Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Friend. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay Wadley (Heart Eyes, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Tell Me Lies, Swan Song, Franklin, Indignation) & Trevor Gureckis (Servant, Old, The Goldfinch, The Crowded Room, Dead Space, Voyagers). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 11 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks below. The Friend is written and directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegeland stars Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Constance Wu, Sarah Pidgeon, Ann Dowd, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis, Carla Gugino and Owen Teague. The movie based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel of the same title follows a New York writer in the aftermath of her friend and mentor’s unexpected death as she has to deal with his eccentric ex-wives, his complicated literary legacy, – and a massive Great Dane named Apollo. The drama, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, was released in theaters nationwide last weekend by Bleecker Street.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Inevitable Detail (1:36)
2. After the Funeral (2:11)
3. Hagerstown (1:20)
4. Visiting Barbara (0:53)
5. Meeting Apollo (1:05)
6. Watchful Midnight Eye (1:03)
7. Sailboat (0:42)
8. Apollo Dreams (0:46)
9. Tuesday Texts (0:42)
10. Another Perspective (1:49)
11. You Can’t Explain Death to a Dog (1:36)
12. Apollo Waits in the Car (1:09)
13. Dogs Can Have Their Hearts Broken (1:59)
14. Beautiful Aging Apollo (1:01)
15. Jip Dreams (1:24)
16. Part 11 (1:59)
17. He Can Stay (1:05)
18. Central Park Waltz (0:30)
19. Against a Limpid Sky (2:30)
20. One More Summer (2:49)
