Bob Dylan at the Movies

An extracted list from Searching For A Gem of appearances by Bob on films and film soundtrack albums. These also include TV programme appearances and fall into three categories:
Where one or more Bob Dylan tracks appear both in the film and on the film soundtrack album.
Where a Bob Dylan track appears in a film but is not on its soundtrack album.
Where a Bob Dylan track does not appear in a film but is on its soundtrack album (surprisingly enough there are one or two of these).
This list is divided into Feature Films, TV Series and Music
Films and includes both regular Dylan album tracks and non-album
tracks (rarities). Entries with regular album tracks are in italics. Additions gratefully welcomed! For complete details of all
Bob's non-album performances on film and TV, see VHS & DVD.
There are many more films that contain cover versions of Dylan songs, but they
are outside the scope of this site. For these, see David Plentus' "Dylan Cover
Albums" site
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Revised: 09 March, 2010.
Feature Films
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Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973) Bob not only appears in but provides all the music for the soundtrack of this Sam Peckinpah film, some of which is included on the film soundtrack album, Columbia, 1973 R-0482 Original music by Bob Dylan (not listed separately) not included in the 1973 Columbia soundtrack album For the film soundtrack album, see International Album Releases |
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Coming Home (1978) Just Like A Woman from Blonde On Blonde. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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More American Graffiti (1979) Just Like A Woman from Blonde On Blonde and Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited., from the film soundtrack album 2LP set, MCA, 1979 |
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The Wanderers (1979) The Times They Are A-Changin' from the album of the same name, although the song is not on the soundtrack album |
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The War At Home (1979) When The Ship Comes In from The Times They Are A-Changin'. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Where The Buffalo Roam (1980) Highway 61 Revisited from the album of the same name, from the film soundtrack album, Backstreet/MCA, 1980 |
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Band Of The Hand (1985) R-0182 Band Of The Hand - with The Heartbreakers, theme tune from film of the same name, on MCA singles and soundtrack album, 1986 |
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Hearts Of Fire soundtrack album, Columbia/CBS
(USA/UK), 1987 R-0191 The Usual
(John Hiatt) - also on promo cassettes of Down In The Groove, 1988 |
| Five Corners (1987) The Times They Are A-Changin' from the album of the same name. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
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Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam (1987)
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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New York Stories (1989) Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan and The Band, the live version from Before The Flood, from the film soundtrack album, Elektra, 1989 |
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Rude Awakening (1989) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, the Blonde On Blonde album version, from the film soundtrack album, Elektra, 1989 |
| Glory (1989) Ring Them Bells from Oh Mercy. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Flashback (1989) R-0201 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) - from the film soundtrack album on WTG Records,1990 |
| Bird On A Wire (1990) Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, although the song is not on the soundtrack album |
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Cadence (1990) Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Dogfight (1991) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
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Rush (1991)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, plus Jimi Hendrix's cover of All Along The Watchtower from John Wesley Harding. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
| Sneakers (1992) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 from Blonde On Blonde. It does not appear on the soundtrack album, which includes only music by James Horner |
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Radio Flyer (1992)
Lay, Lady, Lay from Nashville Skyline. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Dangerous Game (1993) Bob's version of Blue Moon from Self Portrait plays over the closing credits. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
| Dazed And Confused (1993) Hurricane from Desire. There are two soundtrack albums, but Hurricane isn't on either! |
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| In the Name Of The Father (1994) Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited. The song is not on the film soundtrack album. |
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Natural Born Killers (1994) R-0231 You Belong To Me (Pee Wee King-Red Stewart-Chilton Price) from the film soundtrack album, Nothing/Interscope, 1994 |
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Forrest Gump (1994) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, the Blonde On Blonde album version, from the Epic film soundtrack album, 1994 |
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Speechless (1994) To Be Alone With You from Nashville Skyline. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
