North Country (soundtrack)
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North Country is the original soundtrack album
, on the Columbia/Sony Music Sountrax label, of the 2005 film
North Country
starring Charlize Theron
, Frances McDormand
and Woody Harrelson
. The original score
and song
s were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla
.
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
, on the Columbia/Sony Music Sountrax label, of the 2005 film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
North Country
North Country (film)
North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, which chronicled the case of...
starring Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer and former fashion model.She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil's Advocate and The Cider House Rules...
, Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand is an American film and stage actress. She has starred in a number of films, including her Academy Award-winning performance as Marge Gunderson in Fargo, in 1996...
and Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...
. The original score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, for Brokeback Mountain in 2005 and Babel in 2006.-Life and career:...
.
Track listing
- "North Country" Gustavo Santaolalla 2:07
- "Girl of the North Country" Leo Kottke 3:34
- "Tell Ol' Bill" Bob Dylan 5:08
- "Werewolves of London" Warren Zevon 3:28
- "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes 3:49
- "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against MeIf I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" is a song made famous by the country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Written by David Bellamy, the song was released in 1979 and became their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart that spring.Overall,...
" Bellamy Brothers 3:17 - "Lay Lady Lay" Bob Dylan 3:19
- "A Saturday in My Classroom" Gustavo Santaolalla 3:48
- "Sweetheart Like You" Bob Dylan 4:35
- "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on MeBaby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" is a hit song by country and pop singer-songwriter Mac Davis. From his breakthrough album of the same name, the song reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in September 1972, spending three weeks atop each chart...
" Mac Davis 3:05 - "Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)" Bob Dylan 3:52
- "Standing Up" Gustavo Santaolalla 2:43
- "Paths of Victory" Cat Power 3:22