Back in November, we reported that producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniele Luppi were at work on Rome, a spaghetti western-inspired project featuring contributions from Jack White and Norah Jones. Now, the resulting LP has a release date: May 17, via Capitol Records, in the U.S. The tracklist is below.

The album was recorded at Rome's Forum Studios (which was founded in part by composer Ennio Morricone), with the assistance of musicians that performed Morricone's original scores for spaghetti western classics The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. White sings on three songs on the record ("The Rose With the Broken Neck", "Two Against One", and "The World"), and so does Jones ("Season's Trees", "Black", and "Problem Queen"). Soprano singer Edda Dell'Orso (who also contributed to the music for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) is also featured on the LP. Music video director Chris Milk has been named the "Visual Director" for the project.

Rome:

01 Theme of Rome
02 The Rose with the Broken Neck
03 Morning Fog (Interlude)
04 Season's Trees
05 Her Hollow Ways (Interlude)
06 Roman Blue
07 Two Against One
08 The Gambling Priest
09 The World (Interlude)
10 Black
11 The Matador Has Fallen
12 Morning Fog
13 Problem Queen
14 Her Hollow Ways
15 The World

Seems like this might be an interesting project...

Count me in.

This sounds awesome

This is streaming over at NPR's first listen. Amazing stuff; can't wait for next week. My only complaint is that it's only about 35 minutes, but it's a really good 35 minutes.

Here's a linky: NPR's "First Listen" for Rome.

Norah's looking rather... tasty

I was tempted to order the limited edition set, but figured I'd wait until I could hear the album first.

http://www.ro.me/film
Interactive Music Video. Works best in Google Chrome. Much like the one Arcade Fire did a while back.

Limited edition set?

I've been listening to Two Against One for a couple weeks now. Waiting for the rest of the album to drop.

"Two Against One"
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"Black"
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http://store.digitalstores.co.uk/rome/

CD + Screen Print bundle. 500 prints worldwide, hand numbered.
I decided to pass. If it came with the Vinyl edition, I'd be all over it.

Loving this album.

It's got a Lovage vibe...