| Dangerous Minds (1995) Mr. Tambourine Man from Bringing It All Back Home, although the song is not on the film soundtrack album |
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Feeling Minnesota (1996) R-0247 Ring Of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) - from the film soundtrack album, Atlantic, 1996, recorded specially for the album |
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Hollow Reed (1996) Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) with The Band, either the live Isle Of Wight version from Self Portrait or the home recording from The Basement Tapes The song is not on the film soundtrack album, but it does include I Shall Be Released sung by Paul Weller |
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Jerry
Maguire (1996) R-0250 Shelter From The Storm - alternate version with extra verse, out-take from the Blood On The Tracks sessions, 1974, from the film soundtrack album, Epic, 1996 This version of the song also appears on the 1997 non-USA Columbia The Best Of Bob Dylan compilations. |
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Lawn Dogs (1997) Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
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The Big One (1998) This film contains a cover of The Times They Are A-Changin' sung by Michael Moore, there is no Dylan content and it was listed here mistakenly |
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The Big Lebowski (1998) The Man In Me from New Morning, from the film soundtrack album, Mercury, 1998 |
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Another Day In Paradise (1998) Every Grain Of Sand from Shot Of Love, from the film soundtrack album, V2 Records, 1998 The film also includes N'Dea Davenport singing One More Cup Of Coffee. |
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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998) Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again from Blonde On Blonde. from the film soundtrack album, Geffen, 1998 |
| The Florentine (1999) Ring Them Bells from Oh Mercy. There is no film soundtrack album but the film is now available on DVD |
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| A Walk On The Moon (1999) Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home, although the song is not on the film soundtrack album |
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| American Beauty (1999) All Along The Watchtower from John Wesley Harding, although the song is not on the film soundtrack album |
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| The Jack Bull (1999) Ring Them Bells from Oh Mercy. There is no film soundtrack album |
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Jesus' Son (1999) R-0090-5 (Is Anybody
Going To) San Antone (Dave Kirby-Glen Martin) The film also includes the instrumental Bunkhouse Theme from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, which is not on the soundtrack album |
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Wonder Boys (2000) R-0299 Things Have Changed - original song from this film, now on the 2000 compilation The Essential Bob Dylan |
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High Fidelity (2000) Most of The Time From Oh Mercy, from the film soundtrack album, Hollywood Records, 2000 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You from Nashville Skyline is included in the film, but isn't on the soundtrack album |
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The Hurricane (2000) Hurricane, the album version from Desire, from the film soundtrack album, MCA Records, 2000 |
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Honest (2000) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, 4th Time Around and One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) from Blonde On Blonde, plus Love Minus Zero/No Limit from Bringing It All Back Home. Despite this heavy Dylan presence there are no Dylan songs on the Island Records film soundtrack album |
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Blow (2001) All The Tired Horses from Self Portrait, from the film soundtrack album, Virgin America, 2001 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Wigwam from Self Portrait, from the film soundtrack album, Hollywood Records, 2001 Another Dylan instrumental, Main Title Theme from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, is included in the film, but isn't on the soundtrack album |
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Vanilla Sky (2001) 4th Time Around, the live version from The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert, from the film soundtrack album, Reprise, 2001 |
| Sin Noticias De Dios [Don't Tempt Me] (2001) This Spanish film whose title actually translates as "No News From God" contains Political World from Oh Mercy. As far as I know there is no soundtrack album. |
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| Bandits (2001) Tweedle Dee And Tweedle Dum from "Love And Theft", from the film soundtrack album, Columbia/Sony, 2001 All The Tired Horses from Self Portrait is included in the film, but isn't on the soundtrack album |
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A Huey P, Newton Story (2001) Ballad Of A Thin Man from Highway 61 Revisited. As far as I know there is no soundtrack album. |
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Knockaround Guys (2002) Not Dark Yet from Time Out Of Mind. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
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Monsters' Ball (2002) A very short excerpt of Dylan singing Licence To Kill from Infidels is heard is playing on a truck radio. The film soundtrack album has the score only, and the song isn't included |
