The Proposition (soundtrack)

Infobox Album | Name = The Proposition
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Nick Cave and Warren Ellis


Released = 2005
Recorded = 2005
Genre =
Length = 42:23
Label = Mute
Producer = Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Reviews =
*Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&&sql=10:2267gjwr66ia link]
*Pitchfork Rating|6|10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16088-the-proposition-ost link] |
Last album =
This album = "The Proposition"
2005
Next album = "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
2007

The Proposition is a soundtrack recorded by Nick Cave in collaboration with Warren Ellis, and was produced for the film "The Proposition", released in October 2005.

Music style

This album is instrumentally focused, and is a departure from Cave's band-oriented compositions. All tracks are directly reproduced from the musical interludes in the film, and feature little alteration from the film score. Many songs on the album are slow-tempo and ballad-like, and the violin work of Warren Ellis becomes the central voice of the album for much of the time. Cave's unusual vocal performances on the "Rider" trilogy of songs brings a particularly haunting and uneasy tone to the album.

Track listing

# Happy Land – 1:36
# The Proposition #1 – 3:24
# Road To Banyon – 1:40
# Moan Thing – 2:46
# Down To The Valley – 3:48
# The Rider #1 – 1:15
# Martha's Dream – 3:07
# Gun Thing – 4:28
# Queenie's Suite – 3:30
# The Rider #2 – 2:59
# The Proposition #2 – 2:42
# Sad Violin Thing – 0:50
# The Rider #3 – 1:08
# The Proposition #3 – 2:59
# The Rider Song – 2:30
# Clean Hands, Dirty Hands – 3:34

Awards

* 2005 AFI Awards: Best Original Music Score
* 2005 Inside Film Awards: Best Music
* 2005 Film Critics Circle Of Australia Awards: Best Musical Score