Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Song For Bob (The Assassination of Jesse James) 

"There would be no eulogies for Bob, no photographs of his body would be sold in sundries stores, no people would crowd the streets in the rain to see his funeral cortege, no biographies would be written about him, no children named after him, no one would ever pay twenty-five cents to stand in the rooms he grew up in."

How this movie didn't win every award at the oscars is beyond me

The atmosphere of this music is so full of tragedy, nostalgia and loss. As you get older those things become a bigger part of you. I listen to this and look back at the happy times, so long ago and far away and feel such a strange variety of emotions, love and joy that I had such happy times and sadness and grief that they are gone forever. Such a cathartic piece of music..

This song alone is enough to get me to watch this movie

He was ashamed of his persiflage, his boasting, his pretensions of courage and ruthlessness; he was sorry about his cold-bloodedness, his dispassion, his inability to express what he now believed was the case- that he truly regretted killing Jesse, that he missed the man as much as anybody and wished his murder hadn't been necessary. Even as he circulated his saloon he knew that the smiles disappeared when he passed by. He received so many menacing letters that he could read them without any reaction except curiosity. He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards, looking at his destiny in every King and Jack.

I've been photographing abandoned houses here in Finland since 2004 and still this song is for me that one to catch them all and all those emotions in them; emptiness, sadness, lost dreams, beauty and so on. Absolutely awesome song.

It’s not Brad Pitt who makes this movie. It’s the story. They all deserve an applause 👏

One of my favorite soundtracks ever 🖤

This film is a master piece. This shows that life of a bad guy is full of tragedies. Jesse was almost died from inside.

What really brings a tear to my eye when it comes to Bob, is the very personification of the man. We all make mistakes when young, we all have dreams of greateness and and tend to romantizice the badassery in men. I have came across people whom I used to know back when I was 18, 19, 20 and some of them had even asked me if I remember this or that thing I said, my overral view of the world and its almost as if they were making it up or talking about someone else, that's how volatile our younger years are. Most of us outgrow our mistakes and outgrow from a certain mindset into adulthood, im only 33 and I can barely recognize my stupid 20 year old self, the thing and big difference making it an outmost tragedy is how Bob outgrew his 20 year old self, but the world didnt, he was defined by his youngling mistakes and one of those defined the man for eternity as the coward who shot mr howard.

Should I feel ashamed for crying loud every time I see the movie's end with this music?

This is one of the most moving pieces of music I have ever heard. I've never seen the film.

The most unrated pic of Pitt. A masterpiece

This film and this soundtrack are masterpieces.

THERE WOULD BE NO EULOGIES FOR BOB" Those words speak volumes cause as history marched on and myths grew Robert Ford became a footnote to history and mostly known for just being the guy who killed a legend

One of my favorite tracks in a movie ever.

I keep asking myself if the movie just hit the right notes with me but the more often I watch it, the more I get enchanted by the humanity it oozes. Deakins and his naturalistic style couldn't have been a better choice for cinematography and although I haven't heard as many songs by Nick Cave or Warren Ellis, it's hard to miss how much they bled into that movie as well as the rest of the people involved. This movie is a poem of humanity itself. About it's weakness and it's strength. Not to mention the deep psychological dive into an American myth, that has been demystified and put into the right context of human experience. No heroes, no gods. Simply humans. The characters are depicted so realistically that you can't help but see yourself in them. You can perfectly imagine being the one putting the guns down in front of the men you suspect will kill you, as well being the one pulling the trigger on the man you suspect will bring your death. The irony. One had his final last words and the other one died before finding the right ones. In this regard you can't help but ask yourself which ones will your own end be similar too. Pitt gives a fantastic performance but it's Affleck that mesmerizes me every time I watch it. Maybe a lot of his feelings of himself as a person being Ben's brother went into the performance. And most certainly I would hypothesize that it did, because for me personally, it's the only explanation he was able to give such a deep-cutting performance. I love this movie. Fuck the box office. And I only hope that all people involved understand, what a masterpiece they created. And that the money the studio lost is worth a damn next to the humane achievement they manifested. On the other hand, I am drinking my third beer while I'm writing this. So what the fuck do I know.

