Soundtrack for Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada to be released Jan. 31

The soundtrack for Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, will be released on Recall Records Jan. 31.

The soundtrack features original music from composer Marco Beltrami (Scream, I Robot) and songs by Merle Haggard, Flaco Jimenez, Hank Williams Jr., Freddie Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Latin Grammy winner Lila Downs and more.

As a native Texan, Jones was committed to setting Three Burials to music that was authentic to the regions where the film is set—Southwest Texas and Northwest Mexico. "It is refreshing to know that Tommy Lee Jones had just as much passion for the score and the soundtrack as he did for the film," said Chris Gray, managing director for Recall.

The award-winning film, which was honored at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for Best Screenplay and Best Actor, will premier nationally on Feb. 3.

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