Dead Man (soundtrack)

Dead Man is the soundtrack to the 1995 Jim Jarmusch western-themed film of the same name starring Gary Farmer and Johnny Depp as William Blake. Neil Young recorded the soundtrack by improvising (mostly on his electric guitar, with some acoustic guitar, piano and organ) as he watched the newly edited film alone in a recording studio. The soundtrack album consists of seven instrumental tracks by Young, with dialog excerpts from the film and Johnny Depp reading the poetry of William Blake interspersed between the music. The version of the main theme used over the film's beginning and end credits is not included, but was released as a promo single.

[edit] Releases

The disc was released in 1996.

In addition to a standard CD release, a "special edition" was released, which was bound in a customized cover. Made to look like a 19th-century photo album, the spine is covered in a mauve-brown cloth and the cover itself is a black laminated cardboard. The booklet normally included in the CD is bound in this "book" along with a cardboard folder to hold the disc itself.

[edit] Track listing

"Guitar Solo, No. 1" – 5:17
"The Round Stones Beneath the Earth..." – 3:31
"Guitar Solo, No. 2" – 2:03
"Why Does Thou Hide Thyself, Clouds..." – 2:24 (The name of the track and the track itself contain a version of a part of William Blake's poem "To Nobodaddy")
"Organ Solo" – 1:33
"Do You Know How to Use This Weapon?" – 4:24 (Contains a reading of part of "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"^[1])
"Guitar Solo, No. 3" – 4:31
"Nobody's Story" – 6:35 (Contains readings from a letter Blake wrote to Thomas Butts,^[2] from "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", and from "The Garden of Love")
"Guitar Solo, No. 4" – 4:22
"Stupid White Men..." – 8:45
"Guitar Solo, No. 5" – 14:40
"Time for You to Leave, William Blake..." – :51
"Guitar Solo, No. 6" – 3:22

[edit] References

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Discography	Studio albums: Neil Young • Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere • After the Gold Rush • Harvest • On the Beach • Tonight's the Night • Zuma • American Stars 'N Bars • Comes a Time • Rust Never Sleeps • Hawks & Doves • Re-ac-tor • Trans • Everybody's Rockin' • Old Ways • Landing on Water • Life • This Note's for You • Freedom • Ragged Glory • Harvest Moon • Sleeps with Angels • Mirror Ball • Broken Arrow • Silver & Gold • Are You Passionate? • Greendale • Prairie Wind • Living with War • Living with War: In the Beginning • Chrome Dreams II EPs: Eldorado Live albums: Time Fades Away • Live Rust • Weld • Arc • Unplugged • Year of the Horse • Road Rock Vol. 1 Soundtracks: Journey Through the Past • Where the Buffalo Roam • Philadelphia • Dead Man Compilations: Decade • Lucky Thirteen • Greatest Hits Archive Series: Live at the Fillmore East • Live at Massey Hall 1971 • The Archives Vol.01 1963-1972 Unreleased albums: Homegrown • Human Highway • Chrome Dreams

Also see	Buffalo Springfield • Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) • The Stills-Young Band