The soundtrack for the Nicholas Sparks penned film, The Best of Me, will arrive in stores and online October 9th (Tuesday), via EMI Nashville, in conjunction with Relativity Music. Artists contributing all brand new original music on the album include Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, David Nail, Kacey Musgraves, Colbie Caillat, Kip Moore, Eli Young Band, Eric Paslay, Thompson Square, Thomas Rhett, Phoebe Hoffman and newcomers SHEL and Gareth Dunlop.

Among the 14-track collection is the standout “I Did With You” written and performed by seven-time GRAMMY-Award winners, Lady Antebellum who co-wrote the song with Monty Powell based on the film’s premise.

Set to open nationwide October 17th, The Best of Me stars Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden as former high school sweethearts who reunite at a mutual friend’s funeral 20 years later.

Walmart will make available for purchase a special 48-page ZinePak exclusive, including the soundtrack, photos, flower seeds (connected to the story’s plot) and an unabridged audio book.

And Relativity Studios is adding a $7.50 “Movie Cash Ticket” to all physically released versions of The Best of Me soundtrack for fans to use towards admission to see the film.

Lady A (I Did With You) 2 OC: …in their head. :37
“Once we found out, especially that it was kind of going to be the ending credit song, that people – all the women and their husbands or families that come to see the movie are going to be really thinking about what they just watched. It’s like we wanted to put specific things in the song, in the lyric, that will make you go back straight to that scene in your head that you just watched. There’s one line in the first verse of the song about ‘dancing in the headlights,’ you see them do that in the movie and all these different lines that we were really purposeful with, wanting them to relive that in their head.”

Lady A (Nicholas Sparks fans) OC: …sweet story. :44
“For me personally, I am such a huge fan of Nicholas Sparks as an author and then the movies that have been made from his novels. So, it was really, really special, especially because the leading male role in the movie is James Marsden, who has a really sweet role in The Notebook, which is my personal favorite of Nicholas Sparks’ books, and there’s always it seems like a book of his being turned into a film. And so, it’s such a big machine that we were asked to be a part of, and to be able to write specifically for one thing and to kind of put ourselves in the story, because we really try to write from our own personal experience, was really cool. It’s a really special, sweet story.” 

Thompson Square (The Best of Me) 1 OC: (Shawna) …too long ago. :14
KEIFER: “Well, we actually got involved with the soundtrack – our manager passed the song along and told us about the opportunity, and we listened to the song and once we heard it, we loved it.” SHAWNA: “As soon as I heard it was for The Best of Me, I totally freaked out because I had just read the book not too long ago.”

Thompson Square (The Best of Me) 3 OC: …to be a part of it. :38
KEIFER: “Well, I have to admit as a guy, I am a fan of The Notebook. I may or may not have shed a tear or two on that one.” SHAWNA: “I just feel like Nicholas Sparks is brilliant when it comes to romance. He definitely knows what he’s talking about, and The Notebook is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time, and yes, Keifer did cry when we watched it.” KEIFER: “I do think one of the most romantic things you can find, there is a terribly strong attachment to romance in death, especially between people who have loved each other their whole lives. So, it’s a really cool thing. We’re very proud to be a part of it.”