True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name. True Grit is the 15th Coen brothers film scored by long-time collaborator Carter Burwell. The 1888 hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" is used as Mattie Ross's theme, and about a quarter of the score is based on it. Iris DeMent's version, from her 2004 album Lifeline, is used during the end credits. Other hymns are also referenced in the score, including "The Glory-Land Way" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". Because the hymns are considered pre-c… read more
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name. True Grit is the 15th Coen brothers film scored by long-t… read more
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name. True Grit is the 15th Coen brothers film scored by long-time collaborator Carter Burwell. The … read more
Carter Burwell (born November 18, 1954, in New York City, New York) is a Academy Award nominated composer of film soundtracks. As a film composer, Burwell has had a long working relationship with film makers the Coen brothers, scoring every film they have made. He enjoys working with leftfield directors and has also scored all of Spike Jonze's films. Among his best known non-Coen Brothers film scores are And the Band Played On (1993), Conspiracy Theory (1997) and The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Hamlet (2000), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007), In Bruges (2008) and Twiligh…read more
Carter Burwell (born November 18, 1954, in New York City, New York) is a Academy Award nominated composer of film soundtracks. As a film composer, Burwell has had a long working relationshi… read more
Carter Burwell (born November 18, 1954, in New York City, New York) is a Academy Award nominated composer of film soundtracks. As a film composer, Burwell has had a long working relationship with film makers the Coen brothers, scoring … read more