In 2001, the album spent over 20 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Chart. 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. The soundtrack CD became a best seller, certified 8 times Platinum as of October 2007 with sales of 7.9 million copies in the United States as of January 2015. Reception and legacy Professional ratings
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. Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back-to-back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse. '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 album. Problems playing this file? See media help. ĭirges and other macabre songs recurring in Appalachian music, such as 'O Death,' 'Lonesome Valley,' 'Angel Band,' and 'I Am Weary', appear in the film as a contrast to the bright, cheerful songs like 'Keep On the Sunnyside' and 'In the Highways.' Ralph Stanley of The Stanley Brothers personally recorded the a cappella folk song 'O Death.' T-Bone Burnett was invited to design collections of music. For this reason it was decided to record the soundtrack before filming. The soundtrack was conceived as a major component of the film, not merely as a background or support. 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.' 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, produced by T-Bone Burnett, uses bluegrass, country, gospel, blues, and folk music appropriate to the time period. The film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression. 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. O Brother, Where Art Thou is easily the best Coen film to date as well as Clooney's best effort. George Clooney is magnificent as the grease haired Everett Ulysses McGill, a honest con on the run whose pompous linguistics and vocabulary are comical and endearing.
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