On the Road [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Score]

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All Music Guide - James Christopher Monger
For a novel that's so steeped in the culture of jazz and rhythm & blues, the soundtrack for director Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road feels relatively tame, with just under half of the collection reserved for music from the era in which the book takes place. That said, selections from the likes of Billie Holiday ("A Sailboat in the Moonlight"), Charlie Parker ("Ko-Ko"), Son House ("Death Letter Blues"), Dinah Washington ("Mean and Evil Blues"), Ella Fitzgerald ("I've Got the World on a String"), and vocalese master Slim Gaillard ("Yip Rock Heresy") effortlessly set the tone, while composer Gustavo Santaolalla's (Babel, Brokeback ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - James Christopher Monger
For a novel that's so steeped in the culture of jazz and rhythm & blues, the soundtrack for director Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road feels relatively tame, with just under half of the collection reserved for music from the era in which the book takes place. That said, selections from the likes of Billie Holiday ("A Sailboat in the Moonlight"), Charlie Parker ("Ko-Ko"), Son House ("Death Letter Blues"), Dinah Washington ("Mean and Evil Blues"), Ella Fitzgerald ("I've Got the World on a String"), and vocalese master Slim Gaillard ("Yip Rock Heresy") effortlessly set the tone, while composer Gustavo Santaolalla's (Babel, Brokeback Mountain) appropriately sparse and percussive score perfectly encapsulates the book's willful nonconformity.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/11/2012
  • Label: Verve
  • UPC: 602537196661
  • Catalog Number: 001775902
  • Sales rank: 12,414

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Gustavo Santaolalla Primary Artist, Organ, Dulcimer, Clarinet, Guitar, Percussion, Kora, Glass Harmonica, Santur, Prepared Piano
Jack Kerouac Readings
Ella Fitzgerald Vocals
Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet
Slim Gaillard Vocals
Brad Dutz Percussion
Billie Holiday Vocals
Brian Blade Drums
Charlie Haden Bass
Son House Vocals
Michael Lang Piano
Roy McCurdy Drums
Roger Newman Saxophone
Charlie Parker Saxophone
Edwin Livingston Bass
Frank Bennett Drums
Greg Kramer Vocals
Terry Herrington Saxophone
Technical Credits
Jack Kerouac Composer, Original Material
Dizzy Gillespie Composer
Harold Arlen Composer
Slim Gaillard Composer
Kenny Clarke Composer
Michael Frondelli Engineering
Son House Composer
Anibal Kerpel Producer, Engineering
Charlie Parker Composer
Gustavo Santaolalla Composer, Producer
Carmen Lombardo Composer
Brad Dechter Arranger
Skeets Tolbert Composer
Claude Demetrius Composer
Irene Higginbotham Composer
John Jacob Loeb Composer
John Alston Composer
Spoken Word Composer
Tom Baker Mastering
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