Following on theheels of its three previously Grammy-nominated volumes, the Volume 4 soundtrackof HBO’s acclaimed original series TrueBlood® is making its way to theshow’s fang-loving fans on May 28th, just one week after True Blood®:The Complete Fifth Season is released on DVD and Blu-Ray with HBO Select onMay 21st.
True Blood® hasalways been known for its unique combination of musicians on their soundtracksand Volume 4 is no exception, containing never before released tracks by Eric Burdon with Jenny Lewis, Alabama Shakes, Bosco Delrey, My Morning Jacket, Mobley, Deap Vally and Los Lobos, as well as a rare, out ofprint song by The Flaming Lips and adigital-only release single by punk rock legend Iggy Pop featuring BethanyCosentino (Best Coast).
Season five of True Blood®continued the show’s tradition of naming each episode after a song that is usedin the show, carefully selected by music supervisor Gary Calamar. The fifth season’sdebut “Turn! Turn! Turn!” featured My Morning Jacket’s cover of the classictune by The Byrds, and after “Let’s Boot and Rally” became an episode title,Iggy and Bethany came on board to duet the surf rock-inspired song of the samename. Fans should lend an ear to season six as well, for three songs on theVolume 4 soundtrack will also be featured in upcoming episodes.
Having earned thetitle of HBO’s most watched series since TheSopranos, True Blood® is centered in the fictional townof Bon Temps, Louisiana and follows the romance between waitress SookieStackhouse (played by Anna Paquin), who can read minds, and 173-year-oldvampire Bill Compton (played by Stephen Moyer). Alan Ball (creator of theEmmy®-winning HBO series Six Feet Under) is creator and executive producer theshow, which is based on the best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels by CharlaineHarris. The highly anticipated sixth season premiere debuts on June 16th andruns through September.
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Track Listing
1. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Eric Burdon withJenny Lewis
2. Let’s Boot and Rally – Iggy Pop with BethanyCosentino
3. What Makes A Good Man? The Heavy
4. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
5. Pocket Change – Alabama Shakes
6. Authority Song – Bosco Delrey
7. Turn Turn Turn – My Morning Jacket
8. Your Face Can Tell The Future – The Flaming Lips
9. The Sun – The Naked and Famous
10. Undertow– Warpaint
11. IWanna Be Your Man – Mobley
12. (She’sA) Wanderer – Deap Vally
13. WhateverI Am, You Made Me – Koko Taylor
14. We’llMeet Again – Los Lobos