A handful of Bruce Springsteen rarities, including the unreleased studio rendition of Ill Stand By You, highlight the soundtrack for the upcoming film Blinded By the Light.
Springsteen initially penned Ill Stand By You previously known as Ill Stand By You Always for inclusion in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, but producers opted not to include the contemporary ballad and the song remained unreleased.
It was something that I thought would have fit lovely [in the movies], Springsteen said of the track, which leaked in 2017. At some point Id like to get [Ill Stand By You Always] into a childrens movie of some sort. It was a pretty lovely song.
The song has finally found a home and its first official release on the soundtrack for Blinded By the Light, a coming-of-age, based-on-a-true-story film about a British teen of Pakistani descent in 1987 London whose life is transformed by Springsteens music.
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In addition to Ill Stand By You and Springsteen classics like Badlands, Hungry Heart and Thunder Road, the soundtrack boasts two more live rarities: The first ever performance of The River, from the No Nukes 79 concert at Madison Square Garden, and an acoustic rendition of The Promised Land that Springsteen performed in 2014 at Washington, D.C.s National Mall. Both live songs were previously unavailable on any album.
Filling out the soundtrack are of-the-era singles by a-ha and Pet Shop Boys and music from Blinded By the Lights composer A.R. Rahman. The Blinded By the Light soundtrack available to preorder now is due out August 9th, with the film to follow on August 14th.
Blinded By the Light Soundtrack Track List
Ode To Javed/Javeds PoemA.R. Rahman
Its a Sin Pet Shop Boys
The Sun Always Shines On T.V. a-ha
The Boss Of Us All (dialogue)
Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
You Should Be Listening To Our Music (dialogue)
I Never Knew Music Could Be Like This (dialogue)
*The River Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY September 21, 1979) (previously unavailable on an album)
Number One Paki Film (dialogue)
Badlands Bruce Springsteen
Cover MeBruce Springsteen
Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (Live at The Roxy Theater, West Hollywood, CA October 18, 1975)
Get Outta My Way Fascist PigsAmer Chadha-Patel
Do It For Me (dialogue)
Prove It All Night Bruce Springsteen
Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen
You, Meand Bruce (dialogue)
Because The Night Bruce Springsteen
Maar ChadapaHeera
*The Promised Land Bruce Springsteen (Live on The National Mall, Washington, D.C. November 11, 2014)
Blinded By The Light Bruce Springsteen
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen
*Ill Stand By You Bruce Springsteen(previously unreleased studio recording)
*For You My Love A.R. Rahman(new original song for film)
*previously unavailable on an album