I'm Not There (soundtrack)


The soundtrack album for the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There was released as a double CD on October 30, 2007. It features only one recording by Dylan himself—his previously unreleased recording of the title song "I'm Not There" recorded during The Basement Tapes' sessions in 1967—plus various other artists' recordings of songs written by Dylan. These CDs do not contain the movie sound track. Fragments from less than half of the titles are heard in the film, which features more of Dylan's own recordings. The end credits relay a complete list of music heard in the film.
A four-LP version was also released. It features the various artists on the record holding up the side numbers on cue cards, modeled after the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" scene from Dylan's 1967 film Dont Look Back.
A number of tracks feature backing by a supergroup called The Million Dollar Bashers, featuring Sonic Youth members Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, Dylan bassist Tony Garnier, guitarist Smokey Hormel and keyboardist John Medeski.

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "All Along the Watchtower" – Eddie Vedder and The Million Dollar Bashers
  2. "I'm Not There" – Sonic Youth
  3. "Goin' to Acapulco" – Jim James and Calexico
  4. "Tombstone Blues" – Richie Havens
  5. "Ballad of a Thin Man" – Stephen Malkmus and The Million Dollar Bashers
  6. "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" – Cat Power
  7. "Pressing On" – John Doe
  8. "4th Time Around" – Yo La Tengo and Buckwheat Zydeco
  9. "Dark Eyes" – Iron & Wine and Calexico
  10. "Highway 61 Revisited" – Karen O and The Million Dollar Bashers
  11. "One More Cup of Coffee" – Roger McGuinn and Calexico
  12. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" – Mason Jennings
  13. "Billy 1" – Los Lobos
  14. "Simple Twist of Fate" – Jeff Tweedy
  15. "Man in the Long Black Coat" – Mark Lanegan
  16. "Señor " – Willie Nelson and Calexico

    Disc Two

  17. "As I Went Out One Morning" – Mira Billotte
  18. "Can't Leave Her Behind" - Stephen Malkmus and Lee Ranaldo
  19. "Ring Them Bells" – Sufjan Stevens
  20. "Just Like a Woman" – Charlotte Gainsbourg and Calexico
  21. "Mama You've Been on My Mind" / "A Fraction of Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" – Jack Johnson
  22. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" - Yo La Tengo
  23. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
  24. "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" – The Hold Steady
  25. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" – Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  26. "The Wicked Messenger" – The Black Keys
  27. "Cold Irons Bound" – Tom Verlaine & The Million Dollar Bashers
  28. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" – Mason Jennings
  29. "Maggie's Farm" – Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
  30. "When the Ship Comes In" – Marcus Carl Franklin
  31. "The Moonshiner" – Bob Forrest
  32. "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" – John Doe
  33. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – Antony and the Johnsons
  34. "I'm Not There" – Bob Dylan and The Band - recording from 1967

    iTunes bonus tracks

  35. "Main Title Theme " – Calexico
  36. "One Too Many Mornings" – Joe Henry
  37. "What Kind of Friend Is This" – Lee Ranaldo and Stephen Malkmus
  38. "Bunkhouse Theme" – Calexico

    Critical reception

John Doe's version of "Pressing On" was ranked #52 by Rolling Stone on their 100 Best Songs of 2007 list, while Sonic Youth's cover of "I'm Not There" was ranked at #83 by Pitchfork Media on their Top 100 Tracks of 2007.