"When you read about the scene you see this mania for authenticity," says Joel Coen, describing what enticed him and his brother Ethan into making Inside Llewyn Davis, a film about folksingers in Greenwich Village just before Bob Dylan touched down and took off. But Coen isn't really praising the folksingers' authenticity – it's their mania that fascinates him. In the very next sentence he goes on: "You have these guys like Elliott Adnopoz, the son of a neurosurgeon from Queens, calling himself Ramblin' Jack Elliott. In the film we have...
- 12/4/2013
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of its theatrical release next month and the soundtrack coming out next week, NPR is now streaming the full soundtrack for the Coen brothers' 60's-set folk music flick "Inside Llewyn Davis." Produced by T Bone Burnett, it features almost a dozen original songs performed by the film's cast, which is led by Oscar Isaac as the titular character, a down-on-his-luck musician struggling to make it in the quickly evolving Greenwich Village music scene of the early 1960's. Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver, and Stark Sands show up on the album to sing new material, alongside an eclectic array of tracks from classic musicians like Bob Dylan, Nancy Blake and Dave Van Ronk. The soundtrack to "Inside Llewyn Davis" is released on November 11, and the film hits theaters on December 6. ...
- 11/6/2013
- by Clint Holloway
- Indiewire
The latest trailer for "Inside Llewyn Davis" offers fans a first listen at Marcus Mumford's cover of "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)."
Co-sung by Mumford and "Inside Llewyn Davis" star Oscar Isaac, the track, a traditional folk favorite, was arranged by Mumford, Isaac and T Bone Burnett.
Beyond that tease, the new trailer for "Inside Llewyn Davis" provides more information about the film, which Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote and co-directed. CBS Films will release "Inside Llewyn Davis" on Dec. 6 and it's expected to be a major player at the 2014 Oscars.
Check out the soundtrack listing below, via Rolling Stone.
"Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" (Traditional; arranged by Oscar Isaac and T Bone Burnett) – Oscar Isaac "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Marcus Mumford, Oscar Isaac and T Bone Burnett) – Marcus Mumford and Oscar Isaac "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) – Stark Sands with Punch Brothers...
Co-sung by Mumford and "Inside Llewyn Davis" star Oscar Isaac, the track, a traditional folk favorite, was arranged by Mumford, Isaac and T Bone Burnett.
Beyond that tease, the new trailer for "Inside Llewyn Davis" provides more information about the film, which Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote and co-directed. CBS Films will release "Inside Llewyn Davis" on Dec. 6 and it's expected to be a major player at the 2014 Oscars.
Check out the soundtrack listing below, via Rolling Stone.
"Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" (Traditional; arranged by Oscar Isaac and T Bone Burnett) – Oscar Isaac "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Marcus Mumford, Oscar Isaac and T Bone Burnett) – Marcus Mumford and Oscar Isaac "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) – Stark Sands with Punch Brothers...
- 7/1/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
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