Viggo Mortensen - The Dead Don't Hurt (Music from the Movie) (2024) [Hi-Res]

We’re excited to announce the release of THE DEAD DON’T HURT (MUSIC FROM THE MOVIE) with music by the film’s writer, director, producer and co-star VIGGO MORTENSEN. Available everywhere Friday, May 31, the album features original score music composed by Mortensen for his new feature, which follows two pioneers in the American West as they embark on a life journey fraught with obstacles. Utilizing a palette of solo piano, violin and cello, Mortensen has crafted a soundscape of intimately moving melodies, at times reserved and meditative and others deeply suspenseful and plaintive, capturing both the onscreen action as well as the film’s deeply nuanced portrait of revenge and forgiveness. The soundtrack will also be released on CD in the U.S. only and will be available for pre-order on May 31st, 2024.

ABOUT THE DEAD DON’T HURT

The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garrett Dillahunt). Alfred’s violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. Both a tragic love story and a nuanced depiction of the conflict between revenge and forgiveness, the film is a portrait of a passionate woman determined to stand up for herself in an unforgiving world dominated by ruthless men.

The Dead Don’t Hurt marks Mortensen’s second outing as writer-director after his highly acclaimed feature debut, 2020’s Falling. The film reunites Mortensen with key members of Falling’s creative team: cinematographer Marcel Zyskind (As in Heaven), production designers Carol Spier (Eastern Promises) and Jason Clarke (Black Mirror), and costume designer Anne Dixon (The Song of Names).

Tracklist:
1.01 - Viggo Mortensen - Title Chords (0:44)
1.02 - Viggo Mortensen - Burial (3:46)
1.03 - Viggo Mortensen - Convicted (1:08)
1.04 - Viggo Mortensen - Hanged (0:36)
1.05 - Viggo Mortensen - Je me souviens (1:05)
1.06 - Viggo Mortensen - Leaving With Vincent (2:11)
1.07 - Viggo Mortensen - Tracking (0:39)
1.08 - Viggo Mortensen - Vivienne's Choice (2:59)
1.09 - Viggo Mortensen - A House is Not a Home (0:37)
1.10 - Viggo Mortensen - Looking Up (0:53)
1.11 - Viggo Mortensen - Forsaken (0:37)
1.12 - Viggo Mortensen - After (2:01)
1.13 - Viggo Mortensen - Mon Messager (2:07)
1.14 - Rafel Plana - Dansa d'amor (2:14)
1.15 - Viggo Mortensen - Olsen Returns (3:05)
1.16 - Viggo Mortensen - Acceptance (1:46)
1.17 - Viggo Mortensen - Lend a Hand (0:50)
1.18 - Rafel Plana - Treue Liebe (2:28)
1.19 - Viggo Mortensen - Pursuit (1:24)
1.20 - Viggo Mortensen - Showdown (1:21)
1.21 - Viggo Mortensen - Resolve (0:44)
1.22 - Viggo Mortensen - Return to the Sea (1:23)
1.23 - Viggo Mortensen - The Dead Don't Hurt (7:44)
1.24 - Rafel Plana - Sierra Morena (6:30)