ARTIST: VA
TITLE: The Hottest State-(OST)
LABEL: Hickory
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 170kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 03m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-08-07
RIP DATE: 2007-08-09
Track List
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1. Rocha - Ya No Te Veria Mas 2:06
(Never See You)
2. Willie Nelson - Always Seem to 3:48
Get Things Wrong
3. Feist - Somewhere Down the Road 2:46
4. Bright Eyes - Big Old House 3:57
5. Emmylou Harris - The Speed of 4:19
Sound
6. Jesse Harris - It Will Stay 2:17
With Us
7. The Black Keys - If You Ever 2:36
Slip
8. M. Ward - Crooked Lines 4:29
9. Norah Jones - World of Trouble 4:36
10. Brad Mehldau - Never See You 5:04
11. Cat Power - It's Alright to 3:41
Fail
12. Jesse Harris - One Day the Dam 2:59
Will Break
13. Tony Scherr - You, the Queen 4:18
14. Score - Morning in a Strange 2:02
City (Cafe)
15. Rocha - No More 4:00
16. Jesse Harris - Dear Dorothy 2:29
17. Rocha - Never See You 2:49
18. Score - These Are No Second 4:57
Chances
Release Notes:
The soundtrack for the film, The Hottest State isnÆt just another compilation of
songs pulled out of obscurity and thrown together for a movie companion piece.
No way. If anything, this album and it is indeed, an album could also be
categorized as a tribute record. The album features sixteen songs, plus two
score passages, all recorded exclusively for the film by some of the finest
names in music today, all for the benefit of paying tribute to one of the
brightest new songwriting talents in the last two decades: Jesse Harris. Grammy
winning singer/songwriter Jesse Harris wrote all the music for the soundtrack
and serves as the albumÆs co-executive producer along with the filmÆs
director/screenwriter/producer, Ethan Hawke. Together, they assembled a peerless
group of artists to record HarrisÆ songs: Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Norah
Jones, Cat Power, Bright Eyes, Feist, The Black Keys, M. Ward, Brad Mehldau,
Tony Scherr and Argentinean newcomer, Rocha. Jesse Harris recorded three songs
for the soundtrack himself and also has a small role in the film. The soundtrack
will be the second release by Hickory Records, the new imprint of Sony/ATV Music
Publishing. Harris, who has known Hawke since the early 1990s, has released six
albums as a solo artist. His songs have been recorded by Madeleine Peyroux, Pat
Metheny, and Lizz Wright, and in 2003, he won a Song of the Year Grammy for
writing Norah JonesÆ smash hit DonÆt Know Why. Adapted by Ethan Hawke from his
novel of the same name, The Hottest State is a bittersweet romance that distills
the joy, pain, erotic highs, and emotional lows of first love. Hawke directs and
co-stars in the film along with Mark Webber [Broken Flowers] Oscar nominees
Catalina Sandino Moreno [Maria Full Of Grace], Laura Linney [Mystic River, The
Squid and the Whale], Michelle Williams [Brokeback Mountain] and Sonia Braga
[Kiss Of The Spider Woman]. The movie opens in New York and Los Angeles on
August 24, and nationwide throughout September.