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North Carolina folk singer Jake Xerxes Fussell<\/a> and Chicago-based guitarist James Elkington<\/a> have collaborated on the soundtrack for Rebuilding<\/em><\/a>, a new film directed by Max Walker-Silverman. The duo\u2019s first original score<\/a> arrives November 14 via Fat Possum<\/a>, coinciding with the film\u2019s New York theatrical release. Hear two selections\u2014”Contemplating the Moon” and \u201cGlow in the Dark\u201d\u2014below.<\/p>\n \u201cI could hear the cinema in it right away,\u201d producer Dan Janvey said of Fussell in a press statement. \u201cHis music is rooted firmly in all the folkloric traditions I love but not at all nostalgic. And that was much like the film we were making; a story in which the past is all around but firmly of the here and now. And since so much of his music has no lyrics, Jake already understood the challenge of telling a story through instrumentation alone.\u201d<\/p>\n Elkington added: \u201cI think Max had a suspicion that we\u2019d be able to improvise a couple of new pieces in the room, while watching the picture, which turned out to be true. Some of our favorite cues were written that way\u2014in the room while watching the picture.\u201d Elkington has produced Fussell\u2019s last two albums\u20142022\u2019s Good and Green Again<\/em><\/a> and 2024\u2019s When I\u2019m Called<\/em><\/a>, in 2024\u2014and shared his own latest solo album, Pastel De Nada<\/em>, earlier this year.<\/p>\n Rebuilding<\/em> is Walker-Silverman\u2019s first directorial effort since 2022\u2019s A Love Song<\/em>. The film follows Josh O\u2019Connor as a cowboy whose southern Colorado ranch has burned down in a wildfire. It also stars Lily LaToree, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, and Amy Madigan.<\/p>\n