Editing Nick Cave (section)

=== Collaborations ===

==== 1980–2000 ====
During the 1982 recording sessions for the Birthday Party's third studio album ''[[Junkyard (album)|Junkyard]]'', Cave, together with band-mates Harvey and Howard, joined members of [[the Go-Betweens]] to form [[Tuff Monks]]. The short-lived band released one single, "After the Fireworks", and played live only once. Later that year, Cave contributed to the concept album ''[[Honeymoon in Red]]''. Intended as a collaboration between the Birthday Party and [[Lydia Lunch]], the album was not released until 1988, by which time Lunch had fallen out with Cave, who she credits on the release as "Anonymous", "Her Dead Twin" and "A Drunk Cowboy Junkie".<ref name="Walker, Clinton 1984">Walker, Clinton (1984). ''The Next Thing''. Kangaroo Press. {{ISBN|9780949924810}}. p. 14.</ref>

During the Birthday Party's Berlin period, Cave collaborated with local post-punk and [[post-rock]] band [[Die Haut]] on their studio album ''[[Burnin' the Ice]]'', released in 1983. In the immediate aftermath of the Birthday Party's break-up, Cave performed several shows in the United States as part of [[the Immaculate Consumptive]], a short-lived "[[supergroup (music)|super-group]]" with Lunch, [[Marc Almond]] and [[JG Thirlwell|Clint Ruin]].<ref name="Walker, Clinton 1984"/> Cave sang on an [[Annie Hogan]] song called "Vixo" which was recorded in October 1983: the track was released in 1985 on the 12" inch vinyl "Annie Hogan – Plays Kickabye".<ref>"Annie Hogan Plays "Kickabye" – liner notes for "Vixo" on the label Doublevision – DVR9 on 12" in 1985.</ref>

[[File:JohnnyCash1969.jpg|thumb|upright|left|After covering one another's songs, Cave and [[Johnny Cash]] (pictured) recorded duets for what would be Cash's final studio album.]]
A lifelong fan of [[Johnny Cash]], Cave covered his song "The Singer", originally "[[The Folk Singer]]", for the studio album ''[[Kicking Against the Pricks]]'' (1986), which Cash seemingly repaid by covering "The Mercy Seat" on ''[[American III: Solitary Man]]'' (2000). Cave was then invited to contribute to the liner notes of the double-compact disc compilation album ''[[The Essential Johnny Cash (2002 album)|The Essential Johnny Cash]]'', released to coincide with Cash's 70th birthday. Subsequently, Cave recorded a duet with Cash, a cover version of [[Hank Williams]]' "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]", for what would be Cash's final studio album, ''[[American IV: The Man Comes Around]]'' (2002). Another duet between the two artists, the American folk song "[[Cindy (folk song)|Cindy]]", was released posthumously on ''[[Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)|Unearthed]]'', a boxset of outtakes. Cave's song "Let the Bells Ring", released on the  studio album ''[[Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus]]'' (2004), is a posthumous tribute to Cash.

[[File:PJ Harvey at the O2 Apollo4.jpg|thumb|upright|Cave's ex-partner, [[PJ Harvey]], appears on his studio album ''[[Murder Ballads]]'', notably the single "[[Young Hunting#Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds version|Henry Lee]]".]]
Cave played with [[Shane MacGowan]] on cover versions of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "Death is Not the End" and [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "[[What a Wonderful World]]". Cave recorded a cover version of [[the Pogues]]' song "[[Rainy Night in Soho]]", written by MacGowan. MacGowan also sings a version of "Lucy", released on ''[[B-Sides & Rarities (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album)|B-Sides & Rarities]]'' (2005). Cave provided guest vocals on the title track of [[Current 93]]'s studio album ''[[All the Pretty Little Horses (album)|All the Pretty Little Horses]]'' (1996), as well as the closer "Patripassian". For his studio album ''[[Murder Ballads]]'' (1996), Cave recorded "[[Where the Wild Roses Grow]]" with [[Kylie Minogue]], and "[[Young Hunting#Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds version|Henry Lee]]" with [[PJ Harvey]].

