Universal Music has announced two soundtrack albums for the docu-series The Vietnam War. The first album features popular songs featured in the show that define the era, including tracks from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Santana, Ray Charles, Nina Simone & more. The soundtrack will be released on September 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Also being released on the same date is a 2-CD (and 3-LP) album featuring the 10-parter’s original music composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Te Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Click here to pre-order the score album.The Vietnam War is directed by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick and tell the epic story of the Vietnam War featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. The docu-series will premiere on September 17 on PBS. Visit the the official show website for updates.
Here’s the track list of the score album:
Disc 1:
1. Less Likely
2. Four Enclosed Walls
3. The Forever Rain
4. Remnants
5. Other Ways to Get to the Same Place
6. Torn Polaroid
7. Before Dawn
8. What Comes Back
9. Justified Response
10. Countingt Ticks
Disc 2:
1. A World Away
2. The Right Things
3. Passing the Point
4. Strangers in Lockstep
5. Before and After Faith
6. The Same Dream
7. Haunted
Here’s the track list of the song album:
Disc 1:
1. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan
2. Hello Vietnam – Johnny Wright
3. It’s My Life – The Animals
4. Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire
5. Turn Turn Turn – The Byrds
6. Masters Of War – The Staple Singers
7. Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
8. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
9. Backlash Blues – Nina Simone Simms
10. The Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
11. One Too Many Mornings – Bob Dylan
12. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations
13. Are You Experienced? – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
14. I’m A Man – The Spencer Davis Group
15. Green Onions – Booker T & The MG’s
16. Strange Brew – Cream
17. Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Live) – Pete Seeger
18. A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum
19. The Lord Is In This Place – Fairport Convention
20. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Disc 2:
1. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
2. Piece Of My Heart – Big Brother & The Holding Company
3. Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
4. Tell The Truth – Otis Redding
5. The Letter – The Box Tops
6. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Soul Sacrifice – Santana
8. Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard And The Strangers
9. The Thrill Is Gone – B. B. King
10. Psychedelic Shack – The Temptations
11. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
12. Get Together – The Youngbloods
13. Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
14. Tail Dragger – Link Wray
15. America The Beautiful – Ray Charles
16. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
17. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
18. Let It Be (Remastered 2015) – The Beatles
