None other than Nick Cave helped director John Hillcoat with the screenplay for the movie Lawless, while he also took great care of the movie’s soundtrack. Cave and fellow musician Warren Ellis form the core of The Bootleggers, a country and bluegrass ensemble that welcome a string of guests artist like Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley and Mark Lanegan. The Lawless soundtrack contains cover versions of artists such as Velvet Underground and Captain Beefheart and also features original compositions by Cave/Ellis and the great Willie Nelson.
Lawless is a studded movie by director John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) about a gang of bootleggers in Virginia during the Great Depression. And when we say star-studded, we really mean it: Guy Pierce, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy and Shia LeBoeuf signed up for the gritty and evocative story about brothers who try to create their own American Dream during Prohibition.
Lawless is available as a limited edition edition of 500 numbered copies on smokey marble vinyl and includes an 8-page booklet with movie pictures and liner notes by Hal Willner and director John Hillcoat.
SIDE A
1. Fire And Brimstone - Mark Lanegan
2. Burnin' Hell - Nick Cave
3. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do - Ralph Stanley
4. Fire In The Blood - Emmylou Harris
5. White Light / White Heat - Mark Lanegan
6. Cosmonaut - Emmylou Harris
7. Fire In The Blood / Snake Song - Ralph Stanley / Emmylou Harris
SIDE B
1. So You'll Aim Towards The Sky - Emmylou Harris
2. Fire In The Blood - Emmylou Harris
3. Fire And Brimstone - Ralph Stanley
4. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do - Mark Lanegan
5. White Light / White Heat - Ralph Stanley
6. End Crawl - Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
7. Midnight Run - Willie Nelson
