Peaky Blinders’ First-Ever Soundtrack Release features Contributions from Nick Cave, Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, Radiohead, Laura Marling, Black Sabbath, The White Stripes & Joy Division Plus Exclusive Tracks from PJ Harvey, Richard Hawley & Jehnny Beth!

UMe issues the first-ever official soundtrack to the massively popular BAFTA-winning television series, Peaky Blinders, which just wrapped up its fifth season in September 2019. The show is known for its dark and dramatic soundtrack, acting as a window into the mind of Tommy Shelby – a tortured ex-soldier who suffers from PTSD after fighting in the trenches during World War One. The vinyl 3LP edition features music and key clips of dialogue from all five seasons of the show.

It’s not just the low tones of Nick Cave’s vocals in the opening theme tune that have become synonymous with the BBC’s Birmingham-based flagship gangster drama centered around Tommy Shelby, his family and their somewhat dubious business practices. Alongside the atmospheric opener, all of the songs featured in the show have been painstakingly chosen to reflect the feel of the program (the violence, the grit and the glamour), which was inspired by a real group of gangsters in post WW1 Birmingham.

The soundtrack features a previously unreleased rendition of the show’s iconic theme song, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand,” recorded specifically for the show by PJ Harvey. Also, exclusively on the album are Jehnny Beth’s “I’m The Man” and Anna Calvi’s season five score, “You’re Not God,” along with Richard Hawley’s (Bob Dylan) “Ballad of A Thin Man” on vinyl for the first time. The album is completed by songs from Nick Cave himself, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Royal Blood, The Last Shadow Puppets, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Laura Marling, and Foals amongst others.

The show has been particularly celebrated for its stylish cinematography and charismatic performances, enhanced by the use of contemporary music, and with the latest season’s score by the multi – Mercury Award Nominated singer songwriter Anna Calvi, the plaudits just kept coming. The soundtrack also features seasons 1-5 original scores created specifically for the show. Show Creator Steven Knight was instrumental in pushing the importance of the music used in the show: “The Peaky Blinders story and the music we use are twins, born at the same time. It would be difficult to imagine most of the pivotal moments without the soundtrack. I’m so glad that at last we have been able to put some of the tracks together on one album, to put the atmosphere and swagger and snarl of the show into your headphones and speakers.”