This album is instrumentally focused, and is a departure from Cave's band-oriented compositions. All tracks are directly reproduced from the musical interludes in the film, and feature little alteration from the film score. Many songs on the album are slow-tempo and ballad-like, and the violin work of Warren Ellis becomes the central voice of the album for much of the time. Cave's unusual vocal performances on the 'Rider' trilogy of songs brings a particularly haunting and uneasy tone to the album.
Track Listing:
1. Happy Land - Nick Cave (1.36)
2. The Proposition #1 - Nick Cave (3.24)
3. Road to Banyon - Nick Cave (1.4)
4. Down to the Valley - Nick Cave (3.48)
5. Moan Thing - Nick Cave (2.46)
6. The Rider #1 - Nick Cave (1.15)
7. Martha's Dream - Nick Cave (3.07)
8. Gun Thing - Nick Cave (4.28)
9. Queenie's Suite - Nick Cave (3.3)
10. The Rider #2 - Nick Cave (2.59)
11. The Proposition #2 - Nick Cave (2.42)
12. Sad Violin Thing - Nick Cave (0.5)
13. The Rider #3 - Nick Cave (1.08)
14. The Proposition #3 - Nick Cave (2.59)
15. The Rider Song - Nick Cave (2.3)
16. Clean Hands, Dirty Hands - Nick Cave (3.34)
Year of Production: 2005