Robbie Robertson – Filmworks: Insomnia
Robbie Robertson – Filmworks: Insomnia
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Release: 2025
Release date: November 28, 2025
Collection of Robertson’s music and scores from the films, ‘The Last Waltz’, ‘Carny,’ and ‘Raging Bull,’ featuring a previously unissued track from ‘Car’
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Robbie Robertson has enthralled music lovers since The Band’s Music From Big Pink changed all the rules for popular music in 1968. Through his career with The Band through his Grammy-nominated and acclaimed solo work, Robertson also excelled in the art of scoring motion pictures. It began with Martin Scorsese’s 1978 film The Last Waltz. Next was Carny (which Robertson produced and starred in with Gary Busey and Jodie Foster), to another Scorsese classic, Raging Bull, both in 1980. (His connection with Scorsese lasted over four decades more, with Robertson receiving a posthumous Oscar nomination for 2023’s Killers Of The Flower Moon.)
Filmworks: Insomnia explores those first three films: The Last Waltz, Carny, and Raging Bull. Released in conjunction with his memoir, Insomnia, which explores his decades long creative partnership with Martin Scorsese, Filmworks: Insomnia features tracks from those three scores, including a previously unissued track from the film Carny.
Developed with Robbie’s estate, Insomnia is a look into the genesis of Robertson’s film work, and shows how his informed take on the musical element compliments the visual.
Available on black vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday 2025, Filmworks: Insomnia features liner notes longtime noted film/television music expert Jon Burlingame which not only address the music of the films featured, but of the Robertson/Scorsese connection. Insomnia shows how Robbie’s music transcends the silver screen. It is difficult to imagine a film without music. It’s also incredible to hear how perfectly Robertson’s film music lives on alone.
Website: http://robbie-robertson.com/
Tracks:
01. Theme From The Last Waltz (With Orchestra) – The Band
02. Out O f The Blue – The Band
03. The Last Waltz Refrain (Instrumental Version ) – The Band
04. Garden O f Earthly Delights
05. Pagan Knight
06. Freaks Lament
07. Sawdust And G-Strings
08. Carnival Ride (Previously Unissued)
09. The Fat Man
10. Rained Out
11. A New Kind Of Love
12. Webster Hall
13. At Last