Baz Luhrmann's film, 'Elvis,' nominated for eight Academy Awards - won a Golden Globe, two Critics Choice Awards, and four Bafta awards
Announced on March 7, Baz Luhrmann’s label House of Iona/RCA Records release the ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Deluxe Edition – click here to listen. Prior to this, Kacey Musgraves and Mark Ronson’s version of “Can’t Help Falling In Love” (click here to listen) and a reworked mash-up of Elvis Presley’s “Viva Las Vegas” & Britney Spears’ “Toxic” titled “Toxic Las Vegas (Jamieson Shaw Remix)” (click here to listen) were singles dropped leading up to album release. By the demands of fans across the globe, the deluxe includes several unreleased performances of classic Elvis hits performed by Austin Butler such as “Blue Suede Shoes” as well as updated versions/remixes of singles from Elliott Wheeler and Daisy O’Dell.
Baz Luhrmann on the ELVIS Soundtrack (Deluxe):
“The whole Elvis music team has answered the call from fans with this new Deluxe Edition of the Elvis soundtrack. Featuring everything from previously unreleased recordings by Austin Butler to contemporary takes on Elvis’s classics and a fresh mash-up with the Backstreet Boys, the Deluxe album reveals all the complex layers of Austin’s performance, Elvis’s music and those who continue his legacy.”
Listen to ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Deluxe Edition: https://elvis.lnk.to/soundtrackdeluxe
This deluxe release follows the immense success of both the film, which was the number one non-IP-based box office earner of 2022, and the soundtrack for “ELVIS.” The soundtrack was nominated for two 2023 Grammy Award nominations – Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Album and Best Rap Performance (for Doja Cat’s single “Vegas”). The soundtrack was also nominated and won for Favorite Soundtrack at the 2022 American Music Awards. And just this past weekend, Anton Monsted won Best Music Supervision for a film budgeted over $25M from the Guild of Music Supervisors. The blockbuster film “ELVIS,” starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, landed at #1 in the box office in its first weekend in theaters and became Luhrmann’s highest-grossing film in 22 countries.
The film is currently up for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Butler, nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, took home the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. The film won three additional BAFTA Awards, for Costume Design, Casting and Hair and Makeup, as well as the Critics Choice Award for Best Hair and Makeup. Director of photography Mandy Walker, only the third woman ever to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography, recently took home the award for Best Feature work from the American Society of Cinematographers—making history as the first woman to ever do so. ELVIS has received a wide variety of nods from a broad range of guilds and awards associations and was named one of AFI’s Top 10 Movies of the Year.
The original soundtrack debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Soundtrack chart and reached top 30 on the Billboard’s 200 chart at #26 – click here to listen. The success of the film and soundtrack gave a lift to Elvis’ discography, bumping Elvis: 30 #1 Hits album to #1 on Billboard’s Catalog Albums chart. Doja Cat’s “Vegas” hit #1 at Pop Radio, making it the first solo soundtrack song to reach #1 since RCA’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from the Trolls Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in 2016. Additionally, “Vegas” also peaked at #10on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making this Doja’s sixth single in the top 10.
Director-producer-cowriter Baz Luhrmann takes us on the moving journey of a rebel and an icon as America’s cultural landscape evolved over more than 30 years. “ELVIS” celebrates the extraordinary life of a trailblazing artist; the loves and poignant losses he faced as a man and the timeless music and groundbreaking performances he gave the world. The film explores how Presley’s unprecedented rise to fame was sparked by larger-than-life manager Colonel Tom Parker, whose shortcomings were also primarily responsible for the singer’s tragic demise. The soundtrack features Elvis’s extraordinary body of work spanning the 1950s, `60s and `70s, while also celebrating his diverse musical influences and enduring impact on popular artists today.
ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Deluxe Edition Tracklist:
01 Suspicious Minds (Vocal Intro) Elvis Presley
02 Fly Away Weave Elliott Wheeler, Gary Clark Jr., Shannon Sanders, Nashville Urban Choir, Austin Butler, Shonka Dukureh & Lanesha Randolph
03 Baby, Let’s Play House Austin Butler
04 Hound Dog Shonka Dukureh
05 Blue Moon Elvis Presley
06 Blue Suede Shoes Austin Butler
07 How Do You Think I Feel Kodi Smit-McPhee & Elliott Wheeler
08 Heartbreak Hotel Austin Butler & Elliott Wheeler
09 I’m Coming Home (Film Mix) Elvis Presley
10 Hound Dog Austin Butler
11 Tutti Frutti Les Greene
12 Strange Things Are Happening Every Day Yola
13 Trouble (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) Austin Butler
14 Crawfish (Live On Set) Austin Butler
15 Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elliott Wheeler Remix) Elvis Presley
16 Can’t Help Falling in Love Kacey Musgraves
17 A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley x JXL
18 Toxic Las Vegas Elvis Presley x Britney Spears
19 Backstreet Bossa Nova (Daisy O’Dell Remix) Elvis Presley x Backstreet Boys
20 Rubberneckin’ Elvis Presley
21 Cotton Candy Land Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak
22 Edge of Reality (Tame Impala Remix) Elvis Presley & Tame Impala
23 ’68 Comeback Special (Medley) Elvis Presley
24 If I Can Dream Elvis Presley
25 Any Day Now Elvis Presley
26 Vegas Rehearsal/That’s All Right Austin Butler & Elvis Presley
27 Suspicious Minds (Film Edit) Elvis Presley
28 Can’t Help Falling in Love (August 12 – Midnight Show) Elvis Presley
29 Polk Salad Annie (Film Mix) Elvis Presley
30 Burning Love (Film Mix) Elvis Presley
31 It’s Only Love Elvis Presley
32 Also Sprach Zarathustra/An American Trilogy Elvis Presley
33 Are You Lonesome Tonight? Austin Butler & Elliott Wheeler
34 Unchained Melody Elvis Presley
35 Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) Doja Cat
36 The King and I Eminem & CeeLo Green
37 Tupelo Shuffle (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) Swae Lee & Diplo
38 I Got A Feelin’ In My Body Elvis Presley & Stuart Price
39 Craw-Fever Elvis Presley
40 Don’t Fly Away (PNAU Remix) Elvis Presley & PNAU
41 Product of the Ghetto Elvis Presley & Nardo Wick
42 If I Can Dream (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) Måneskin
43 Let It All Hang Out Denzel Curry feat. PlayThatBoiZay
44 I Got A Feelin’ In My Body Lenesha Randolph
45 Summer Kisses/In My Body Elvis Presley
46 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Jazmine Sullivan
47 Power of My Love Elvis Presley & Jack White
48 Suspicious Minds Paravi
49 In the Ghetto (World Turns Remix) Elvis Presley feat. Nardo Wick
50 Can’t Help Falling in Love (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) Elvis Presley & Mark Ronson
51 Can’t Help Falling in Love (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) DELUXE EDITION Kacey Musgraves & Mark Ronson
52 Can’t Help Falling in Love G-DRAGON
Buy/Stream ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Deluxe Edition Album:
https://elvis.lnk.to/soundtrackdeluxe
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About “ELVIS”:
“ELVIS” is an epic, big-screen spectacle from Warner Bros. Pictures and visionary, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann that explores the life and music of Elvis Presley, starring Austin Butler and Oscar winner Tom Hanks. The thoroughly cinematic drama also stars award-winning theatre actress Helen Thomson (“Top of the Lake: China Girl,” “Rake”) plays Elvis’s mother, Gladys, Richard Roxburgh (“Moulin Rouge!” “Breath,” “Hacksaw Ridge”) portrays Elvis’s father, Vernon, and DeJonge (“The Visit,” “Stray Dolls”) plays Priscilla. Luke Bracey (“Hacksaw Ridge,” “Point Break”) plays Jerry Schilling, Natasha Bassett (“Hail, Caesar!”) plays Dixie Locke, David Wenham (“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, “Lion,” “300”) plays Hank Snow, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “The High Note”) plays B.B. King, Xavier Samuel (“Adore,” “Love & Friendship,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) plays Scotty Moore, and Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”) plays Jimmie Rodgers Snow.
Also in the cast, Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things,” “The Broken Heart Gallery”) plays TV director Steve Binder, alongside Australian actors Leon Ford (“Gallipoli,” “The Pacific”) as Tom Diskin, Kate Mulvany (“The Great Gatsby,” “Hunters”) as Marion Keisker, Gareth Davies (“Peter Rabbit,” “Hunters”) as Bones Howe, Charles Grounds (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Camp”) as Billy Smith, Josh McConville (“Fantasy Island”) as Sam Phillips, and Adam Dunn (“Home and Away”) as Bill Black. To play additional iconic musical artists in the film, Luhrmann cast singer/songwriter Yola as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, model Alton Mason as Little Richard, Austin, Texas native Gary Clark Jr. as Arthur Crudup, and artist Shonka Dukureh as Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton.
Oscar nominee Luhrmann (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”) directed from a screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner, story by Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner. The film’s producers are Luhrmann, Oscar winner Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”), Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss. Toby Emmerich, Courtenay Valenti and Kevin McCormick executive produced. The director’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Mandy Walker (“Mulan,” “Australia”), Oscar-winning production designer and costume designer Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”), production designer Karen Murphy (“A Star Is Born”), editors Matt Villa (“The Great Gatsby,” “Australia”) and Jonathan Redmond (“The Great Gatsby”), Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Thomas Wood (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), Grammy-nominated music supervisor Anton Monsted (“Australia,” “Moulin Rouge!”) and Grammy-nominated composer Elliott Wheeler (“The Get Down”).
A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, A Bazmark Production, A Jackal Group Production, A Baz Luhrmann Film, ELVIS is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is currently available to stream on HBO Max.
Source: Press Release
