The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Here ’s every song featured onThe Ballad Of Buster Scruggssoundtrack . The Ballad Of Buster Scruggsmarked a regaining to Westerns for biovular directing duo the Coen Brothers after their previous genre entriesNo Country For Old MenandTrue Grit . It ’s an anthology movie that boast six unconnected vignettes all set in the Wild West and base on a mix of short stories penned by the Coen Brothers themselves and writers Jack London and Stewart Edward White .
AsThe Ballad Of Buster Scruggsis a homage to the singing cowboy subgenre , music is an substantive part of the movie . Its soundtrack relies on a mixture of traditional Irish and American songs alongside orchestral number to set the prospect and music feature prominently in each section – peculiarly the film ’s titular vignette which stars Tim Blake Nelson as a singing cowboy with a deadly shot .
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The bulk of the instrumental pieces heard in the anthology were composed and conducted by the Coen Brothers ’ long - time collaborator Carter Burwell who has worked on many of their films includingFargoandThe Big Lebowski . A couple of songs were also penned by country - ethnic music singer Gillian Welch who also bestow songs to the soundtrack for the Coen Brothers ’ 2000 crime - comedyO Brother , Where fine art Thou?Read on for a listing of every song that ’s on the officialBallad Of Buster Scruggssoundtrack .
Alongside the 23 songs on the officialBallad Of Buster Scruggssoundtrack , a handful of other tunes were feature in the movie that did n’t make it onto the soundtrack . Liam Neeson sang the traditional Irish songs “ Weela Weela Wallya ” and “ The Sash My Father don ” in the section titledMeal Ticketwhile player / thespian Tom Waits – who played the protagonist inAll Gold Canyon – perform the American - Irish song “ Mother Machree . ” Grammy - winning fiddle instrumentalist Gabe Witcher also lend a reworking of traditional Italian folk strain “ La Ricciola . ”
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggswas a critical bang when it was liberate by Netflix in late 2018 . It went on to realize several nominations at the Academy Awards , including nods for Best Adapted Screenplay forthe Coen Brothersand Best Costume Design for Mary Zophres . The movie ’s soundtrack did n’t go unnoticed either , with the birdsong “ When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings ” incur an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song .
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