The Homesman

Marco Beltrami’s score available on 12/09/2014

Varese Sarabande will release on December 9th 2014 Marco Beltrami’s score to The Homesman. This film is directed by Tommy Lee Jones and is starring Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto and Sonja Richter. HE HOMESMAN marks the third collaboration between Beltrami and Jones, who have also worked together on SUNSET LIMITED and THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA. When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women (Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter) head east, where a waiting minister and his wife (Meryl Streep) have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat. Oscar-nominated composer Marco Beltrami (The Hurt Locker, Snowpiercer, The Wolverine,...) has composed a moving and beautiful score with delicate flavors of the setting and era. While most composers record their music inside a studio in pristine conditions, Beltrami went outdoors – recording the music on the mountains of Malibu, CA. “It was very air, thread bare existence. Musically I was discussing with Buck [Sanders] how we might achieve some of this,” said Beltrami. “We picked a day that the wind was fairly minimal in the morning and we just went right at it.”The total playtime of the soundtrack is 45 minutes.

Track list

1. The Homesman Main Title (3:52)
2. On The Plains (1:35)
3. Newborn (1:31)
4. Picking Up Arrabella Sours (1:33)
5. Sod Buster (1:32)
6. Bathtime (2:53)
7. Pawnee (2:13)
8. Bury Doll (1:55)
9. River Crossing (2:52)
10. Leaving Home Flashback (1:06)
11. Are You Crazy? (1:46)
12. Travel Montage (0:46)
13. It’s Abandoned (1:53)
14. Cuddy Lost (3:13)
15. Where’s Cuddy? (1:35)
16. I’ll Be Back Directly (3:03)
17. Entering Town (2:21)
18. Briggs Moves On (2:00)
19. Onto The Ferry (2:10)
20. The Homesman End Credits (3:18)
21. Wind Haiku (2:27)