O Brother, Where Art Thou ? ( Soundtrack ) - wikipedia O Brother, Where Art Thou ? ( Soundtrack ) O Brother, Where Art Thou ? Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released December 5, 2000 ( 2000 - 12 - 05 ) Genre Country Folk Bluegrass Gospel Americana Soundtrack Length 61 : 24 Label Lost Highway / Mercury Producer T Bone Burnett Audio sample `` I Am a Man Of Constant Sorrow '' file help O Brother, Where Art Thou ? is the soundtrack album of music from the 2000 American film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman. With the film set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, the soundtrack, produced by T Bone Burnett, uses bluegrass, country, gospel, blues, and folk music appropriate to the time period. With the exception of a few vintage tracks ( such as Harry McClintock 's 1928 single `` Big Rock Candy Mountain '' ), most tracks are modern recordings. The soundtrack was reissued on August 23, 2011, with 14 new tracks that were not included in the original album, `` including 12 previously unreleased cuts from music producer T Bone Burnett 's O Brother sessions. '' Contents 1 Development and sound 2 Reception and legacy 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Chart performance 5.1 Album 5.2 Singles 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Development and sound The soundtrack was originally conceived as a major component of the film, not merely as a background or support. For this reason it was decided to record a soundtrack before filming. T Bone Burnett was invited to design collections of music. One member of The Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley, personally took part in recording the music for O Brother, Where Art Thou ?, singing a cappella folk song O Death. There is a notable use of dirges and other macabre songs, a theme often recurring in Appalachian music, such as in `` O Death, '' `` Lonesome Valley, '' `` Angel Band, '' and `` I Am Weary '', in contrast to the bright, cheerful songs, like `` Keep On the Sunnyside '' and `` In the Highways '', in other parts of the film. `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' has five variations : two are used in the film, one in the music video, and two in the soundtrack. Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back - to - back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse. The voices of the Soggy Bottom Boys were provided by Dan Tyminski ( lead vocal on `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' ), Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band 's Pat Enright. Reception and legacy Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic The soundtrack CD became a best seller, certified eight times platinum as of October 2007 with sales of 7.9 million copies in the United States as of January 2015. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002, the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ( for singer Dan Tyminski, whose voice overdubbed George Clooney 's in the film on `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '', Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band 's Pat Enright ), and the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for `` O, Death '' by Ralph Stanley. In 2001, the album spent over 20 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Chart. It won the Album of the Year Award and Single of the Year Award for `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' won an award for single of the year at the Country Music Association Awards. It also won the Album of the Year Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards and took home 2 International Bluegrass Music Awards : Album of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year ( for Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch on `` I 'll Fly Away '' ). Some of the artists on the soundtrack played a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, which was recorded in the documentary film, Down from the Mountain. In 2006, the album ranked # 38 on CMT 's 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music. In 2009, Rhapsody ranked it # 8 on the `` Country 's Best Albums of the Decade '' list. Engine 145 Country Music Blog ranked it # 5 on the `` Country 's Best Albums of the Decade '' list. In 2010, All Songs Considered, a program on NPR, included the soundtrack on their list of `` The Decade 's 