June 20 — The soundtrack to famed director Wes Anderson’s latest project, Asteroid City will be available this week through all digital outlets.
The soundtrack is planned for digital release Friday through ABKCO. In anticipation of the soundtrack’s release, one of the soundtrack’s songs — ‘Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)’ — has been released. The folksy, semi-bluegrass style song was performed by Jarvis Cocker.
The new single is one of two songs that Cocker performs for the soundtrack and even in person in the movie. The other song is ‘You Can’t Wake Up If You Don’t Fall Asleep.’ In total, the soundtrack boasts 16 songs.
The soundtrack’s track listing is noted below:
Asteroid City (Original Soundtrack)
- WXYZ-TV Channel 8 – Alexandre Desplat
- Last Train to San Fernando – Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys
- Island of Dreams – The Springfields
- April in Portugal – Les Baxter
- Ida Red – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Canon [Canon and Gigue in D Major] – Henk Bouman, Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel
- Opening Ceremony with Awards Presentation (Keynote Speaker: General Grif Gibson) – Alexandre Desplat
- (I Got Spurs) Jingle Jangle Jingle – Tex Ritter and His Texans
- Orange Blossom Special – Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) – Tex Ritter
- Cowboy’s Lament – Burl Ives
- Viewing of the Astronomical Ellipses (Opening Comments: Dr. Hickenlooper) – Alexandre Desplat
- Rosie Marie – Slim Whitman
- Indian Love Call – Slim Whitman
- Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
- The Cattle Call – Eddy Arnold with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra and Chorus
- Special Seminar at the Playwright’s Request (Saltzburg Keitel’s Classroom) – Alexandre Desplat
- Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven) – Jarvis Cocker
- Kaw-Liga – Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys
- Emergency Assembly – Alexandre Desplat
- A Bewildering and Bedazzling Celestial Mystery – Alexandre Desplat
- How High The Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford
- The Streets of Laredo – Bing Crosby
- Freight Train – The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group featuring Nancy Whiskey
- You Can’t Wake Up If You Don’t Fall Asleep – Jarvis Cocker
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