Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Soundtrack | POPSUGAR Entertainment

On June 22, Kacey Musgraves launched a heartbreaking cowl of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” from Baz Luhrmann’s forthcoming “Elvis” biopic. The track was launched with a music video that includes clips from the movie itself, displaying what seems to be an emotional breakup scene between Austin Butler’s Elvis and Olivia DeJonge’s Priscilla Presley. Needless to say, it makes for tearjerking viewing.

“Can’t Help Falling in Love” is the newest launch from the “Elvis” soundtrack. On June 16, Måneskin shared a rendition of “If I Can Dream” and Eminem shared a model of “The King and I” that includes CeeLo Green. On June 10, RCA Records launched a recording of Austin Butler singing “Trouble.” On June 3, Diplo and Swae Lee launched “Tupelo Shuffle,” which options Gary Clark Jr. and Austin Butler. The launch of “Tupelo Shuffle” got here a day after Doja Cat launched “Vegas,” which remixes Elvis’s “Hound Dog” and includes a pattern of the unique 1953 recording by Big Mama Thornton.

“Elvis” hits theaters on June 24, which is similar day the complete soundtrack will likely be launched. As for the movie itself, there’s already lots of buzz surrounding “Elvis” and its star-studded solid, which incorporates Austin Butler because the titular star and Tom Hanks as his mysterious supervisor. Elvis would not be Elvis with out the music, in fact — and a Baz Luhrmann movie additionally would not be a Baz Luhrmann movie and not using a distinctive soundtrack. The listing of artists who will likely be on the movie’s soundtrack dropped on May 23, and by the sound of issues, it’s going to be a inventive mix of genres and time durations. It’s additionally a particularly chaotic mixture of artists who do not appear very associated at first look.

In addition to Doja Cat, Diplo, and Swae Lee, the soundtrack will function songs and recordings by Presley himself, in addition to stars Butler and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The soundtrack additionally contains quite a lot of different musical luminaries, together with Eminem and Cee Lo Green, Jack White, Jazmine Sullivan, Les Greene, Stevie Nicks, and Tame Impala. Alton Mason, Lenesha Randolph, Maneskin, Nardo Wick, Paravi, Pnau, Rufus Thomas, Shonka Dukureh, and Yola will even grace the soundtrack.

This is not Luhrmann’s first experiment with modern, genre-bending soundtracks. In 2013’s “The Great Gatsby,” Luhrmann options anachronistic tunes from the likes of JAY-Z and Lana Del Rey, designed to emulate the progressive, seductive nature of jazz on the time interval the movie came about. Whether Luhrmann is making an attempt to copy the awe-inspiring novelty of rock and roll made so extremely well-known by Presley himself stays to be seen, however definitely something is feasible given the soundtrack’s wildly assorted lineup.

Read on to listen to all the things on the “Elvis” soundtrack up to now.