Cave also took part in ''The X-Files'' compilation CD with some other artists, where he reads parts from the Bible combined with own texts, like "Time Jesum&nbsp;...", he outed himself as a fan of the series some years ago, but since he does not watch much TV, it was one of the only things he watched.

==== 2000–present (as of 2025) ====
In 2004, Cave gave a hand to [[Marianne Faithfull]] on her sixteenth studio album, ''[[Before the Poison]]''. He co-wrote and produced three songs ("Crazy Love", "There Is a Ghost" and "Desperanto"), and the Bad Seeds are featured on all of them. He is also featured on "The Crane Wife 3" (originally by [[the Decemberists]]), on Faithfull's seventeenth studio album, ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (2008).

He collaborated on the 2003 single "Bring It On", with [[Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956)|Chris Bailey]], formerly of the Australian punk group, [[The Saints (Australian band)|the Saints]]. Cave contributed vocals to the song "Sweet Rosyanne", on the studio album ''Catch That Train!'' (2006) by Dan Zanes & Friends, a children's music group.

In 2010, Cave began a series of duets with [[Debbie Harry]] of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] for ''[[Jeffrey Lee Pierce|The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – We Are Only Riders|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=13|website=[[Glitterhouse Records]]|access-date=11 January 2010|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516103156/http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=13|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – The Journey is Long|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=152|website=Glitterhouse Records|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-date=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120334/http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=152|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – Axels & Sockets|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=190|website=Glitterhouse Records|access-date=2 May 2014|archive-date=6 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706161023/http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=190|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, Cave recorded a cover version of [[the Zombies]]' "[[She's Not There]]" with [[Neko Case]], which was used at the end of the first episode of the fourth season of ''[[True Blood]]''.

In 2014, Cave wrote the libretto for the opera ''[[Shell Shock (opera)|Shell Shock]]'' by the Belgian composer [[Nicholas Lens]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert-Jan Bartunek |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/ww1-century-opera-idINKCN0ID2GX20141024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306172730/http://in.reuters.com/article/ww1-century-opera-idINKCN0ID2GX20141024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2016 |title=Shell Shock opera brings trauma of World War One to stage |website=[[Reuters]] |date=25 October 2014 |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/scenes/article/2014/10/29/shell-shock-fait-eprouver-le-traumatisme-des-tranchees_4514105_1654999.html |title='Shell Shock' fait éprouver le traumatisme des tranchées |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |date=29 October 2014 |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/ |title=Nicholas Lens – Mute Song |website=Mutesong.com |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> The opera premiered at the Royal Opera House [[La Monnaie]] in [[Brussels]] on 24 October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamonnaie.be/en/opera/421/Shell-Shock |title=Program (Opera) &#124; La Monnaie / De Munt |website=[[La Monnaie]] |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref>
and was also set up at the international Weekend of War and Peace, [[Paris]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Laspière|first=Victor Tribot|date=9 November 2018|title=Shell Shock, un opéra de Nicholas Lens en hommage aux victimes de la Grande Guerre|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/opera/shell-shock-un-opera-de-nicholas-lens-en-hommage-aux-victimes-de-la-grande-guerre-66905|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[France Musique]]|language=fr}}</ref> on 10 and 11 November 2018 performed by L' [[Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France]] at [[Cité de la Musique]] ([[Philharmonie de Paris]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shell Shock, A Requiem of War|url=https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/spectacle/19070-shell-shock-requiem-war|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[Philharmonie de Paris]]|language=fr|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220174154/https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/spectacle/19070-shell-shock-requiem-war|url-status=dead}}</ref> with live television broadcasting on [[Arte]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Opera in the Media: Week 46 of 2018 |date= 9 November 2018|publisher= [[Place de l'Opéra]]|url=https://www-operamagazine-nl.translate.goog/binnenkort/46093/opera-in-de-media-week-46-van-2018/?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|access-date= 22 May 2024}}</ref> and [[France Musique]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nicholas Lens – "Shell Shock" (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Silesia Opera Choir)|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/en/concerts/music-performances/shell-shock-requiem-war-22350|access-date=14 March 2021|website=France Musique|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, Cave wrote the libretto for ''[[L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S]]'', a trance-minimal chamber opera by [[Nicholas Lens]]. A recording produced by both writers was released by [[Deutsche Grammophon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave – Insights|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-nicholas-lens-nick-cave-12128/insights|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[Deutsche Grammophon]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2020|title=Nick Cave teams up with composer Nicholas Lens for "lockdown opera" 'L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S'|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/nick-cave-teams-up-with-composer-nicholas-lens-for-lockdown-opera-l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-2777504|access-date=14 March 2021|website=NME|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens Collaborate on New Opera L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nick-cave-nicholas-lens-collaborate-160534870.html|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[Yahoo News]]|date=9 October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 October 2020|title=Il 4 dicembre uscirà la "lockdown opera" di Nick Cave|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/il-4-dicembre-uscira-la-lockdown-opera-di-nick-cave/534553/|access-date=14 March 2021|website=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it-IT}}</ref>

