers" – 2:41
"A Blind Eye" – 2:27
"Nothing to Trade" – 2:25
"Queer Notions" – 2:46
- Performed by Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
- Composed by Coleman Hawkins
- Arranged by Horace Henderson^[8]
- Recorded 1933^[8]
"Virgin Mary" – 1:34
"Shoot the Dead" – 2:25
"Grave Drive" – 1:20
"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]
"There'll Be Some Changes Made" – 2:59
- Performed by the Chicago Rhythm Kings
- Written by Billy Higgins and W. Benton Overstreet
- Vocals: Red McKenzie^[11]
- Recorded 1928^[11]
"Ghosts" – 3:40
"Lexington Hotel, Room 1432" – 1:45
"Road to Perdition" – 3:55
"Perdition – Piano Duet" – 1:39
- Performed by Tom Hanks and Paul Newman
- Composed by John M. Williams

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

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