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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Willie Watson and Tim Blake Nelson

Album · 2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the soundtrack to the 2018 Coen Brothers anthology film of the same name, featuring Willie Watson and Tim Blake Nelson in the musical roles the film's six stories demand. Watson — an old-time and folk singer whose solo work has brought archaic American musical traditions to contemporary audiences — contributes performances of austere, period-appropriate beauty, while Nelson provides a contrasting voice suited to the film's comic and elegiac tonal shifts. The soundtrack draws on the folk, cowboy, and parlour-song traditions of the nineteenth-century American West, treating historical musical material with the Coens' characteristic blend of deadpan humour and genuine affection. It stands alongside O Brother, Where Art Thou? as one of cinema's most effective engagements with American vernacular music.

Tracklist

  1. 1 The Book (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:48
  2. 2 Cool Water (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:44
  3. 3 Carefree Drifter (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 0:49
  4. 4 Randall Collins alt version 1:55
  5. 5 Near Algodones (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:56
  6. 6 The Wingless Thrush (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 2:30
  7. 7 Our Revels (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 2:21
  8. 8 When a Cowboy Trades his Spurs for Wings Source Recording Gillian Welch · key C · 135 bpm · 3/4 2:34
  9. 9 Canyon Awake (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:54
  10. 10 How Deep (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 2:12
  11. 11 Hello, Mr. Pocket! (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 2:17
  12. 12 Your Share (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:11
  13. 13 Little Joe The Wrangler (Surly Joe) (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:30
  14. 14 Goodbye Canyon (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:28
  15. 15 Unmarked Grave (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:28
  16. 16 Wagon Train (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:02
  17. 17 Certainty (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:43
  18. 18 The Oregon Trail (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:19
  19. 19 Seeking Alice (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 2:18
  20. 20 The Gal Who Got Rattled (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:28
  21. 21 The Unfortunate Lad (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 1:45
  22. 22 The Mortal Remains (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 2:42
  23. 23 The End of Buster Scruggs (From "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Soundtrack) 3:47

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