Brokeback Mountain (soundtrack)

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Brokeback Mountain
Studio album by Gustavo Santaolalla
Released	November 1, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	43:21
Label	Verve
Producer(s)	Gustavo Santaolalla
Professional reviews
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Gustavo Santaolalla chronology
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)	Brokeback Mountain (2005)	North Country (2005)

Brokeback Mountain is the original soundtrack album as an audio CD, on the Verve Forecast label, of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.

The album was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Original Score and Best Original Song (A Love That Will Never Grow Old), winning the latter. It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

Brokeback Mountain is the name of another soundtrack album, on the Wonderful Music label, of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, with the original compositions performed, instead, by the Global Stage Orchestra. The release date of this album was June 6, 2006, and it has the same track listing as the Verve CD.

[edit] Track listing of Verve CD

1. "Opening" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:31
2. "He Was a Friend of Mine" - Willie Nelson - 4:42
3. "Brokeback Mountain 1" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 2:32
4. "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" - Emmylou Harris - 3:20
5. "King of the Road" - Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright - 2:53
6. "Snow" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:18
7. "The Devil's Right Hand" - Steve Earle - 2:34
8. "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" - Mary McBride - 3:06
9. "Brokeback Mountain 2" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:59
10. "I Don't Want To Say Goodbye" - Teddy Thompson - 3:12
11. "I Will Never Let You Go" - Jackie Greene - 1:55
12. "Riding Horses" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:24
13. "An Angel Went Up In Flames" - The Gas Band - 2:36
14. "It's So Easy" - Linda Ronstadt - 2:27
15. "Brokeback Mountain 3" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 2:14
16. "The Maker Makes" - Rufus Wainwright - 3:50
17. "The Wings" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:52

Since the release of the soundtrack album by Verve Records, three remixes of the Gustavo Santaolalla track "The Wings" have been created and released by Verve on a CD-single.

[edit] Track listing for "The Wings" CD-Single

1. "The Wings" - Gabriel & Dresden's Organized Nature Remix
2. "The Wings" - Manny Lehman, Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Collaboration Remix
3. "The Wings" - Manny Lehman Remix

[edit] See also

• Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other
• "Brokeback Mountain" short story: description of original/amended Proulx story
• Brokeback Mountain awards: description of related film awards
• Brokeback Mountain parodies: list of parody films or spoofs

Preceded by Finding Neverland

Academy Award for Best Original Score 2005

Succeeded by Babel