Soundtrack announced...
Slightly disappointed that some of those trailer songs appear... I was under the impression they would not be in the film. Maybe they won't be? I don't know how soundtracks work nowadays...
http://filmmusicreporter.com/2012/04/16/dark-shadows-soundtrack-announced/
There's some decent songs in the mix though.
Thanks so much for the link, Cousin! I've been waiting to hear news about this and was starting to wonder if it was a misprint that there would actually be a score *and* a soundtrack. I'm glad there's a soundtrack. I guess I've gotten used to the idea of the trailer songs appearing in the film. While some of them are not my favorites, it seemed to me that both Top of the World and No More Mr. Nice Guy are integral to the story and would thus pretty much have to be there. I'm most thrilled about Nights in White Satin and the Iggy Pop song- Iggy is a very old friend of Johnny's, btw- too bad he's not in the movie but a poster of his made it into Carolyn's bedroom!
I'm also very intrigued by the last track:
11. The Joker – Johnny Depp
As someone who is always interested in Johnny's musical pursuits (I run a website devoted to his music), I've been quite exhausted over the last couple of weeks, trying to keep up with several live performances, news of a couple of album appearances, and a music video, and now there is this tantalizing little tidbit to ponder. I wonder if they mean the Steve Miller song? If so, I'm guessing it'll be an instrumental- as great as Johnny was singing in Sweeney Todd, he tends to shy away from singing otherwise! Can't wait to learn more about this!
I do think they could've put a few more than 11 tracks on the CD, though. I guess they didn't have enough music to fill it, which is probably why the Elfman tracks were added. (Too bad they couldn't have added a couple of Cobert's tracks, though!)
(Edited to add after seeing KMR's post- yes, I agree that it's quite possible that only snippets of these songs will actually be in the film- that is pretty common in soundtracks- to have just clips of songs in the movie and then the complete song on the soundtrack. We'll see, I guess!)