Walk the Line (soundtrack)

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Walk the Line is a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack from the movie Walk the Line released November 15, 2005 by Wind-Up Records. There are nine songs performed by Joaquin Phoenix, four songs by Reese Witherspoon, one song by Waylon Payne, one song by Johnathan Rice, two songs by Tyler Hilton, and one song by Shooter Jennings. At the Golden Globe Awards Phoenix won best actor and Witherspoon won best actress in a musical or comedy for their portrayals in the film. Witherspoon went on to win the Academy Award for best actress.

Walk the Line is an enhanced CD which also contains two deleted scenes from the film, Phoenix performing "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" and Phoenix and Witherspoon together near the scene of "Jackson".

At least some of the takes on the CD, notably "Cocaine Blues", appear to be different takes from those used in the film. This is not an uncommon practice with soundtracks.

The cover features the two stars in an early publicity still, several of which were created (and later included as bonus postcards in the Collector's Edition DVD).

As of March 10 2006 the soundtrack has gone gold with over 500,000 albums sold.

On February 11 2007 this album won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

Track listing

1. "Get Rhythm" - Joaquin Phoenix – 2:26
2. "I Walk the Line" - Joaquin Phoenix – 3:20
3. "Wildwood Flower" - Reese Witherspoon – 2:31
4. "Lewis Boogie" - Waylon Payne – 2:01
5. "Ring of Fire" - Joaquin Phoenix – 3:42
6. "You're My Baby" - Johnathan Rice – 2:12
7. "Cry Cry Cry" - Joaquin Phoenix – 2:35
8. "Folsom Prison Blues" - Joaquin Phoenix – 2:52
9. "That's All Right" - Tyler Hilton – 1:46
10. "Juke Box Blues" - Reese Witherspoon – 2:15
11. "It Ain't Me Babe" - Joaquin Phoenix/Reese Witherspoon – 3:05
12. "Home of the Blues" - Joaquin Phoenix – 2:40
13. "Milk Cow Blues" - Tyler Hilton – 2:19
14. "I'm a Long Way from Home" - Shooter Jennings – 2:15
15. "Cocaine Blues" - Joaquin Phoenix – 2:50
16. "Jackson" - Joaquin Phoenix/Reese Witherspoon – 2:49

Additional tracks

The film also featured a variety of country, rockabilly and traditional scoring. They were not featured on the soundtrack CD.

1. "Engine 143" - The Carter Family
2. "Highway 61 Revisited" - Bob Dylan
3. "Didn't It Rain" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
4. "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" - Blind Willie Johnson
5. "Volksmusik Medley" - Hans Glisha Orchestra
6. "I Was There When It Happened" - The Blackwood Brothers
7. "Try Me One Time" - Willie Nix
8. "Ain't That Right" - Eddie Snow
9. "Boogie Blues" - Earl Peterson
10. "I Miss You Already" - Faron Young
11. "Defrost Your Heart" - Charlie Feathers
12. "Feelin' Good" - Little Junior's Blue Flames
13. "Bop Bop Baby" - Wade and Dick
14. "Rock With My Baby" - Billy Riley
15. "Rock N' Roll Ruby" - Joaquin Phoenix
16. "Fujiyama Mama" - Wanda Jackson
17. "She Wears Red Feathers" - Guy Mitchell
18. "Easy Does It" - Lewis LaMedica
19. "Hey Porter" - Joaquin Phoenix
20. "Candy Man Blues" - John Hurt
21. "I Got Stripes" - Joaquin Phoenix
22. "Light of the Night" - Werner Tautz
23. "You Get To Me" - Minnie and the Minuettes
24. "Times a'Wastin'" - Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
25. "Cartoon World"
26. "Ghost Town/Poem For Eva" - Bill Frisell
27. "In the Sweet By and By"
28. "Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" - Johnny Cash and June Carter
29. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Bob Dylan

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Peak	Certification (sales)
2006	Australian Album Top 50	#2	Platinum (70,000)
2006	Austrian Album Top 75	#3
2006	Canadese Album Top 100	#4	Gold (50,000)
2006	Canadian Album Chart		2x Platinum (200,000)
2006	Denmark Album Top 40	#39
2006	Dutch Album Top 100	#68
2006	French Album Top 200	#55
2006	German Album Chart	#12
2006	Swiss Album Top 100	#17
2006	U.S. Billboard 200	#9	Gold (500,000)
2006	U.S. Top Country Albums	#3
2006	U.S. Top Internet Albums	#9
2006	U.S. Top Soundtracks	#1
2006	New Zealand Album Top 40	#6	Gold (7,500)