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Johnny Depp Contributes To Nick Cave West Of Memphis Soundtrack

by Paul Cashmere on December 20, 2012

in News

Johnny Depp makes a couple of appearances on the Nick Cave soundtrack for ‘West of Memphis: Voices of Justice”.

Nick Cave, Photo: Ros O'Gorman

Nick Cave, Photo: Ros O'Gorman

The soundtrack album will feature the track ‘Damien Echols Death Row Letter Year 16’ by Tonto’s Giant Nuts with Johnny Deep and featuring Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Depp also joins Tonto’s Giant Nuts for a cover of Mumford & Sons ‘Little Lion Man’.

‘West of Memphis’ is a documentary about the 1993 murders of three eight-year old boys in Arkansas and the teenagers who were wrongfully arrested for the murders.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis from The Bad Seeds wrote the score for the documentary.

The soundtrack album also features Marilyn Manson covering Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ plus songs from Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, Band of Horses, Bob Dylan and Natalie Maines.

The ‘West of Memphis: Voices For Justice’ tracklisting is:

Henry Rollins (feat. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) – ‘Damien Echols Death Row Letter Year 9’
Natalie Maines – ‘Mother’
Lucinda Williams – ‘Joy’
Camp Freddy – ‘The Jean Genie’
Tonto’s Giant Nuts feat. Johnny Depp & Bruce Witkin – ‘Little Lion Man’
Marilyn Manson – ‘You’re So Vain’
Band of Horses – ‘Dumpster World’ (Live)
Citizen Cope – ‘DFW’
Eddie Vedder – ‘Satellite’
Bill Carter – ‘Anything Made of Paper’
The White Buffalo – ‘House of Pain’
Bob Dylan – ‘Ring Them Bells’
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – ‘West of Memphis Score Suite’
Tonto’s Giant Nuts feat. Johnny Depp (feat. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) – ‘Damien Echols Death Row Letter Year 16’
BONUS TRACK
Patti Smith – ‘Wing’ (Recorded Live at Voices For Justice Benefit Concert – August 28, 2010)

BONUS TRACK
Bill Carter – ‘Road to Nowhere’

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will release their new album Push The Sky Away in February.

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