Editing Nashville (film) (section)

===Music===
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Many of the actors and actresses in the film composed the songs they performed in the film. Blakley wrote several tracks, including "Bluebird", performed by Timothy Brown, and "Tapedeck in His Tractor" and "My Idaho Home", performed by Blakley.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|pages=190, 226}} Karen Black wrote "Memphis" and "Rolling Stone", the two songs she performed in the character of Connie White.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=293}} Carradine wrote and performed "[[I'm Easy (Keith Carradine song)|I'm Easy]]", which won an Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Song|Best Original Song]]{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=303}} and a Golden Globe for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song - Motion Picture]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Golden Globe]]s|title=''Nashville''|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/nashville|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190813234138/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/nashville|archive-date=August 13, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, Carradine wrote "It Don't Worry Me", which is heard on the soundtrack throughout the film, and is the closing number performed by [[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]] onstage at the Parthenon.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|pages=43, 294}}

Composer [[Richard Baskin]] composed songs for [[Henry Gibson]] to sing in character as Haven Hamilton.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=80}} Several Nashville session musicians took part in the music recording and in the film, including violinist [[Vassar Clements]]{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=210}} and guitarist [[Harold Bradley (guitarist)|Harold Bradley]]. "Keep a Goin" was based on a poem Gibson recited on The Dick Van Dyke Show "Talk to the Snail" Season 5 Episode 24.

While the music featured in the film was viewed in the Nashville music industry as mean-spirited satire,{{sfn|Stuart|2003|pages=289–295}} the songs have achieved a cult-status among [[alternative country]] musicians. In 2002, the album, ''A Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville'' was released, featuring interpretations of the film's songs by Canadian [[Alternative country|alt-country]] figures, including [[Carolyn Mark]], Kelly Hogan and [[Neko Case]].

[[ABC Records]] issued a motion picture soundtrack to the film in 1975, featuring the various original musical numbers.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=279}} It was reissued by [[MCA Nashville]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00SPMY34E|work=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|title=Nashville - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190815014800/https://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00SPMY34E|archive-date=August 15, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Non-album tracks'''
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* "Yes, I Do", composed by Richard Baskin and [[Lily Tomlin]]; performed by Lily Tomlin
* "Down to the River", written and performed by [[Ronee Blakley]]
* "Let Me Be the One", written by Richard Baskin; performed by [[Gwen Welles]]
* "Sing a Song", written by [[Joe Raposo]]
* "The Heart of a Gentle Woman", written and performed by Dave Peel
* "The Day I Looked Jesus in the Eye", written by Richard Baskin and [[Robert Altman]]
* "I Don't Know If I Found It in You", written and performed by [[Karen Black]]
* "[[Swing Low, Sweet Chariot]]", traditional
* "Honey", written and performed by [[Keith Carradine]]
* "I Never Get Enough", written by Richard Baskin and Ben Raleigh; performed by Gwen Welles
* "Rose's Cafe", written and performed by Allan F. Nicholls
* "Old Man Mississippi", written by Juan Grizzle
* "My Baby's Cookin' in Another Man's Pan", written and performed by [[Jonnie Barnett]]
* "Since You've Gone", written by [[Gary Busey]], performed by Allan F. Nicholls, [[Cristina Raines]] and [[Keith Carradine]]
* "Trouble in the U.S.A.", written by Arlene Barnett
* "[[In the Garden (1912 song)|In the Garden]]", written by C. Austin Miles, performed by [[Ronee Blakley]]
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