On the Road Soundtrack Details

On the Road SoundtrackThe soundtrack to On the Road, the dramatic film based on the Jack Kerouac novel and starring Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, and Sam Riley, will be released on December 11, 2012 followed by the film’s theatrical release on December 21st. The original score was composed by Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain), and the soundtrack also features songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker.
 
Nine original compositions are performed by Santaolalla, Charlie Haden and Brian Blade and, according to Verve Music Group, add up to a score that is “subtly provocative yet emotionally powerful, reminiscent of the 1950s Beat Generation’s evolution of sex, drugs, and jazz — the rock and roll of its time.”
 
Details on On the Road:
 
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Walter Salles and based on the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac, On the Road tells the provocative story of Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou (Kristen Stewart).
 
Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” — the pure essence of experience.
 
Seeking unchartered terrain and the last American frontier, the duo encounter an eclectic mix of men and women — Bull (Viggo Mortensen), Camille (Kirsten Dunst), Carlo (Tom Sturridge), Jane (Amy Adams), Terry (Alice Braga), Galatéa (Elisabeth Moss) — each impacting their journey indelibly.

On the Road Soundtrack Track List:

1. Sweet Sixteen (Greg Kramer)
2. Roman Candles (Gustavo Santaolalla)
3. Yip Roc Heresy (Slim Gaillard)
4. Reminiscence (Gustavo Santaolalla)
5. Mean And Evil Blues (Dinah Washington)
6. Lovin’ IT (Gustavo Santaolalla)
7. The Open Road (Gustavo Santaolalla)
8. A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra, Lester Young)
9. Ko-Ko (Charlie Parker)
10. Memories / Up To Speed (Gustavo Santaolalla)
11. I’ve Got The World On A String (Ella Fitzgerald, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra)
12. That’s IT (Gustavo Santaolalla)
13. Keep It Rollin’ (Gustavo Santaolalla)
14. Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker)
15. Hit That Jive Jack (Slim Gaillard)
16. God Is Pooh Bear (Gustavo Santaolalla)
17. Death Letter Blues (Son House)
18. I Think Of Dean (Gustavo Santaolalla)
19. Jack Kerouac Reads On The Road (Jack Kerouac)
 
Source: Verve/Universal