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Road to Perdition (soundtrack)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Road to Perdition

| type = film

| artist = Thomas Newman

| cover = RoadtoPerdition_Soundtrack.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 25, 2002

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soundtrack, Instrumental

| length = 1:10:11

| label = Decca

| producer =

| prev_title = The Salton Sea

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = White Oleander

| next_year = 2002

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/road-to-perdition-music-from-the-motion-picture-mw0000220900|title=Road to Perdition [Music from the Motion Picture]|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2015-07-01}}

|rev2 = Filmtracks

|rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5|score=3.6/5 stars}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/road_perdition.html|publisher=filmtracks.com|title=Road to Perdition|accessdate=2015-07-01}}

|rev3 = SoundtrackNet

|rev3score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/finding-neverland/|publisher=soundtrack.net|title=Finding Neverland|accessdate=2015-07-01}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Thomas-Newman-Road-To-Perdition/release/6043535|title= Thomas Newman – Road To Perdition| publisher=discogs.com | accessdate=2015-07-01}}

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 and the album's liner notes{{cite book |author=Thomas Newman, etc. |title=Road To Perdition: Music from the Motion Picture (Liner Notes) |publisher=Decca |year=2002}}

  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. *Performed by The Charleston Chasers
  11. *Composed by John Spikes and Benjamin Franklin Spikes
  12. *Recorded 1927{{cite web |author=The Charleston Chasers |title=Someday Sweetheart |publisher=Second Hand Songs |accessdate=23 December 2024 |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/222882}}{{cite web |author=Charleston Chasers |title=Someday Sweetheart |publisher=DAHR |accessdate=26 December 2024 |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033012/W143258-Someday_sweetheart}}
  13. "Meet Maguire" – 1:44
  14. "Blood Dog" – 1:06
  15. "Finn McGovern" – 2:11
  16. "The Farm" – 2:09
  17. "Dirty Money" – 3:10
  18. "Rain Hammers" – 2:41
  19. "A Blind Eye" – 2:27
  20. "Nothing to Trade" – 2:25
  21. "Queer Notions" – 2:46
  22. *Performed by Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
  23. *Composed by Coleman Hawkins
  24. *Arranged by Horace Henderson
  25. *Recorded 1933{{cite web |author=Fletcher Henderson Orchestra |title=Queer Notions |publisher=DAHR |accessdate=23 December 2024 |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000358752/W265135-Queer_notions-1}}
  26. "Virgin Mary" – 1:34
  27. "Shoot the Dead" – 2:25
  28. "Grave Drive" – 1:20
  29. "Cathedral" – 2:40
  30. *Contains a Vocal Sample from the song "Alma Redemptoris Mater", Performed by Choir of King's College
  31. *Vocal Sample Recorded 1994
  32. *Lyrics Written by Juan García de Salazar{{cite web |author=Atlanta Schola Cantorum |title=Alma Redmptoris (2012) |publisher=YouTube: Atlanta Schola |date=8 December 2012 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jH42NMynUoY}}{{cite web |title=Road to Perdition (2002): Soundtracks |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=23 December 2024 |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0257044/soundtrack/}}
  33. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" – 2:59
  34. *Performed by the Chicago Rhythm Kings
  35. *Written by Billy Higgins and W. Benton Overstreet
  36. *Vocals: Red McKenzie
  37. *Recorded 1928{{cite web |author=Chicago Rhythm Kings |title=There'll Be Some Changes Made |publisher=DAHR |accessdate=21 December 2024 |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000236366/C1885-Therell_be_some_changes_made}}
  38. "Ghosts" – 3:40
  39. "Lexington Hotel, Room 1432" – 1:45
  40. "Road to Perdition" – 3:55
  41. "Perdition – Piano Duet" – 1:39
  42. *Performed by Tom Hanks and Paul Newman
  43. *Composed by John M. Williams

Personnel

Information is taken from Discogs and the album's liner notes

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

;Production

References

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Category:Crime film soundtracks

Category:Thomas Newman albums

Category:Thomas Newman soundtracks

Category:2002 soundtrack albums

Category:Decca Records soundtracks