Before he died in August at age 80, Robbie Robertson scored Martin Scorsese’s new movie, Killers of the Flower Moon. Today, Sony Music Masterworks has released the late Band musician’s official soundtrack for the film. Listen to it below.
Killers of the Flower Moon, released in U.S. theaters today (October 20), is based on David Grann’s 2017 book of the same name. The film centers on the murders of Osage people in the 1920s after oil was discovered on tribal land.
Robbie Robertson’s mother was of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, and he was raised on the Six Nations Reserve near Toronto. In a posthumously published press statement, he spoke about the importance of his heritage in composing the movie’s score:
Robertson added:
Robertson and Scorsese first worked together on The Last Waltz, and their partnership continued with Raging Bull, Gangs of New York, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman, and more. After Robertson died, Scorsese said, “Robbie Robertson was one of my closest friends, a constant in my life and my work. I could always go to him as a confidante. A collaborator. An advisor. I tried to be the same for him.”