Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Musical Album Recordings

Musical Album Recordings

Brokeback Mountain is the original soundtrack album as an audio CD, on the Verve Forecast label, of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla. The album has shipped 300,000 units worldwide and 100,000 of them have been sold in the United States.

The album was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old"), winning the latter. It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

Brokeback Mountain is the name of another soundtrack album, on the Wonderful Music label, of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, with the original compositions performed, instead, by the Global Stage Orchestra. The release date of this album was June 6, 2006, and it has the same track listing as the Verve CD.

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