50 Most Important Recordings. '' On August 23, 2011, a 10th anniversary edition was released featuring a bonus disc with 14 new tracks that were not included in the original album, all but two of which were previously unreleased songs from Burnett 's original sessions. Track listing No. Title Writer ( s ) Artist Length 1. `` Po ' Lazarus '' traditional James Carter and the Prisoners 4 : 31 2. `` Big Rock Candy Mountain '' Harry McClintock Harry McClintock 2 : 16 3. `` You Are My Sunshine '' Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell Norman Blake 4 : 26 4. `` Down to the River to Pray '' traditional Alison Krauss 2 : 55 5. `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' ( radio station version ) Dick Burnett The Soggy Bottom Boys 3 : 10 6. `` Hard Time Killing Floor Blues '' Skip James Chris Thomas King 2 : 42 7. `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' ( instrumental ) Burnett Norman Blake 4 : 28 8. `` Keep On the Sunny Side '' Ada Blenkhorn, J. Howard Entwisle The Whites 3 : 33 9. `` I 'll Fly Away '' Albert E. Brumley Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch 3 : 57 10. `` Did n't Leave Nobody but the Baby '' traditional Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch 1 : 57 11. `` In the Highways '' Maybelle Carter The Peasall Sisters 1 : 35 12. `` I Am Weary ( Let Me Rest ) '' Pete Roberts ( Pete Kuykendall ) The Cox Family 3 : 13 13. `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' ( instrumental ) Ed Haley John Hartford 2 : 34 14. `` O Death '' traditional Ralph Stanley 3 : 19 15. `` In the Jailhouse Now '' Blind Blake, Jimmie Rodgers The Soggy Bottom Boys 3 : 34 16. `` I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow '' ( with band ) Burnett The Soggy Bottom Boys 4 : 16 17. `` Indian War Whoop '' ( instrumental ) Hoyt Ming John Hartford 1 : 30 18. `` Lonesome Valley '' traditional The Fairfield Four 4 : 07 19. `` Angel Band '' traditional The Stanley Brothers 2 : 15 Total length : 60 : 18 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition bonus disc No. Title Artist Length 1. `` Hard Time Killing Floor Blues '' Colin Linden 1 : 15 2. `` You Are My Sunshine '' Alan O'Bryant 3 : 29 3. `` Tishomingo Blues '' John Hartford 2 : 01 4. `` I 'll Fly Away '' Erik Darling and The Kossoy Sisters 2 : 32 5. `` Big Rock Candy Mountain '' Van Dyke Parks 1 : 42 6. `` Tom Devil '' Ed Lewis & The Prisoners 5 : 19 7. `` Keep On The Sunny Side '' The Cox Family 2 : 36 8. `` Angel Band '' Hannah, Leah, Sarah Peasall and Robert Hamlett 0 : 58 9. `` Big Rock Candy Mountain '' Norman Blake 2 : 18 10. `` Little Sadie '' Norman Blake 1 : 50 11. `` In the Highways '' The Cox Family 2 : 12 12. `` Hogfoot '' John Hartford 3 : 47 13. `` The Lord Will Make A Way '' The Fairfield Four 2 : 36 14. `` In The Jailhouse Now '' Harley Allen 3 : 05 Total length : 35 : 40 Personnel Norman Blake -- Performer, guitar, vocals Jerry Douglas -- Dobro Alison Krauss -- Vocals, harmony vocals Chris Sharp -- Rhythm guitar The Stanley Brothers -- Performers Ralph Stanley -- Performer Sam Bush -- Mandolin Emmylou Harris -- Performer John Hartford -- Fiddle, vocals The Fairfield Four -- Performer Ed Haley -- Arranger The Whites : Buck White -- Mandolin, vocals, harmony vocals Cheryl White -- Bass, Vocals, harmony vocals Sharon White -- Guitar, vocals Mike Compton -- Guitar, mandolin Alan Lomax -- Arranger Harley Allen -- Vocals, harmony vocals Barry Bales -- Bass Ron Block -- Banjo Curtis Burch -- Dobro T Bone Burnett -- Arranger, producer The Cox Family : Evelyn Cox -- Guitar Sidney Cox -- Banjo, vocals, harmony vocals Suzanne Cox -- Mandolin, vocals Willard Cox -- Vocals, harmony vocals Stuart Duncan -- Fiddle Pat Enright -- Vocals, harmony vocals, yodeling Isaac Freeman -- Bass, vocals, lead James Hill -- Vocals Harry McClintock -- Performer Tim O'Brien -- Vocals Maura O'Connell -- Vocals Carter Stanley -- Arranger Dan Tyminski -- Guitar, vocals Wilson Waters -- Tenor sax, vocals Robert K. Oermann -- Liner notes Sam Phillips -- Vocals Gillian Welch -- Arranger, vocals Dub Cornett -- Vocals Chris Thomas King -- Guitar, vocals David Rawlings -- Vocals Gavin Lurssen -- Mastering Mike Piersante -- Mixing Peter Kurland -- Location recording First Baptist Church of Norfolk Choir -- Vocals Chris Sharp -- Guitar Nathaniel Best -- Lead Robert Hamlett -- Vocals Joseph Rice -- Vocals The Peasall Sisters Sarah Peasall -- Vocals, harmony vocals Hannah Peasall -- Vocals Leah Peasall -- Vocals, harmony vocals The Soggy Bottom Boys -- Performer Tim Blake Nelson -- Vocals, performer Porter McClister -- Tenor backup vocals James Carter and The Prisoners -- Performers Sandy Wilbur -- Musicologist Chart performance Album Chart ( 2000 -- 2002 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums U.S. Billboard 200 U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks Canadian Albums Chart French Albums ( SNEP ) 9 Australian Albums ( ARIA ) 15 New Zealand Albums ( RMNZ ) 14 German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100 ) 87 Singles Year Single US Country 2002 `` Man of Constant Sorrow '' 35 See also Down from the Mountain References Jump up ^ Germain, David. New ' O Brother ' set serves up more old - timey music Yahoo ! News ( August 22, 2011 ). Retrieved August 22, 2011 Jump up ^ Ridley, Jim ( May 22, 2000 ). `` Talking with Joel and Ethan Coen about ' O Brother, Where Art Thou ? ' ''. Nashville Scene. Retrieved February 14, 2012. Jump up ^ `` O Brother, why art thou so popular ? ''. BBC News. February 28, 2002. Retrieved February 14, 2012. Jump up ^ Ellison, Michael ( June 18, 2001 ). `` American high ''. The Guardian. Retrieved February 16, 2012. Jump up ^ Kumer, Anita ( September 9, 2008 ). `` Bluegrass Legend Ralph Stanley Endorses Obama ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 16, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Museum Honoring Music Legend Ralph Stanley Set to Open October 16 ''. Ralph Stanley Museum. 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2012. Jump up ^ McClatchy, Debbie ( 2000 - 06 - 27 ). `` A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music ''. Appalachian Traditional Music -- A Short History. Retrieved 2007 - 11 - 08. Jump up ^ Long, Roger J. ( 2006 - 04 - 09 ). `` '' O Brother, Where Art Thou ? '' entry page ``. Archived from the original on 2007 - 11 - 03. Retrieved 2007 - 11 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Soggy Bottom Boys Hit the Top at 35th CMA Awards ''. Retrieved 2007 - 11 - 08. Jump up ^ O Brother, Where Art Thou ? at AllMusic Allmusic Review Jump up ^ `` Gold & Platinum ''. RIAA. Jump up ^ Jessen, Wade ( January 29, 2015 ). `` Luke Bryan 's ' Party ' Still Rocking, Sam Hunt 's Album Holds at No. 1 ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 29, 2015. Jump up ^ Price, Deborah ; Stark, Phyllis ( December 29, 2001 ). `` '' O Brother '' One of Country 's Biggest Success Stories ``. Billboard - the International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment. Missing or empty url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Country 's Best Albums of the Decade '' Archived January 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 January 2010. Jump up ^ Staff ( December 10, 2009 ). `` Top Country Albums of the Decade ( # 10 - # 1 ) ''. Engine 145. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2010. Jump up ^ `` The Decade 's 50 Most Important Recordings ''. NPR. November 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in : access - date = ( help ) Jump up ^ Germain, David ( August 22, 2011 ). `` New ' O Brother ' set serves up more old - timey music ''. Associated Press. Yahoo ! News. Retrieved August 22, 2011. Jump up ^ Lewis, Randy ( August 23, 2011 ). `` ' O Brother, ' is it 10 already ? ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 16, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Lescharts.com -- Soundtrack -- O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU ? ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 9, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Australiancharts.com -- Soundtrack -- O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU ? ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 9, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Soundtrack -- O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU ? ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 9, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Longplay - Chartverfolgung at Musicline '' ( in German ). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved July 9, 2013. External links Official website BBC News : O Brother, why art thou so popular ? 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Question: who wrote o brother where art thou soundtrack
Answer: the Coen Brothers