Peaky Blinders announce soundtrack album featuring huge music stars
See the full track list!
A month after series 5 ended on a nail-biting cliffhanger, the first official Peaky Blinders soundtrack album has been announced.
‘Peaky Blinders – OST Series 1 – 5 Soundtrack’ will be released on triple vinyl and 2CD formats on Friday 15th November via UMC, and it will intersperse key clips of dialogue from all 5 series the show alongside brilliant songs played throughout the five series.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ title song ‘Red Right Hand’ will, of course, feature alongside an exclusive PJ Harvey version of the 1994 track. Additionally, PJ Harvey’s ‘This Is Love’ is included alongside two further Nick Cave tracks, ‘Breathless’ and ‘The Mercy Seat’.
Radiohead have two songs on the album – ‘You and Whose Army?’ and ‘Pyramid Song’ – with Arctic Monkeys (‘Do I Wanna Know?’), David Bowie (‘Lazarus’), Foals (‘Snake Oil’), Black Sabbath (‘The Wizard’), The Last Shadow Puppets (‘Bad Habits’), The White Stripes (‘St James Infirmary Blues’), Queens of the Stone Age (‘Burn The Witch’) and Joy Division (‘Atmosphere’) also featuring.
Together with the aforementioned never-heard-before PJ Harvey cover of ‘Red Right Hand’, exclusively on the album are Jehnny Beth’s ‘I’m The Man’ and Anna Calvi’s series 5 score, ‘You’re Not God’, along with Richard Hawley’s cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Ballad of A Thin Man’ on CD and vinyl for the first time.
Set in 1920s Birmingham, Peaky Blinders is renowned for its dark and dramatic soundtrack, acting as a window into the mind of Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) – a mentally tortured ex-soldier who suffers from PTSD after the experiencing atrocities in World War One.
The 2CD version of the album comes complete with a 32-page book with images from the show, behind the scenes notes from journalist Phil Harrison, quotes from the cast and ‘The Chap’ magazine in conversation with Peaky Blinders’ Costume Designer, Alison McCosh.
Peaky Blinders' soundtrack album: The full track list
CD1
1) Tommy: 'It’s Not A Good Idea…'
2) Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - 'Red Right Hand'
3) The White Stripes - 'St James Infirmary Blues'
4) Truce - From 'Peaky Blinders' Original Soundtrack / Series 1 (Score)
5) Tommy: 'Right I Have Bought You Hear Today…'
6) Dan Auerbach - 'The Prowl'
7) Polly: 'There’s Only One Thing…'
8) Jack White - 'Love Is Blindness'
9) PJ Harvey - 'To Bring You My Love'
10) Alfie: 'I’ve Heard Very Bad, Bad, Bad Things…'
11) Black Rebel Motorcycle - 'River Styx'
12) Post Irish Meeting - From 'Peaky Blinders' Original Soundtrack / Series 2 (Score)
13) PJ Harvey - 'Red Right Hand'
14) Laura Marling - 'What He Wrote'
15) Arthur: 'Do You Wanna Tell ‘Em…'
16) Royal Blood - 'Come On Over'
17) Arctic Monkeys - 'Do I Wanna Know?'
18) Tommy: 'I Love You…'
19) Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - 'Breathless'
20) Radiohead - 'You And Whose Army?'
21) Polly: 'A Woman Of Substance…'
22) PJ Harvey - 'This Is Love'
23) Sons - From 'Peaky Blinders' Original Soundtrack / Series 3 (Score)
24) Tommy: 'You Can Change What You Do…'
25) Queens Of The Stone Age - 'Burn The Witch'
26) The Last Shadow Puppets - 'Bad Habits'
27) David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
CD2
1) Tommy: 'Sex, Freedom, Whiskey Sours…'
2) Savages - 'Adore'
3) Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - 'The Mercy Seat (Live From KCRW)'
4) Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - 'I Wish'
5) Ballad Of Polly Gray - From 'Peaky Blinders' Original Soundtrack / Series 4 (Score)
6) Tommy: 'I’m Not A Traitor To My Class…'
7) Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes - 'Devil Inside Me'
8) Foals - 'Snake Oil'
9) Polly: 'It's In Our Gypsy Blood…'
10) Radiohead - 'Pyramid Song'
11) Laura Marling - 'A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall'
12) Ada: 'So, Tommy Shelby, MP…'
13) Black Sabbath - 'The Wizard'
14) Anna Calvi - 'Papi Pacify'
15) Joy Division - 'Atmosphere'
16) Tommy: 'You Need To Understand…'
17) Anna Calvi - 'You’re Not God'
18) Arthur: 'There’s A Bentley Outside…'
19) Jehnny Beth - 'I'm The Man'
20) Idles - 'Never Fight A Man With A Perm'
21) Tommy: 'I Will Continue…'
22) Richard Hawley - 'Ballad Of A Thin Man'
Scroll through to see Peaky Blinders filming locations...
