Jonny Greenwood's Norwegian Wood score is out in Japan

Tran Anh Hung's film of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood, scored by Jonny Greenwood, opened in Japanese cinemas on Saturday, three months after its premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The soundtrack is already on sale there. Buyers elsewhere have to order it from Amazon Japan, and neither the film nor the soundtrack has a US release date yet.

Today Stereogum put up one cue to hear, “Don't Read What Hasn't Been Baptized by Time”, a quiet piece for acoustic guitar and the fifth of the CD's 14 tracks.

Eleven of those tracks are Greenwood's, and the other three are songs by Can: “Mary, Mary So Contrary”, “Bring Me Coffee or Tea” and “Don't Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone”. Some of his score comes from “Doghouse”, a concert piece the BBC Concert Orchestra first played in February.

“Don't Read What Hasn't Been Baptized by Time”, from the Norwegian Wood soundtrack (2010)· Jonny Greenwood - Topicwatch on youtube →