Actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon take to the mic for the T Bone-Burnett-produced soundtrack to the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line,” due Nov. 15 via Wind-Up Records. As previously reported, Phoenix portrays late music icon Cash in the movie, while Witherspoon plays his wife, June Carter Cash.
Phoenix has recorded such Cash standards as “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line” and “Folsom Prison Blues,” and joins Witherspoon for duets on “It Ain’t Me Babe” and “Jackson.” Witherspoon performs solo renditions of “Wildwood Flower” and “Juke Box Blues.”
Among the other contributors are Shooter Jennings (who plays his late father Waylon in the film), Johnathan Rice (who plays Roy Orbison), Waylon Payne (who plays Jerry Lee Lewis) and Tyler Hilton (who plays Elvis Presley).
“Walk the Line” opens Nov. 18 in U.S. theaters.
Here is the track listing for “Walk the Line”:
“Get Rhythm,” Joaquin Phoenix
“I Walk the Line,” Joaquin Phoenix
“Wildwood Flower,” Reese Witherspoon
“Lewis Boogie Blues,” Waylon Payne
“Ring of Fire,” Joaquin Phoenix
“You’re My Baby,” Johnathan Rice
“Cry Cry Cry,” Joaquin Phoenix
“Folsom Prison Blues,” Joaquin Phoenix
“That’s All Right,” Tyler Hilton
“Juke Box Blues,” Reese Witherspoon
“It Ain’t Me Babe,” Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
“Home of the Blues,” Joaquin Phoenix
“Milk Cow Blues,” Tyler Hilton
“I’m a Long Way From Home,” Shooter Jennings
“Cocaine Blues,” Joaquin Phoenix
“Jackson,” Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon