NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2015) – The soundtrack to HISTORY®’s highly-anticipated series event, “TEXAS RISING,” releases to all digital retailers on May 18. The compilation includes recordings by George Strait, Kris Kristofferson, José Feliciano, John Debney and Bruce Broughton.
Quintessential Texan and iconic singer/songwriter George Strait delivers original song, “Take Me To Texas,” written by Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark, while another Texas son, Kris Kristofferson, remade the Tom Petty classic, “I Won’t Back Down” for the project. International guitar virtuoso José Feliciano contributed the original piece “Igual Que Yo” created specifically for “TEXAS RISING.” The remaining titles on the 28-track album are instrumental score by Academy Award-nominated composer John Debney and ten-time Emmy Award-winning Bruce Broughton. The first time for both composers to work in Nashville, Debney and Broughton fully created the “TEXAS RISING” score at the famed Ocean Way Studios on Music Row.
From the same creative team behind the multi-Emmy Award-winning, record-breaking “Hatfields & McCoys,” “TEXAS RISING” is a ten-hour, five-part series event depicting the Texas Revolution and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers – set to air beginning Monday, May 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HISTORY. The all-star cast includes Kristofferson as Andrew Jackson, Bill Paxton as Sam Houston, Olivier Martinez as Santa Anna, Ray Liotta as Lorca and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Deaf Smith.
TEXAS RISING SOUNDTRACK Track Listing:
1. I Won’t Back Down – Kris Kristofferson
2. Igual Que Yo – José Feliciano
3. Texas Rising Suite
4. Emily Arrives in Camp / Town Evacuation
5. Anderson Wakes Rangers
6. Truett & Yancey Flirt with Sarah
7. The Alamo and Lorca
8. Sam Talks Strategy
9. Deaf’s Goodbye to Lupe
10. Lupe Watches Deaf Ride Off
11. Getting’ a Whippin’
12. Houston Addresses the Troops
13. Rangers Run into Mexican Army
14. Mexican Ambush
15. Santa Ana and Emily Sex in the Bath
16. Bigfoot and Hayes at the Waterfall
17. Lorca’s Hanging Bodies
18. Wykoff’s New Home
19. Deaf Tries talking to Lupe
20. The Battle of San Jacinto (Part 1)
21. The Battle of San Jacinto (Part 2)
22. Emily Rescue
23. Yellow Rose of Texas
24. Yellow Rose of Texas (Alternate Version)
25. Come to the Bower
26. Come to the Bower (New Orleans Version)
27. Texas Rising Main Title
28. Take Me to Texas – George Strait
Soundtrack Album Producer: Leslie Greif
Soundtrack Album Executive Producers: William Ewart & Greg Cahn
Soundtrack Album Executive Producers: William Ewart & Greg Cahn
Music by John Debney and Bruce Broughton
For more information on “TEXAS RISING” and the soundtrack, visit www.History.com/shows/Texas-Rising
