The 29-song soundtrack features tracks from stars like Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Shania Twain, and some from closer to home.
DALLAS — As “Twisters’ swept the Box Office this week, its all-country soundtrack, featuring some well-known North Texas musicians, touched down on streaming services and radio.
The soundtrack of the filmed-in-Oklahoma sequel to the 1996 hit “Twister,” which hit theaters Friday and raked in more than $80 million in ticket sales opening weekend, sets it apart from the original. According to “American Songwriter” it’s the first blockbuster movie to have a completely original country soundtrack since Urban Cowboy in 1980.
The 29-song soundtrack features tracks from modern country stars like Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Shania Twain, and songs from some stars from close to home.
“We worked closely with [director] Isaac Chung to conceive a music soundscape for the film that would be organic and authentic to where the story takes place, which is in Oklahoma,” NBCUniversal Music and Publishing president Mike Knobloch told Billboard. “We got to do something we don’t typically do, which is not just dabble in country music, but really lean in an authentic way to work with Nashville writers and country artists. And not just for a song or two, but for the entire film.”
Fort Worth-raised crooner Leon Bridges, who’s collaborated with his fellow Texan Miranda Lambert in the past on the duet “If You Were Mine,” features on the “Twisters” soundtrack with the song “Chrome Cowgirl.”
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Tanner Usrey, who grew up in Prosper, is on the soundtrack with the song “Blueberry Wine.”
Other Texas artists are included, such as Charley Crockett from San Benito, who’s on the soundtrack with a cover of “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky,” the band Flatland Cavalry from Lubbock, which has the song “Touchdown” on the soundtrack, and singer-songwriter Dylan Gossett from Austin, whose song “Stronger Than A Storm” is featured on the soundtrack.
The soundtrack as a whole has more than 75 million streams, with Luke Combs’ new single “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” alone garnering more than 56 million audio streams.
“Twisters,” directed by Lee Isaac Chung, doesn’t include any of the characters from the original film, which starred Helen Hunt and the late Fort Worth native Bill Paxton, instead introducing a new crew of storm chasers.
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