Kurt Cobain Film and Soundtrack Due Out This Fall

A new film/documentary entitled Kurt Cobain About A Son is set to be released this fall.  The film is being described as "an intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain."  AJ Schnack, the film's director and editor, has taken excerpts of over 25 hours of audio interviews that Kurt did with Michael Azerrad for the book "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana" and combined it with video and images of three Washington state cities (Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle) that had an impact on Kurt's life.  The interviews, which have never been made available to the public, are of Kurt talking about his life from childhood up to having to deal with the fame of Nirvana.  The original score of the film was done by Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and former Nirvana producer, Steve Fisk.  Also music from artists, such as The Melvins, The Vaselines,  and David Bowie to name a few, "who influenced or touched Cobain during his life" has also been used for the film's soundtrack.  Barsuk Records will be releasing the soundtrack for the film on September 11.  The film has different opening dates depending on the city (New York: October 3, Los Angeles: October 5, and Seattle: October 12).  The website for the film says that they will be adding additional cities.  I'm hoping for a somewhat wide release of the film, but I'm not holding my breath.  This looks like one that I'll have to get on dvd.  Check out the below links for additional information on the film and soundtrack. 

Kurt Cobain About A Son Official Site - Kurt Cobain About A Son Myspace Page
Barsuk Records Page About The Soundtrack

Kurt Cobain About A Son Soundtrack Track Listing
    01  Steve Fisk & Benjamin Gibbard - Overture
    02  "Never Intended" [interview excerpt]
    03  Arlo Guthrie - Motorcycle Song
    04  The Melvins - Eye Flys
    05  "Punk Rock" [interview excerpt]
    06  Bad Brains - Banned in D.C.
    07  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
    08  Half Japanese - Put Some Sugar On It
    09  The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
    10  Butthole Surfers - Graveyard
    11  "Hardcore Was Dead" [interview excerpt]
    12  Scratch Acid - Owner's Lament
    13  Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
    14  "Car Radio" [interview excerpt]
    15  Iggy Pop - The Passenger
    16  Lead Belly - The Bourgeois Blues
    17  R.E.M. - New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
    18  "The Limelight" [interview excerpt]
    19  David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
    20  Mark Lanegan - Museum
    21  Benjamin Gibbard - Indian Summer

[mp3] Nirvana - Been A Son     [Buy Album]

Comments

[Ryan of the RSL Music Blog]

Thanks for posting this - wasn't aware. Hopefully this movie isn't done poorly. The soundtrack will rock though!