The Hal Willner-supervised soundtrack to Abel Ferrara’s “Chelsea on the Rocks” will be released by Atlantic Records.
The documentary will receive its world premiere Friday in a special screening at Cannes.
Film's score is by G.E. Smith, Tony Garnier, Robert Burger and Jim White with additional music by Sonic Youth, Love and Rockets and Ferrara.
Vintage music and archival footage of the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Sid Vicious appear in the documentary along with actors Bijou Phillips, Jamie Burke, Adam Goldberg, Giancarlo Esposito and Grace Jones re-enacting events from the Chelsea Hotel’s past.
Soundtrack will include music featured in the film as well as songs inspired by it. Variety's reviewer enjoyed the film more than I did.