Nonesuch releases composer Carter Burwell's score for the Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions film True Grit.
The film, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, features Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper and Hailee Steinfeld. The Coen brothers wrote the script, which is based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Charles Portis.
The album includes 20 short original works by Burwell, featuring excerpts from the gospel hymns 'Hold to God's Unchanging Hand' (by Franklin L. Eiland), 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus' (by Charles Converse), 'Leaning on the Everlasting Arms' (by Elisha A. Hoffman & Anthony J. Showalter), 'Talk About Suffering' (Traditional), and 'The Glory-Land Way' (by J. S. Torbett).