''True Grit'' is the soundtrack album by

Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting ''The Glen Campbell Goodt ...

and

Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein ( '; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 origi ...

for the film ''

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'' starring

John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...

. Campbell performs on only two of the album's tracks, the first and last while the remaining eight tracks are taken from music composed by Bernstein for the film.

Track listing

;Side 1 # "

" ( Don Black, Elmer Bernstein) – 2:32 (vocal – Glen Campbell) # "Rooster" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:04 # "Mattie and Little Blackie" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:20 # "A Dastardly Deed" (Elmer Bernstein) – 3:00 # "Papa's Things" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:58 ;Side 2 # "True Grit" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:58 # "Chen Lee and The General" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:55 # "Big Trail" (Elmer Bernstein) – 3:15 # "Cogburn Country" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:02 # "True Grit" (Don Black, Elmer Bernstein) – 2:00 (vocal – Glen Campbell)

Personnel

*Glen Campbell – vocals (tracks 1 and 10), electric guitar (track 1) * Jim Gordon – drums (track 1) * Max Bennett – bass guitar (track 1) *

Gene Estes The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of Los Angeles-based session musicians whose services were employed for a great number of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including hundreds of top 40 hits. The musicians were not publicly rec ...

– percussion (track 1) *Neil LeVang – acoustic Guitar (track 1) *Dennis McCarthy – piano (track 1)

Production

*Producer – Neely Plumb *Engineers – Jack Hunt, Don Henderson *Soundtrack music by

*Instrumental selections arranged by

Artie Butler Arthur Butler (born December 2, 1942) is an American composer, arranger, songwriter, and session musician. In a long career, he has been involved in numerous hit records and other recordings, and has been awarded over 60 gold and platinum albums ...

*Glen Campbell's vocals produced, arranged and conducted by

Al De Lory Alfred V. De Lory (January 31, 1930 – February 5, 2012) was an American record producer, arranger, conductor and session musician. He was the producer and arranger of a series of worldwide hits by Glen Campbell in the 1960s, including John H ...

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