That is the most beautiful song Ive ever heard it made me weep

"Hello, Bob." The shotgun would ignite, and Elle Mae would scream. But Robert Ford would only lay on the floor, looking up at the ceiling. The light going out of his eyes, before he could find the right words.

I will never not be mad at Warner Bros for dumping this to only 301 screens and deliberately letting the film flop financially just because an exec there didn't like the final cut.

This it's My favorite song ever. In my opinion the One and only

This song in itself is perfection personified, a humbling yet tragic cataclysm of emotions felt in every possible way.

Masterpiece absolute

The 'What Must Be Done' track is a western genre masterpiece!

The best ever created piece of music in genre "tragedy and drama" ahead of OSTs like John Williams "Shindler list", Hans Zimmer "Gladiator" and Max Richter "Hostiles"

memorable moody stirring......superb!

Listening to this music breaks a part of me, I'm dying

The first time I watched the movie, I think back in 2008, I was alone in the dark in my TV room, I remember being scared of Brad Pitt's interpretation. Such an unpredictable man Jesse bacame and Pitt mastered in creating the atmosphere of fear and anguish.

Nick, Warren thanks from the botton of my heart. This is the best song ever made, for me. Is so deep and powerfull....Its beautyfull. My favorite song since i knew it. And probably forever. When i think in a break down or a mind changing experience, i just listen to this song. And when i want to hear somenthing that makes me feel deeply , i hear it. And whrn i want to hear the best song ever made, i hear The song of Bob. I feelso many things anytime that almost think taht the answer to the life is in these notes. Once again, thank you from the deep of my soul. You are awesome.

And, that cold, droning cello at the very end...

The truth is Jesse James Died in the Civil War; what rode home was a rouge highwayman. RIP

peak cinema

This piece always makes me shed a tear.

So sad that this movie kinda tanked at the box office. This was one of Brad Pitt’s better roles in my opinion. So underrated for an outstanding performance as well as a great movie.

"Hello Bob"

Great great mystery... Why this movie is unknown ????? a beauty, all is magnificent in this movie

A beautiful soundtrack. Like the bittersweet recovery of previously lost memories.

Wonderful. So delicate the piano, so sweet the violin, so perfect the whole track. So great Nick, Warren and the orchestra.

This music is so important to this film. It tells the sad and true story of Jesse James. Mesmerizing...

One of the best films ive ever had the pleasure of watching. It very much portrayed how paranoid Jesse James was throughout thr last year of his life

Just saw Nick Cave & Warren Ellis together with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Melbourne. The performance concluded with this beautiful piece. Wow, the arrangement by Nicholas Buc was absolutely stunning. I'm really hoping they recorded it.

I listen to this soundtrack all the time. It is 1 so the most amazing.

Damn I don’t get tired of this

A brilliant OST in a espetacular movie.

I think this is Brad's best work. He deserved to be at least nominated for an Oscar. Was he ?

Stellar work. I can't get this soundtrack out of my head. Just exquisite composition and tone.

Its make my emotions up and down in one hand think of my mommy in other hand i think my life and how much i suffer for the decisions i make i want to live for her but im in so much pain .....😢😢😢😢

one of the greathest performances i ever see at film 100%

Just wait till the piano riff kicks in

I love this movie..

One of my favorite films. SO well done, Actually too well done. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT MOVIE. Acting, human nature, values, A twisted piece of GENIUS.

They are so good with soundtracks

Richard B. I agree with every single word you wrote. This (master)piece embodies for me the French word « Egregore » : it gathers and shares perfectly and with great delicacy a full range of intimate emotions we all hide or keep within.

A beautiful piece of music. Nick Cave is a genius and truly a great man

Cara eu já assisti esse filme umas 8x e eu tenho a sensação de nunca ter assistido. Um dos melhores da minha lista de filmes

the most underrated movie after one upon a time in America

Still sounds amazingly beautiful after all these years

A very great film in all respects, unknown in France. The film Twilight, in which the psychopathic “hero” Brad Pitt and his "tortured" fan Casey Affleck play wonderfully. Without really violence, an atmosphere that nevertheless gives you goose bumps, by the accuracy of the staging, the game, the landscapes. All sublimated by a music that accompanies these destinies.

