We've known for some time that Nick Cave and constant collaborator Warren Ellis were putting together a soundtrack for Western flick Lawless, a Shia LaBeouf vehicle whose screenplay was also penned by Cave. For the set, Cave and Ellis put together a crack team of musicians called the Bootleggers to cover some memorable tunes in a bluegrass fashion, mimicking the movie's prohibition-era Virginia setting. You can check out the results down below via a cover of the Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat" with Mark Lanegan on the mic.
As you can hear, the song has a ramshackle back-porch arrangement, with the highlight either being Lanegan's cigarette-stained vocals, Ellis's mad-man fiddling, or that roaring piano line.
The soundtrack also features an alternate take of the Lou Reed-penned classic courtesy of bluegrass figure Ralph Stanley. This version is significantly different, running solely on some acoustic six-string strumming and Stanley's weathered pipes, but is no less awesome.
Lawless hits screens August 29, while Cave and Ellis's soundtrack arrives the day before via Sony Music.
As you can hear, the song has a ramshackle back-porch arrangement, with the highlight either being Lanegan's cigarette-stained vocals, Ellis's mad-man fiddling, or that roaring piano line.
The soundtrack also features an alternate take of the Lou Reed-penned classic courtesy of bluegrass figure Ralph Stanley. This version is significantly different, running solely on some acoustic six-string strumming and Stanley's weathered pipes, but is no less awesome.
Lawless hits screens August 29, while Cave and Ellis's soundtrack arrives the day before via Sony Music.
