Sweet Dreams (soundtrack)


Sweet Dreams is the 1985 soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris about the life of country music star, Patsy Cline. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs previously recorded and released by Patsy Cline.

Recording

Patsy Cline's original producer, legendary Nashville producer Owen Bradley produced the soundtrack. For half of the song selections, including Walkin' After Midnight, Bradley combined Cline's original vocal tracks with new orchestrations recorded at his own Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, in 1984. The music was then remixed by Doug Crider at Bradley's Music City Music Hall on Nashville's Music Row.

Promotion and release

The album was released following the movie. Originally released on LP, the soundtrack was reissued in CD format later in 1990. The lead single from the soundtrack, "Sweet Dreams", a song that had been a big hit for Cline in 1963, was released to promote the album and film. David Hepworth in Q Magazine described the album as "a more than reasonable introduction to Cline's work".

Commercial performance

The film's soundtrack album itself charted at #6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1985.
In April 1987, Sweet Dreams was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. "San Antonio Rose" — 2:20
  2. *Overdubbed
  3. "Seven Lonely Days" — 2:14
  4. *Overdubbed
  5. "Your Cheatin' Heart" — 2:21
  6. *Overdubbed
  7. "Lovesick Blues" — 2:18
  8. "Walkin' After Midnight" — 2:01
  9. *Overdubbed
  10. "Foolin' 'Round" — 2:11
  11. *Overdubbed
Side 2:
  1. "Half as Much" — 2:48
  2. *Overdubbed
  3. "I Fall to Pieces" — 2:46
  4. "Crazy" — 2:41
  5. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" — 2:02
  6. *Overdubbed
  7. "She's Got You" — 2:58
  8. "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" — 2:33

Personnel

Background vocals