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in June and August 2004. It also features music by

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, and

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. Explosions in the Sky joined the project after receiving an email from

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that said "he was working on a new movie and he was wondering if

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would be interested in doing music for it." The members were familiar with the book on which the movie was based, and were raised in its setting of

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. Despite having access to "all sorts of rare equipment", the band stuck to its usual songwriting style. The prominent track "Your Hand in Mine" was adapted from the 2003 album ''

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''. Of the songs from the film, "Your Hand In Mine," "Inside It All Feels the Same," "The Sky Above, the Field Below," "To West Texas," "A Slow Dance," "From West Texas," "An Ugly Fact of Life," and "Home" have all featured on the subsequent

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. A double vinyl version of the album was released exclusively through Hip-O Select records and was limited to only 2500 copies.

Track listing

# "From West Texas" - 2:41 # "Your Hand in Mine (w/Strings)" - 4:08 # "Our Last Days as Children" - 2:41 # "An Ugly Fact of Life" - 2:55 # "Home" - 2:38 # "Sonho Dourado" (

) - 3:26 # "To West Texas" - 4:06 # "Your Hand in Mine (Goodbye)" - 2:05 # "Inside It All Feels the Same" - 4:23 # "Do You Ever Feel Cursed" (

) - 3:23 # "Lonely Train" - 6:51 # "Seagull" (

) - 4:03 # "The Sky Above, the Field Below" - 5:40 # "A Slow Dance" - 3:53

References

External links

Explosions in the Sky albums
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