Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Tom Waits And Others On Body Of War Soundtrack

03/06/08 6:30pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The soundtrack for Body Of War, the award-winning documentary about a paralyzed American Iraq war veteran, will be released on March 18 by Sire Records.

Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran was assembled by the documentary's subject, Tomas Young, who chose songs that inspired him in his struggle to adapt to life after he returned home from Iraq. Young enlisted in the U.S. Army on Sept. 13, 2001. On April 4, 2004, while in Baghdad's Sadr City, his unit was ambushed and he was shot through the chest. The bullet exited through his spine and Young was instantly paralyzed from the waist down.

Former talk show host Phil Donahue met Young while the veteran was recovering at Washington, D.C.'s Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Donahue contacted Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ellen Spiro to help him make a film about Young's struggle and his transition from soldier to anti-war activist. Donahue and Spiro produced and directed the film, which was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. The film later won the National Board Of Review Of Motion Pictures' award for best documentary of 2007.

Body Of War was recently screened at the Miami International Film Festival and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and will be shown on March 13 at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

Here are the tracks on Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran:

Disc one:

Brendan James — "Hero's Song"
Lupe Fiasco — "American Terrorist"
Michael Franti & Spearhead — "Light Up Ya Lighter"
Rage Against The Machine — "Guerilla Radio"
Public Enemy — "Son Of A Bush"
Serj Tankian — "Empty Walls"
Bad Religion — "Let Them Eat War"
Against Me! — "White People For Peace"
Bouncing Souls — "Letter From Iraq"
Dilated Peoples — "War"
RX Bandits — "Overcome (The Recapitulation)"
No Use For A Name — "Fields Of Agony"
Talib Kweli and Cornel West — "Bushonomics"
Immortal Technique — "The 4th Branch"
System Of A Down — "B.Y.O.B."
Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper — "No More" (live)

Disc two:

Bruce Springsteen — "Devils & Dust"
Pearl Jam — "Masters Of War" (live)
Bright Eyes — "When The President Talks To God"
John Lennon — "Gimme Some Truth"
Neil Young — "The Restless Consumer"
The Nightwatchman — "Battle Hymns"
Kimya Dawson — "Anthrax"
Blow Up Hollywood — "WMD"
David Ford — "State Of The Union"
Tori Amos — "Yo George"
Laura Cantrell — "Love Vigilantes"
Ben Harper — "Black Rain"
Roger Waters — "To Kill The Child"
Tom Waits — "Day After Tomorrow"