Walk the Line (soundtrack)

Walk the Line
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	November 15, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Rock and roll rockabilly country
Length	41:38
Label	Wind-Up
Producer	T-Bone Burnett

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Walk the Line is the soundtrack album to the 2005 biographical drama film of the same name released November 15, 2005 by Wind-Up Records. There are nine songs performed by Joaquin Phoenix (as Johnny Cash), four songs by Reese Witherspoon (as June Carter Cash), one song by Waylon Payne (as Jerry Lee Lewis), one song by Johnathan Rice (as Roy Orbison), two songs by Tyler Hilton (as Elvis Presley), and one song by Shooter Jennings (as Waylon Jennings). At the Golden Globe Awards Joaquin Phoenix was awarded the Best Actor - Musical or Comedy and Reese Witherspoon was awarded the Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, as well as the film won the Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, which Witherspoon won.

Walk the Line is an enhanced CD which also contains two deleted scenes from the film: Phoenix performing "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" and Phoenix and Witherspoon together near the scene of "Jackson".

The cover features the two stars in an early publicity still, several of which were included as bonus postcards in the Collector's Edition DVD.

As of May 17, 2006 the soundtrack was certified platinum by the RIAA with over 1,000,000 copies sold.

On February 11, 2007 this album won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

Track listing

No.	Title	Performer	Length
1.	"Get Rhythm"	Joaquin Phoenix	2:26
2.	"I Walk the Line"	Joaquin Phoenix	3:20
3.	"Wildwood Flower"	Reese Witherspoon	2:31
4.	"Lewis Boogie"	Waylon Payne	2:01
5.	"Ring of Fire"	Joaquin Phoenix	3:42
6.	"You're My Baby"	Johnathan Rice	2:12
7.	"Cry! Cry! Cry!"	Joaquin Phoenix	2:35
8.	"Folsom Prison Blues"	Joaquin Phoenix	2:52
9.	"That's All Right"	Tyler Hilton	1:46
10.	"Juke Box Blues"	Reese Witherspoon	2:15
11.	"It Ain't Me Babe"	Joaquin Phoenix/Reese Witherspoon	3:05
12.	"Home of the Blues"	Joaquin Phoenix	2:40
13.	"Milk Cow Blues"	Tyler Hilton	2:19
14.	"I'm a Long Way from Home"	Shooter Jennings	2:15
15.	"Cocaine Blues"	Joaquin Phoenix	2:50
16.	"Jackson"	Joaquin Phoenix/Reese Witherspoon	2:49

Additional tracks

The film also featured a variety of country, rockabilly and traditional scoring. They were not featured on the soundtrack CD.

1. "Engine 143" – The Carter Family
2. "Highway 61 Revisited" – Bob Dylan
3. "Didn't It Rain" – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
4. "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" – Blind Willie Johnson
5. "Volksmusik Medley" – Hans Glisha Orchestra
6. "I Was There When It Happened" – The Blackwood Brothers
7. "Try Me One Time" – Willie Nix
8. "Ain't That Right" – Eddie Snow
9. "Boogie Blues" – Earl Peterson
10. "I Miss You Already" – Faron Young
11. "Defrost Your Heart" – Charlie Feathers
12. "Feelin' Good" – Little Junior's Blue Flames
13. "Bop Bop Baby" – Wade and Dick
14. "Rock With My Baby" – Billy Riley
15. "Rock N' Roll Ruby" – Joaquin Phoenix
16. "Fujiyama Mama" – Wanda Jackson
17. "She Wears Red Feathers" – Guy Mitchell
18. "Easy Does It" – Lewis LaMedica
19. "Hey Porter" – Joaquin Phoenix
20. "Candy Man Blues" – Mississippi John Hurt
21. "I Got Stripes" – Joaquin Phoenix
22. "Light of the Night" – Werner Tautz
23. "You Get To Me" – Minnie and the Minuettes
24. "Time's a Wastin'" – Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
25. "Ring of Fire" – Reese Witherspoon
26. "Cartoon World"
27. "Ghost Town/Poem For Eva" – Bill Frisell
28. "In the Sweet By and By"
29. "Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" – Johnny Cash and June Carter
30. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" – Bob Dylan

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak	Certification (sales)
Australian Albums Chart	2	Platinum (70,000)
Austrian Albums Chart	3
Canadian Albums Chart	4	2x Platinum (200,000)
Danish Albums Chart	39
Dutch Albums Chart	68
French Albums Chart	55
German Albums Chart	12
Swiss Albums Chart	17
U.S. Billboard 200	9	Platinum (1,000,000)
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	6	Gold (7,500)