To Wong Kar Weiโs first English-language film My Blueberry Nightsโ soundtrack is to feature songs by Ry Cooder, Cat Power and Mavis Staples.
A collaboration between Parlophone and Blue Note Records, the soundtrack also features a brand new track โThe Storyโ by Norah Jones who also stars alongside Jude Law and Natalie Portman in the film.
Jones wrote the new track about her experiences of filming My Blueberry Nights, even though it was originally agreed that she was to concentrate on her acting. Jones also found time to record her number one, 4 million selling, album โNot Too Late, her third record for Blue Note.
โHe [Kar Wei] asked if I had any songs that would go with the soundtrack, and actually there was this song I wrote one morning at 6 a.m. after we had finished shooting in New York City, and I came home and I wasnโt tired yet,โ Jones explains about writing the filmโs opening track.
โI went into my piano room which faces east and I watched the sun come up. It was so beautiful. I wrote that song that morning, very quickly, it just kind of came out. And then when he asked if I had any songs to contribute, that song made sense because it definitely was influenced by my experience in the film.โ
*Optimum will release My Blueberry Nights in UK cinemas on February 22.
*Parlophone/Blue Note release the soundtrack on February 25.
The My Blueberry Nights Soundtrack full tracklisting is:
โThe Storyโ (Norah Jones) โ Performed by Norah Jones
โLiving Proofโ (Chan Marshall) โ Performed by Cat Power
โEly Nevadaโ (R.Cooder-J.Cooder) โ Performed by Ry Cooder
โTry A Little Tendernessโ (Campbell-Connelly-Woods) โ Performed by Otis Redding
โLooking Backโ (Benton-Otis) โ Performed by Ruth Brown
โLong Rideโ (R.Cooder-J.Cooder) โ Performed by Ry Cooder
โEyes on the Prizeโ (Traditional arr. Cooder-Staples)- Performed by Mavis Staples
โYumejiโs Themeโ (Shigeru Umebayashi) โ Performed by Chikara Tsuzuki
โSkipping Stoneโ (Amos Lee) โ Performed by Amos Lee
โBus Rideโ (Martin Pradler) โ Performed by Ry Cooder
โHarvest Moonโ (Neil Young) โ Performed by Cassandra Wilson
โDevilโs Highwayโ (Cooder-Commagere-Smith-Messelbeck) โ Performed by Hello Stranger
โPajarosโ (Gustavo Santaolalla) โ Performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
โThe Greatestโ (Chan Marshall) โ Performed by Cat Power