Track Listing

1. Opening Credits
2. Miss McLeod's Reel
3. Jayhawkers and Bushwackers
4. Clark Farm Shootout
5. Fireside Letter
6. Sally in the Garden
7. Settling in for Winter
8. Ride to the Evans/Hilltop Letter
9. Sue Lee/Dinner at the Evans
10. Ambush - Jewel
11. George Clyde Clears Out
12. Jack Bull's Death
13. Old King Crow
14. Quantrill's Arrival/Ride to Lawrence
15. Sacking Lawrence
16. Don't Think You Are a Good Man
17. Battle and Betrayal
18. Freedom
19. Chicken at the End of It
20. Finale
21. What's Simple Is True

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29300 in Music
• Released on: 1999-11-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Import

Amazon.com
In 1863, during the American Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers led by William Clarke Quantrill attacked Lawrence, Kansas, to avenge the murder of their women by Union soldiers. Based on the book Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell, Ride with the Devil recounts the travails of two young soldiers and their wartime escapades. Most notably, Jewel is cast in her first dramatic role as Sue Lee Shelley and contributes "What's Simple Is True" in a mix specially created for the movie and this soundtrack. Her singing is strong and the instrumentation, with washes of keyboard and pedal steel, is widescreen to the max. However, it's also a tad incongruous considering the previous 20 tracks contributed by Mychael Danna (Atom Egoyan's Speaking Parts and Exotica and Ang Lee's The Ice Storm), which are powerful period pieces--emotionally compelling, musically expansive, and often Western in flavor--that suggest the tension of battle and the exultation of victory. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

Folky instruments, orchestral sweep
Lots of CDs smack you in the face first time out of the chute. This one grows on you slowly with its delicate folksy instrumentation (banjo, fiddle) against a sweeping orchestral tapestry. The two recreations of 1860s live performances are dead on. By the way, the movie's every bit as superb as this soundtrack; it got only limited distribution and most critics didn't recognize it for what it was _ nothing less than ``Huck Finn Goes to War.'' Mark Twain would have approved. Be sure to check it out on cable or home video.

Ride With The Devil
As a Confederate reenactor, this film is most period and that goes for the soundtrack as well. I received my copy this week and find myself going back to my diskman several times a day to listen to various tracks. Working out in the yard, I will start to sing "Old King Crow" a well known period tune in the reenactor community and the main reason for the purchase of this soundtrack. "Sacking of Lawrence" is a powerful track and one of the most period portions of the film. As the bushwackers hit the town, four Confederate regulars (army) look at the raid with disgust. Although period and romance put together, the music sure makes the film come alive. If you are into this period type music, you can't go wrong and I would recommend the soundtrack of Gettysburg along with this CD.

Evocative and Exhuberant Soundtrack
Ride With the Devil is probably the best Civil War movie ever made and this sound track evokes the best scenes from the movie. Kettle drums, deep horns, brass, banjos, all serve as background to the events of this tragic time in our history --the Border Wars in Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War. I highly recommend this album.