Sting Writes New Song For 'Cold Mountain' Soundtrack
Yahoo! Music, May 16, 2003 4:00 pm PDT(5/16/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Sting has written a new song, "Dead Man's Rope," for the upcoming Civil War film Cold Mountain. The song will be one of two originals on the movie's soundtrack, the other being a new track from Elvis Costello.
The rest of the soundtrack will be filled with songs from the Civil War era, performed by artists including folk singer Hazel Dickens, country musicians Stuart Duncan and Tim O'Brien, and singer-guitarist Jack White of modern rockers the White Stripes. White also has a small role in the film.
Cold Mountain is scheduled to open December 25. The film stars Jude Law as a Confederate soldier after the war, struggling to get back to his wife, who is played by Nicole Kidman. Renee Zellweger co-stars in the movie, which was filmed in Romania.
For more news at LAUNCH, click here.
More Artist News
Sting: Obama best person to handle world's 'mess'
Oct 29, 2009 11:00 am PDT
Sting isn't a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world's problems. "In many ways, he's sent from God," he joked in an interview, "because the world's a mess." But Sting is serious in his bel...
Mar 13, 2009 8:00 am PDT
It's probably safe to say that Sting's new message in a bottle will age slightly better than his last. The tantric one is following in the esteemed footsteps of Paul Newman, Francis Ford Coppola and, uh, Madonna, announcing that h...
Every sip you take: Singer Sting is selling wine
Mar 12, 2009 9:00 am PDT
After singing of "Fields of Gold," British rock star Sting is tending fields of grapes as he prepares to market red wine made at his country estate in Tuscany. Some 30,000 bottles of wine produced on the property will go on sale in Septem...
Sting thrills Romania with Elizabethan music
Feb 11, 2009 8:00 am PST
Sting thrilled a Romanian audience of 4,000 with his renditions on the lute of Elizabethan music interspersed with classics from his Police days such as "Roxanne." The British musician teamed up with Bosnian musician Edin Karamazov to giv...
Sting brings music, eco-message to Sundance fest
Jan 20, 2009 3:00 am PST
Sting drew cheers with an impromptu jam session at the Sundance Film Festival, but his real purpose was to bring attention to a film dealing with the singer's other passion: rainforest preservation. Joe Berlinger's "Crude" traces 15 years...
Loading...
-
Brand New Day
Sting -
Desert Rose
Sting -
Be Still My Beating Heart
Sting -
Englishman In New York
Sting
