William Tyler Announces ‘Music From First Cow’ Soundtrack Album

Guitarist William Tyler‘s Music From First Cow soundtrack album will be released digitally via Merge Records this Friday, March 6. Tyler composed the music for the Kelly Reichardt-directed feature film, First Cow, which also has a March 6 release date.

The film’s soundtrack and score were written and performed by Tyler on guitar and dulcimer. Set in the early nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest, the movie stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones. Tyler will appear at a First Cow screening at Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre on March 31.

“William Tyler turned up at the First Cow edit room with his several guitars, a dulcimer, and long fingernails,” Reichardt said. “He got right to work, picking and strumming — it was all as good as it could be.”

A vinyl edition of Music From First Cow will be issued on July 31. The film’s trailer, featuring “Highway Anxiety” from Tyler’s 2016 album Modern Country, can be viewed below:

Music From First Cow Tracklist

1. First Cow in the Territory
2. An Opening
3. Cookie’s Theme
4. Arrival
5. River Dreams
6. A Clearing in the Field
7. The Separation
8. A Closing