The Slaughter Rule

The Slaughter Rule

The Slaughter Rule
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Composer: Jay Farrar
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2003-03-04
Music Label: Bloodshot Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Open Ground
  2. Gather - Jay Farrar
  3. Rank Stranger - Vic Chesnutt
  4. Frost Heaves
  5. When I Stop Dreaming - Freakwater
  6. Odessa Yodel - Wylie & the Wild West
  7. Highwood
  8. Gaterhing Flowers for the Master's Banquet - Blood Oranges
  9. Augusta
  10. To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) - Ryan Adams
  11. Buffalo Jump
  12. West of Samoa - Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
  13. Freight
  14. Dark Early
  15. Porchlight - Neko Case
  16. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown - Flatlanders
  17. Cold Chimes
  18. Gumption
  19. Killing the Blues - Malcolm Holcombe
  20. Hangman
  21. Blue Eyes - Uncle Tupelo
  22. Open Ground (reprise)
  23. Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown? - Pernice Brothers

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Music Review: This Soundtrack Fits The Film Like A Glove
Rating: 4 Stars

Jay Farrar has taken his share of negative reviews since the end of Son Volt. I myself have been guilty of such. The reviews of many critics changed little with the release of the soundtrack to The Slaughter Rule, complilation and score by Farrar. Here I have to disagree. This soundtrack revels all the creativity fans of Farrar are familiar with. Farrar puts together 12 tracks by artist that reads like a whos-who of Alta-Contry and Folk including, Neko Case, Blood Oranges, Vic Chesnutt, Freakwater, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Ryan Adams, Farrar, and an Uncle Tupelo cover of Gram Parsons' Blue Eyes. Interspersed between song tracks are ll short instrumental compilations composed by Farrar. Here Farrar's incredible songwriting talent returns to us in these haunting melodies. Like Tweedy's Chelsea Walls sountack, your enjoyment of the audio disc will be greatly enhanced by viewing the film. Unlike many sountracks, the soundtrack from The Slaughter Rule fits the film like a glove.
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Description of The Slaughter Rule

This hauntingly beautiful story vividly depicts the harsh life of a teenage boy coming of age in the rough & tumble landscape of Montana, in the tradition of 'The Last Picture Show' a rich & complicated tale of compassion in a cold climate. The soundtrack includes score selections by Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo), songs by Freakwater, Vic Chesnutt, Blood Oranges, & Pernice Brothers with previously unreleased recordings by Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, Ryan Adams, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Flatlanders, & others. Bloodshot Records. 2002.
This companion piece to the 2002 indie film offers instrumental snippets of Jay Farrar's original score along with a dozen cuts drawn from alt-country's moody songwriter wing. Nothing in Farrar's guitar-centric score--which consists mainly of brooding blues riffs and John Fahey-influenced acoustic numbers, colored occasionally by keyboards, feedback, and minimal percussion--would sound out of place on his 2001 solo album, Sebastopol. Recycled contributions from Neko Case, Ryan Adams, Uncle Tupelo (a hard-to-find cover of Gram Parsons's "Blue Eyes"), and the Flatlanders hold few surprises: they're all stellar, but none is exclusive to this disc. Most of the new tunes found here are conservative covers of country classics, including "Rank Stranger" (Vic Chesnutt), "When I Stop Dreaming" (Freakwater), and "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" (Blood Oranges). Best of all are Malcolm Holcombe's hard-bitten rendition of "Killing the Blues" and the Pernice Brothers' gauzy take on "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" --Anders Smith Lindall

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