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True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the 2010 film of the same name. True Grit is the 15th Coen brothers film scored by long-time collaborator Carter Burwell . The Coens discussed the idea of using 19th-century church music, "something that was severe (sounding).
"True Grit" is a song written by Don Black and Elmer Bernstein, and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in July 1969 as the first single from his album True Grit. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn published in 1887 with music by Anthony J. Showalter and lyrics by Showalter and Elisha Hoffman. It is most commonly played on the scale of A-flat major . Showalter said that he received letters from two of his former pupils saying that their wives had died.
The album contained twelve songs, largely drawn from 19th- and 20th-century bluegrass, Appalachian music, and Protestant spirituals. [2] [1] Two songs–the first track, "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", and second track, "Angel Band"–were recognizable from inclusion in the Coen brothers' films True Grit (2010) and O Brother, Where Art Thou ...
In her liner notes, DeMent recounts how her mother sang these songs in times of stress looking straight at the sky, "as if she were talking to someone." [ 1 ] DeMent's rendition of " Leaning on the Everlasting Arms " accompanies the closing credits of the Coen brothers ' True Grit (2010) .
A shortened version of her rendition of "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" was later used in the closing credits of the Coen brothers' film True Grit. On October 2, 2012, DeMent released her first album of original songs in 16 years, Sing the Delta. [15]
McKinnon picks up her remote and immediately turns on Netflix, a hub for true-crime shows, including last month's "Night Stalker." “I’m gonna watch a murder show,” the women sing together.
The song features prominently in the score of Night of the Hunter, serving as a leitmotif for Robert Mitchum's character Reverend Harry Powell, and forms about a quarter of the score of the 2010 film True Grit. [4] Showalter authored several rudimentary books on music theory and a book on harmony and song composition.