Elizabethtown (soundtrack)

{{Short description|2005 film soundtrack album}}

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| name = Elizabethtown Soundtrack

| type = soundtrack

| artist = various artists

| cover = ElizabethtownSoundtrackVol1.jpg

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| released = September 13, 2005

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| genre = Rock, pop, alternative country

| length = 58:47

| label = RCA Records

| producer = Cameron Crowe

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The soundtrack for the film Elizabethtown, directed by Cameron Crowe, constitutes multiple volumes released by RCA Records between 2005-2006. The first volume of original songs from the movie, titled Elizabethtown: Songs from the Motion Picture, was released September 13, 2005.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61684/crowe-finalizes-elizabethtown-soundtrack|title=Crowe Finalizes 'Elizabethtown' Soundtrack|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-01-07}} The physical CD release of this first volume remains in print at the time of writing, but is not as pictured here, featuring instead the red cover art seen on AllMusic, and does not include the last song "Plush" referenced by the track listing here.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/elizabethtown-vol-2-mw0000346979|title=Elizabethtown, Vol. 2 - Original Soundtrack {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2021-06-25}} The original score, composed by rock musician Nancy Wilson, was released on October 14, 2005.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21|title=Q&A: Cameron Crowe|last=Conniff|first=Tamara|date=2005-10-29|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=21|language=en}} The four-song extended play Songs for the Ride Home was released as a limited-time iTunes Exclusive on December 20, 2005.* [http://www.answeringbell.com/Answering%20Bell/Official%20Albums/elizabethtown_songs_for.htm Answering Bell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211060458/http://www.answeringbell.com/Answering%20Bell/Official%20Albums/elizabethtown_songs_for.htm|date=2006-02-11}} – "Ryan Adams set lists & song histories" A full-length follow-up collection, titled Elizabethtown: Volume 2, was released on February 7, 2006, and replaced Songs for the Ride Home on iTunes{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/elizabethtown-vol-2-mw0000346979|title=Elizabethtown, Vol. 2 - Original Soundtrack {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-01-07}}

Overall, the albums featured original music by rock musician Nancy Wilson, as well as songs by Tom Petty, Elton John, Lindsey Buckingham, Ryan Adams, My Morning Jacket,

Jeff Finlin, and other artists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/elizabethtown-mw0000408792|title=Elizabethtown - Original Soundtrack|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-01-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/cd_elizabethtownOST.html|title=indielondon.co.uk - music - Elizabethtown, soundtrack review|last=www.t75.org|website=www.indielondon.co.uk|access-date=2018-01-07}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic – Volume 1

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r786875|pure_url=yes}} link]

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