In 2004, Cave said: "I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]." The line is widely quoted in discourse around the band; their bassist, [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], a fan of Cave, wrote that it had hurt him. In 2025, Cave wrote an apology on his website, saying it was "an offhand and somewhat uncharitable remark" with "no malice intended", and announced that he had recently contributed to a record by Flea.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2025-03-12 |title=Nick Cave clarifies stance on Red Hot Chili Peppers, discusses forthcoming Flea collaboration |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2300054/nick-cave-clarifies-stance-on-red-hot-chili-peppers-discusses-forthcoming-flea-collaboration/news/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=[[Stereogum]] |language=en}}</ref>

==== Film scores and theatre music ====
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|source  = {{mdash}} ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' reviewing [[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] for ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]'' (2007)<ref>Klein, Joshua (1 February 2008). [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11121-the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford/ "Nick Cave / Warren Ellis: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"], ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''. Retrieved 22 March 2021.</ref>
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Cave creates original film scores with fellow Bad Seeds band member [[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]]—they first teamed up in 2005 to work on Hillcoat's [[bushranger]] film ''[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]'', for which Cave also wrote the screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.infilm.com.au/?p=87&_r=true |access-date=15 October 2012 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113010207/http://www.infilm.com.au/?p=87&_r=true |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007, Cave and Ellis composed the music for [[Andrew Dominik]]'s adaptation of [[Ron Hansen (novelist)|Ron Hansen]]'s ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11121-the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford/|title=Nick Cave and Warren Ellis The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref> By the time Dominik's film was released, Hillcoat was preparing his next project, ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'', an adaptation of [[Cormac McCarthy]]'s [[The Road|novel]] about a father and son struggling to survive in a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] world. Cave and Ellis wrote and recorded the score for the film, which was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/r25c|title=Nick Cave and Warren Ellis The Road Review|website=[[BBC]]|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref> In 2011, Cave and Ellis reunited with Hillcoat to score his latest picture, ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]''. Cave also authored this screenplay based on [[Matt Bondurant]]'s novel ''[[The Wettest County in the World]]'' (2008). Set in Depression-era [[Franklin County, Virginia]], the film was released in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/26/lawless-nick-cave-interview|title=Nick Cave: 'Lawless is not so much a true story as a true myth'|author=Sean O'Hagan|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref>

In 2016, Cave and Ellis scored the neo-Western film ''[[Hell or High Water (film)|Hell or High Water]]'', directed by [[David Mackenzie (director)|David Mackenzie]]. The following year, they scored [[Taylor Sheridan]]'s neo-Western ''[[Wind River (film)|Wind River]]'', as well as Australian director [[David Michôd]]'s ''[[War Machine (2017 film)|War Machine]]''.

Cave and Ellis have also scored a number of documentary films, including ''[[The English Surgeon]]'' (2007), ''[[West of Memphis]]'' (2012), ''[[Prophet's Prey]]'' (2015) and ''[[The Velvet Queen]]'' (2021). Cave and Ellis created music for the Icelandic theatre group [[Vesturport]] productions ''[[Woyzeck]]'', ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' and ''[[Faust]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faust inspired by Goeth|url=http://vesturport.com/theater/faust/|website=[[Vesturport]]|date=13 November 2009|access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>