Nick Cave and The National’s Bryce Dessner have joined forces to compose the title track to the new Netflix film, Train Dreams.
The film, which premiered at Sundance in January, receives a wider release in November. Directed by Clint Bentley, it’s based on the 2011 novella by late author Denis Johnson, with Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy cast in main roles.
While Dessner composed the film’s score, his collaboration with Cave plays over the film’s end credits, having co-produced the track alongside Luis Almau.
“When we started thinking about making a song for the film, Nick felt like the perfect artist to do it,” Bentley said of Cave’s involvement. “It turns out that Train Dreams is one of his all-time favorite books, but he initially feared there wouldn’