Come non essere rapiti da tanto sentimento? Bravo Nick e stupendi Semi cattivi, sparsi sulla strada di chi non ha meta.

Что я сейчас послушал?? Я послушал шедевр!!!

I live in the same town Jesse james was born and I've seen Bob ford and his brother Charlie's grave

Just.....beautiful......

Som para alma...

damn fine film, damn fine music.

beautiful

Produce tristeza pero a la vez me da tranquilidad. Gran tema

Great movie

Found this because Eminem sampled it for the chorus of Space Bound. Final portion is so phenominal i gotta see this movie!!

They didn’t applaud.

This film is great. But "the people" don't know to see

ONCE again ❤ this is the best song ever. Has so many levels. And goes straight to your heart ❤️. People like doing this song. And it's like a message to the world 🌎. It keeps going deeper and stronger 💪. It came to the point that no one can resist emotionally the power of the song. The song explains you where are you problems and where are your strength. Shows you, wich is the way to be the person you wanna become. It's so simple and so, I mean soooo complex. That it's a real puzzle 🧩 to the mind and heart ❤️. This is a master piece that goes far away from Vivaldi or Chopin . This is the song of Bob. Like Bob was something else. Brad Pitt, Jesse James, the mug. The atmosphere, ande the will. All is in the song. I can't say it in other words. The best song ever. Thanks from the bottom of my heart ❤️💜❤

Thought I heard this before. The piano medly is sampled on Eminem's Space Bound

Space Bound - Eminem

He was ashamed of his boasting, his pretensions of courage and ruthlessness. He was sorry about his cold-bloodedness, his dispassion, his inability to express what he now believed was the case: That he truly regretted killing Jesse. That he missed the man as much as anybody and wished his murder hadn't been necessary. Even as he circulated his saloon he knew that the smiles disappeared when he passed by. He received so many menacing letters that he could read them without any reaction except curiosity. He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards, looking at his destiny in every king and jack. Edward O'Kelly came up from Bachelor at 1 p.m. on the 8th. He had no grand scheme, no strategy, no agreement with higher authorities. Nothing beyond a vague longing for glory and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to serve a life sentence in the Colorado Penitentiary for second-degree murder. Over 7000 signatures would eventually be gathered on a petition asking for O'Kelly's release, and in 1902, Governor James B. Orman would pardon the man. There would be no eulogies for Bob, no photographs of his body would be sold in sundries stores, no people would crowd the streets in the rain to see his funeral cortege, no biographies would be written about him, no children named after him. No one would ever pay 25 cents to stand in the rooms he grew up in. The shotgun would ignite, and Ella Mae would scream, but Robert Ford would only lay on the floor and look at the ceiling, the light going out of his eyes before he could find the right words.

Eu amo essa música and I love you, Nick!

Très beau film 📽musique belle 🎶🎻très triste aussi 😪😢🌎😘❣

I'm a space bound rocket ship and your hearts the moon, and I'm aiming right at you..

Excellent!!!

Fantástico!

Live by the gun . .

Grew up watching this movie and just found out it was used as a sample for space bound - eminem.

When i listen this my whole soul crying but its not actual cause im sad its gonna relief for me 😢😢😢

good but sad movie.

Preciosaaaaaaa!!!!!♡♡♡♡

Beautyfull

Merry xmas

Awesome Work Mr!!

Çok Güzel Müzik Filimde ki favori Müziğim...

Dzięki, Mikołaj Jaskinia

Gänsehaut... or in english: fucking genious !

no eulogies for bob

💖💖

The Abbominations of the Earth, spring forth.

'Song for Arthur'

Eminem’s space bound is a sample of this song mixed with R.E.M drive. Fun fact

Eminem - Spacebound

3:34

Dr O Doesn't get the credit it deserves

Correct me if im wrong but is there some notes to spacebound by eminem in this song

I thought I was Jesse... Turns out, I have been Bob, all along... This music is how I feel right now... Everything is shit...