A Brokedown Melody Soundtrack

In 2001, Jack Johnson and The Malloys released the award winning surf

film “Thicker Than Water”. The film soon became an instant classic in the

surf world.



A year later, the accompanying soundtrack was released on Brushfire

Records which featured new tracks from Jack Johnson along with several

other artists, marking the first of a collection of soundtracks that have

redefined the musical experience within the surf genre. In the last five years

Brushfire Records and Woodshed Films have continued to put out award

winning surf films including Jack Johnson’s “September Sessions”, Chris

Malloy’s “Shelter” and most recently world famous artist/filmmaker Thomas

Campbell’s “Sprout” along with accompanying original soundtracks.



Brushfire and Woodshed Films stay true to the roots of surf filmmaking with

their fourth and latest project, “A Brokedown Melody”. Originally released

to the core surf market in 2005, “A Brokedown Melody” is scheduled for a

wider release this November along with the original soundtrack which will

be released on Jack Johnson’s label, Brushfire Records.



The “Brokedown Melody” soundtrack will include 2 new tracks from

Johnson as well as an alternate version of the track “Breakdown”. The

original version of this track was included on his multi-platinum release “In

Between Dreams” and was written while traveling to Chile to surf with his

childhood hero Gerry Lopez for the film.



In addition to the unreleased material from Jack Johnson, an eclectic lineup

of musicians was enlisted to provide a narrative for the visual journey that

takes the viewer from Jamaica, to the outer Islands of Indonesia, to deep

Mexico and all the way down to the bottom of Chile. Highlights include an

unreleased song by Eddie Vedder, new music from Matt Costa and tracks

from Kings of Convenience, The Beta Band, M. Ward, Doug Martsch and

many others.