Mud: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features original music by David Wingo and songs by Dirty Three, Jeff McIlwain, Ben Nichols and Lucero, with whom Wingo collaborated on two original tracks.
“Since [director] Jeff’s [Nichols] brother Ben and his band Lucero worked on several pieces of music for the film it was really great to have that opportunity to work on having my score and their music co- exist and mingle in an organic way that made sense right from the start,” described Wingo. “It was very valuable to establish a seamless relationship there between their music and my music since there were songs of Ben’s that Jeff knew he wanted to use before I even started scoring the film.”
While director Nichols’ tale of a fugitive hiding in Mississippi River country is pretty straightforward..
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…in its telling, the subtexts of loss of a way of life, and of men in varied life stages grappling with love, weigh in with near-equal clout. Composer David Wingo (The Sitter, Take Shelter) provides the appropriate tension and heartbreak in his fresh sounding score.
Key to this freshness is Wingo’s blending of standard film score elements with vibrant, predominantly acoustic Americana, provided by Wingo’s group, Lucero, Australian trio Dirty Three and and Jeff McIlwain. Searing rough-edged fiddle and insistent, hard-picked guitars provide an almost “spaghetti western” intensity when called for.
1. Opening – David Wingo and Lucero
2. Where’d He Go – David Wingo
3. Leaving Island – David Wingo
4. Take You Away – Lucero
5. Sleeping In Trees – David Wingo
6. Juniper – David Wingo
7. Alice Wading – Dirty Three
8. Back To The Island – David Wingo
9. Tom Blankenship – David Wingo
10. This Night – Dirty Three
11. Davy Brown – Ben Nichols
12. Carver – David Wingo
13. Everything You Need – Lucero
14. The Kid – Ben Nichols
15. King – David Wingo
16. Stealing Motor – David Wingo
17. Hotel – David Wingo
18. Looking for Juniper – David Wingo
19. Leaving Bar – David Wingo
20. Lost Love – David Wingo
21. Something Else On His Mind – David Wingo
22. One Last Letter – David Wingo
23. May Pearl – Jeff McIlwain
24. Snakebite – Lucero
25. Clinic- David Wingo
26. Mud and Juniper – David Wingo
27. Aftermath – David Wingo
28. In Fall – Dirty Three
29. Ending – Lucero and David Wingo