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Divine Secrets Of
The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) R-0552 Waitin' For You - new Dylan composition exclusive to original film soundtrack, DMZ Records/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, May 2002 |
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Moonlight Mile (2002) Buckets Of Rain from Blood On The Tracks, from the film soundtrack album, Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax, 2002 |
| The Country Bears (2002) Everything Is Broken from Oh Mercy, although the song is not on the Disney film soundtrack album |
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Gods And Generals (2003) R-0586 'Cross The Green Mountain - new Dylan composition exclusive to original film soundtrack, Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax (USA), Feb 2003 This performance is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, released in October 2008, so has ceased to be a rarity. |
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Breakfast With Hunter (2003) Mr. Tambourine Man from Bringing It All Back Home. As far as I know there is no soundtrack album |
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Wonderland (2003) Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), the live version with The Band from the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival released on Self Portrait, from the film soundtrack album, Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax, 2003 |
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The Dreamers (2003) Queen Jane Approximately from Highway 61 Revisited, although the song is not on the film soundtrack album |
| Rick (2003) This film includes Idiot Wind from Blood On The Tracks over the closing credits and the US DVD menu. As far as I know there is no soundtrack album |
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Identity (2003) Just Like A Woman from Blonde On Blonde, although the film soundtrack album features only the score by Alan Silvestri This film has no connection with the 2004 Japanese film Iden & Tity below |
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Masked And Anonymous (2003) All the songs in this film are original Dylan performances or cover versions of Dylan songs, Sony Music Soundtrax, 2003 |
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The Passion Of The Christ (2004) Not Dark Yet from Time Out Of Mind, from a compilation of songs "chosen to honour" Mel Gibson's controversial film, Universal South, 2004 This song wasn't in the actual film! |
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Iden & Tity (Japan, 2004) The film soundtrack album, Sony Music (Japan only), 2004, is a compilation of eighteen Dylan songs, all regular album tracks There is a separate film score soundtrack album which is non-Dylan because the Dylan songs on the soundtrack album don't actually appear in the film, just in the form of lyrics as sub-titles! This film has no connection with the 2003 US film Identity above |
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Around The Bend (2004) On The Road Again, from Bringing It All Back Home, from the film soundtrack album, Warner Bros/Rhino Records, 2004 |
| Aurora Borealis (2004) Everything is Broken from Oh Mercy, although there is as far as I know no film soundtrack album |
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Satan's Little Helper (2004) Man Of Peace from Infidels, although there is as far as I know no film soundtrack album |
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A Home At The End Of The World (2004) Just Like A Woman from Blonde On Blonde, although the song is not on the Milan Records film soundtrack album, which does include a cover of I Shall Be Released by Mack James |
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Something The Lord Made (HBO TV Movie, 2004) Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home. As far as I know, no soundtrack album has been released |
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The Terminal (2004) R-0337 End Of The Line (Travelling Wilburys) - from the 1988 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros. album The Travelling Wilburys Volume One This song was featured in the TV and theatre trailer but is sadly not in the film itself or on the film soundtrack album, which features only the score by John Williams |
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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) With God On Our Side from The Times They Are A-Changin', from a compilation of songs that inspired Michael Moore's film, Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax, 2004 This song wasn't in the actual film! |
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The Ballad Of Jack & Rose (2005) Boots of Spanish Leather from The Times They Are A-Changin', One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) from Desire and Shooting Star from Oh Mercy. There is as yet no soundtrack album |
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North Country (2005) R-0649 Tell Ol' Bill - previously unreleased song from Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax album North Country: Music From The Motion Picture, 2005 This is a new song, not the uncirculating out-take from Self Portrait of a traditional song of the same name recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 4 Mar 1970. An alternate take of this performance is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, due out in October 2008. |
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The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
