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Nick Cave Debuts Title Track on Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams

The new song frames the film’s end credits ahead of its planned theatrical opening followed by a Netflix debut timed for awards season.

Overview

  • Nick Cave has co-written, co-produced and performs the original title track “Train Dreams” alongside composer Bryce Dessner and Luis Almau.
  • The song debuts over the film’s end credits and will appear on the official soundtrack, which releases digitally on Nov. 7 and on vinyl on Nov. 14.
  • Clint Bentley’s adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella stars Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and William H. Macy in roles set against the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest.
  • The film, which holds a 97 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating following its Sundance premiere, will open in select theaters on Nov. 7 before streaming on Netflix Nov. 21.
  • Bentley says Cave’s lyrics and Dessner’s score captured the film’s delicate emotional tone and bolster its positioning for the awards season.