Sony Classical will release the first original ballet score by Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman (American Beauty, 1917, The Shawshank Redemption, Wall-E, Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Skyfall, Bridge of Spies). The album featuring his music for Joffrey Ballet’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel Of Mice and Men will be released on April 25 and is expected to be available in digital and physical formats. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. A first track (Beans with Ketchup) has just been released today and can be checked out below. Of Mice and Men marks Cathy Marston’s first original creation for The Joffrey Ballet and follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two drifters looking for work on the golden farms of Depression-era California. The ballet first premiered in early 2022 in Chicago’s Lyric Opera House.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Bindle Stiffs (2:41)
2. Beans with Ketchup (2:24)
3. Jackson Fork (1:55)
4. Her (2:27)
5. Jerkline Skinner (3:48)
6. Weed (2:40)
7. Bucking Grain (2:27)
8. Punk (2:17)
9. The Swamper (3:09)
10. Bright Cotton Dress (4:40)
11. Roll your Hoop (4:13)
12. Crooks (4:52)
13. Tin Can Shotgun (1:37)
14. Red Mules (4:18)
15. A Real Bad Thing (3:00)
16. Fatta the Lan’ (6:33)
