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, on the

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label, of the 2002

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-winning and

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'' starring

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. The original score was composed by

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. The album was nominated for the

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, but lost to the score of ''

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Track listing

#"Rock Island, 1931" – 3:22 #"Wake" – 1:55 #"Just the Feller" – 2:44 #"Mr. Rance" – 1:38 #"Bit Borrowers" – 2:25 #"Murder (in Four Parts)" – 7:54 #"Road to Chicago" – 3:06 #"Reading Room" – 1:25 #"

Someday Sweetheart "Someday Sweetheart" is a jazz standard written by Los Angeles-based musicians John and Reb Spikes in 1919. It was the biggest hit the brothers wrote, and was performed by many recording artists of the period. The first one to record the tune was bl ...

" – 3:06 #*Performed by The Charleston Chasers #"Meet Maguire" – 1:44 #"Blood Dog" – 1:06 #"Finn McGovern" – 2:11 #"The Farm" – 2:09 #"Dirty Money" – 3:10 #"Rain Hammers" – 2:41 #"A Blind Eye" – 2:27 #"Nothing to Trade" – 2:25 #"Queer Notions" – 2:46 #*Performed by

Fletcher Henderson James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was one of the most prolific black musi ...

& His Orchestra #"Virgin Mary" – 1:34 #"Shoot the Dead" – 2:shoot the dead25 #"Grave Drive" – 1:20 #"Cathedral" – 2:40 #*Contains a Vocal Sample from the song "Alma Redemptoris Mater", Performed by Choir of King's College #"

There'll Be Some Changes Made "There'll Be Some Changes Made" ("Changes") is a popular song by Benton Overstreet (composer) and Billy Higgins (lyricist). Published in 1921, the song has flourished in several genres, particularly jazz. The song has endured for as many years ...

" – 2:59 #*Performed by the

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#"Ghosts" – 3:40 #*Sampled in the song "

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" by Reflekt #"Lexington Hotel, Room 1432" – 1:45 #"Road to Perdition" – 3:55 #"Perdition – Piano Duet" – 1:39 #*Performed by

and

References

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