R-0401 Keep It With Mine - instrumental version of I'll Keep It With Mine, out-take from Blonde On Blonde, recorded Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 15-16 Feb 1966 This film also includes Every Grain Of Sand from Shot of Love and covers of Wanted Man by Johnny Cash (not recorded by Bob) and When I Paint My Masterpiece by The Band - as far as I know there is no soundtrack album |
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Camp Burlesque (2005) R-0452 Rising Sun (Hufsteter/Larriva/Marsico/Quintana) - Bob plays harmonica for the Cruzados (then the Plugz), 1984 (edited version, 4:39) on the 2007 US Bird Song Records soundtrack album Sadly this song is not in the 2005 film itself, just on the 2007 soundtrack album! |
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Be Cool (2005) Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, not on the TVT film soundtrack album |
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Walk The Line (2005) This film biography of Johnny Cash contains Highway 61 Revisited, although it is not on the soundtrack album. The soundtrack album does contain Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny Cash and June Carter performing It Ain't Me, Babe |
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The King (2005)
Cold Irons Bound from Time Out Of Mind. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Why We Fight (2006) Not Dark Yet from Time Out Of Mind. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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...So Goes The Nation (2006) Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Man Of The Year (2006) Political World from Oh Mercy. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
| Lady In The Water (2006) Tangled Up In Blue from Blood On The Tracks and Gates Of Eden from Bringing It All Back Home, plus covers of Every Grain Of Sand by Amanda Ghost, Maggie's Farm and It Ain't Me, Babe by Silvertide, plus The Times They Are A-Changin' by A Whisper In The Dark. Only the four covers are on the film soundtrack, which also features music by James Newton Howard |
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Salvador Puig Antich (Spain, 2006) Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, on the 2006 Sony Music film soundtrack album |
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Two Tickets To Paradise (2006) Quit Your Lowdown Ways from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck And
God In A Coin Locker (Japan, 2006) Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
| Georgia Rule (2007) Beyond The Horizon from Modern Times. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Lucky You (2007) R-0738 Huck's Tune - previously unreleased song from Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax album Lucky You: Music From The Motion Picture, 2007 The soundtrack album also contains Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited. This performance is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, due out in October 2008, so has ceased to be a rarity. |
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Knocked Up (2007) R-0337 End Of The Line (Travelling Wilburys) - from the 1988 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros. album The Travelling Wilburys Volume One This song was featured in the TV and theatre trailer but is sadly not in the film itself, the DVD release (which doesn't include the trailer) or the film soundtrack album |
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1408 (2007)
Watching The River Flow from 1971 singles and Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Obscene (2007)
I Threw It All Away from Nashville Skyline. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr.
Hunter S. Thompson (2008) Mr. Tambourine Man from Bringing It All Back Home and Maggie’s Farm live at Newport 1965 from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, both from the Sony Legacy film soundtrack album, 2008 |
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Henry Poole Is Here (2008) Not Dark Yet from Time Out Of Mind - the song is not on the Lakeshore Records film soundtrack album |
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W. (2008) With God On Our Side from The Times They Are A-Changin', from the Lionsgate Records film soundtrack album, 2008 |
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Kisses (2008) This film uses several Dylan songs - more information will be added when available |
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Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, from the 2008 WMI/Warner Germany film soundtrack album |
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Watchmen (2009) The Times They Are A'Changin' from The Times They Are A-Changin' plus Jimi Hendrix's cover of All Along The Watchtower from John Wesley Harding |
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Victoria Day (2009) This film uses several Dylan songs including Dark Eyes from Empire Burlesque and reportedly a previously unreleased version of Shot Of Love - more information will be added when available |
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Shikisoku Gerneration (Japan, 2009) It's All Over Now, Baby Blue from Bringing It All Back Home. Bob is not included on the 2009 film soundtrack album |
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Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009) Rollin' And Tumblin' from Modern Times. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album |
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My Own Love Song (2010) Life Is Hard from Together Through Life. Details of any film soundtrack album will be added when available |
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