The Black Country Living Museum
The Black Country museum is home to many of the filming locations for Peaky Blinders, and if you take a trip around the museum for a day you'll be sure to recognise some past scenes of the show.
Pictured here is Uncle Charlie's dockyard, home to many dodgy dealings between the Shelby brothers as well as allowing safe passage for who or whatever they need to get out of the Midlands. Read up on the museum here.
Powis Street, Liverpool
Much of the filming for Peaky Blinders is done in and around Liverpool, and different companies host many tours in the city so that fans of the show can see where the magic happens. This particular street is used for the Shelby families homes in the first season, named Watery Lane on the show.
Formby Beach, Liverpool
Many heartbroken viewers will spot that Formby Beach in Liverpool was the spot where Alfie Solomons (played by Tom Hardy) admitted his betrayal to Tommy, and basically forced Tommy into shooting him dead after confessing that he had cancer. It was very emotional.
Port Sunlight, Wirral
Port Sunlight is a model village in the Wirral, Merseyside. Although the village and the homes within it were originally built for workers at the Lever Brothers Factory, it's now a tourist attraction. Eagle-eyed Peaky fans will recognise the timbered housing as Aunt Polly's home, which is 'in' Sutton Coldfield in the show.
Arley Hall, Cheshire
Once Tommy became as 'legit' as he could in season three, he and Grace moved themselves into an incredible country house. Sadly, Grace was shot dead at a party they hosted there, but Tommy continued to live there with their son Charlie as well as their staff.
Arley Hall is situated in Northwich, Cheshire, and is often used as a wedding venue. Other shows to be filmed there include Coronation Street, Antiques Roadshow and Cold Feet.
General Manager Steve Hamilton said, "It's been incredible to see the effort and attention to detail that goes into a production such as Peaky Blinders. There was a real buzz around Arley during the filming and it was great to work with the BBC on such a popular and critically acclaimed drama. The great thing now is that people will be able to visit us this summer and walk in the rooms where these amazing stars have filmed their scenes."
Manchester Town Hall
The town hall in Manchester was apparently used as a building front in a scene in one of the first two seasons where Sam Neill's character, Major Campbell, visits Winston Churchill, but Peaky Blinders' Production Designer Grant Montgomery told i News that "the interiors were done in another location." So cryptic!
Victoria Baths, Manchester
The Victoria Baths in Manchester were used for scenes in season two. After Polly's son Michael returned, having been raised in the countryside by adoptive parents, the Shelby brothers took him along to a horse fair where Tommy bought a filly and also met May Carleton. Of course, in true Peaky style, the day ends in a fight, but the filming for the fair took place at the baths.
Montgomery told i, "I remember thinking Victoria Baths could give it a really good look. One of the baths had timber over it, so we put sawdust down on top."
Bolton
The centre of Bolton was used for various scenes in the show, but Le Mans crescent in Bolton was used for shots to capture the Shelby brothers' trip to London, and specifically the exterior of the Eden Club - the jazz den owned by Sabini, who becomes a nemesis to the family.
Montgomery told i, "We were thinking how to do London in the 1920s, and Bolton has that wonderful crescent. So I said, 'Well, this is our London.' And the exterior to the Eden Club was all done in Bolton."
Brooke’s Mill, Huddersfield
Producers used Brooke's Mill in Huddersfield as the location for the gypsy campsite, using traditional caravans and carts, as well as horses.
Leeds Town Hall
Many fans of the show were convinced that the scenes in which Campbell and Grace share information about the Shelby family in the art gallery were filmed at the Town Hall in Birmingham. However, the front was actually shot at the Town Hall in Leeds.
Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
However, the scenes on the inside of the art gallery where Campbell and Grace surreptitiously pass notes to each other were filmed at the Newby Hall & Gardens in Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Keighley and Worth Valley Steam Railway
Most of the Peaky moments that take place on a train or at a station happen on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway line. It's a 5-mile long rail line that runs through a small part of West Yorkshire, and many will recognise Keighley as the station where Grace shot Major Campbell in season one.
Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford
The shots in season one where Polly pays her respects at the cemetery and meets Freddie Thorne laying flowers for his mum is thought to have been shot in Bradford at the Undercliffe Cemetery.
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Yorkshire
If it's a scene involving a train station, this historic Yorkshire station is likely to be the filming location, boasting gorgeous old platforms and carriages, picturesque walking paths and eye-catching backdrops.
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
If you're looking for May Carleton's mansion, featured in season two of Peaky Blinders, then Chatsworth House, in Bakewell, Derbyshire, is the place! The stunning historic building is perfect for aristocratic horse-trainer May Carleton.
Episodes shot at Chatsworth include huge stars of the show, including Cillian Murphy (as Thomas Shelby), Charlotte Riley (as May Carleton) and Annabelle Wallis (as Grace Burgess).
‘Peaky Blinders – OST Series 1 – 5 Soundtrack’ will be released on Friday 15th November.
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