Nick Cave, Warren Ellis Score Jeff Bridges-Starring Film Hell or High Water

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, who both play in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, score a lot of films together. Their latest endeavor is Hell or High Water, a David Mackenzie-directed film starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine. CBS Films will release the movie in theaters August 12, which is the same day the soundtrack comes out via Milan Records. It features several pieces of score from Cave and Ellis, plus songs by Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, Chris Stapleton, and others. Listen to two excerpts from Cave and Ellis’ score below, and check out the soundtrack’s artwork and tracklist.

Mackenzie shared a statement about Cave and Ellis’ music for the film:

What I love about Nick and Warren’s film music is that it’s epic and expansive without being grandiose. For me as a filmmaker this hits a sweet spot where the score is able to have scale and emotion but not feel manipulative or overwhelming.

Hell or High Water OST:

01 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Comancheria”
02 Townes Van Zandt: “Dollar Bill Blues”
03 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Mama’s Room”
04 Ray Wylie Hubbard: “Dust of the Chase”
05 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Texas Midlands”
06 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Robbery”
07 Waylon Jennings: “You Ask Me To”
08 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Mountain Lion Mean”
09 Colter Wall: “Sleeping on the Backtop”
10 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “From My Cold Dead Hands”
11 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Lord of the Plains”
12 Scott H. Biram: “Blood, Sweat and Murder”
13 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Casino”
14 Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: “Comancheria II”
15 Chris Stapleton: “Outlaw State of Mind”

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