Neil Young Dead Man OST

Neil Young's Dead Man.
A very original work from Neil. Recorded mostly "a capella".

Neil Young recorded the soundtrack by improvising (mostly on his electric guitar, with some acoustic guitar, piano and organ) as he watched the newly edited film alone in a recording studio -of course, Young did compose the main body of the soundtrack before improvising the entire work. The soundtrack album consists of seven instrumental tracks by Young, with dialog excerpts from the film and Johnny Depp reading the poetry of William Blake interspersed between the music.


Dead Man is the soundtrack to the 1995 Jim Jarmusch western-themed film of the same name starring Gary Farmer and Johnny Depp as William Blake. Neil Young recorded the soundtrack by improvising (mostly on his electric guitar, with some acoustic guitar, piano and organ) as he watched the newly edited film alone in a recording studio. The soundtrack album consists of seven instrumental tracks by Young, with dialog excerpts from the film and Johnny Depp reading the poetry of William Blake interspersed between the music. The version of the main theme used over the film's beginning and end credits is not included, but was released as a promo single.

Track Linsting

1. Guitar Solo, No. 1 – 5:17
2. The Round Stones Beneath the Earth – 3:31
3. Guitar Solo, No. 2 – 2:03
4. Why Does Thou Hide Thyself, Clouds – 2:24
5. Organ Solo – 1:33
6. Do You Know How to Use This Weapon? – 4:24
7. Guitar Solo, No. 3 – 4:31
8. Nobody's Story – 6:35
9. Guitar Solo, No. 4 – 4:22
10. Stupid White Men – 8:45
11. Guitar Solo, No. 5 – 14:40
12. Time for You to Leave, William Blake – :51
13. Guitar Solo, No. 6 – 3:22