Music
06 Apr 18

'The Searcher' Original Soundtrack by Elvis Presley available now!

The boxset includes the 18 essential Elvis Presley hits, powerful performances, and rare alternative versions of songs.

Available from today the 6th of April, the new release is the musical companion to the two-part documentary directed by Emmy® and Grammy® award winner Thom Zimny.

Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack) is available in digital and physical configurations including an 18-track definitive soundtrack, a 2LP gatefold 12" vinyl edition and a 3CD collectible deluxe box set.

In his package notes for Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack), director Thom Zimny writes, "the soundtrack was in my mind from the beginning. I wasn't just making a film, I was thinking about the collection of recordings I would gather for a person who saw the film, who wanted to complete the experience, just as I always had. Thankfully, our friends at Sony gave me and the Searcher team the chance to create this collection. It's been in my mind for years now. To me, this collection is part of the film."

Elvis Presley: The Searcher is a HBO Documentary Films production created in association with Sony Pictures Television. It debuts in the United States on Saturday the 14th of April (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. It was produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen, Thom Zimny and Jon Landau.

As Bruce Springsteen observes in the documentary, Elvis Presley belonged to a singular category of musicians in the pantheon. "You hear performers in the thrall of the beauty of invention, not knowing quite where they're going to go, not knowing exactly what they're doing," Springsteen said. "Just discovering and doing it literally as the music is being played.... You're out on the frontier and it's a very pristine and exciting place to be.

The listing is as follows:

1. Trouble / Guitar Man

2. My Baby Left Me

3. That's All Right

4. Baby Let's Play House

5. Heartbreak Hotel

6. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy

7. Hound Dog

8. Crawfish

9. Mona Lisa

10. Milky White Way

11. Like A Baby