The Highwaymen OST
The Highwaymen

The Highwaymen Soundtrack

32 songs

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.

  • Hallelujah — Reuben and the Dark
    Trailer
  • Ford V-8 Deluxe (Main Title) — Thomas Newman
    Opening, they prepare for a prison break from the Eastham Texas state prison farm.
  • Eastham Prison Farm — Thomas Newman
    A prison break with convicts in the woods, guards on horseback in pursuit and Bonnie providing covering machine gun fire. Clyde drives away with three escapees.
  • 16 Bullets — Thomas Newman
    First appearance of former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, hunkered down and smoking in a frustratingly peaceful and idyllic retirement.
  • Bonnie and Clyde — Thomas Newman
    The outlaws lie in wait in the dark to steal their next getaway car at a rural stoplight. Frank and Gladys hear a radio news flash of a gun battle in Reeds Springs, Missouri.
  • Afraid to Dream (From "You Can't Have Everything") — Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    Frank’s wife, Gladys is hosting a picnic luncheon at their home.
  • Ain't She Fun — Thomas Newman
    In the kitchen during the luncheon and as he leaves, Gladys expresses her fears, confidence and love in Frank.
  • Across Texas — Thomas Newman
    Hamer begins his odyssey across Texas, studying crime scene photos of Bonnie and Clyde’s murder victims, eventually to meet up with his old partner, Maney Gault (Woody Harrelson)
  • Maney Gault — Thomas Newman
    First appearance of Maney Gault showing his down and out circumstances and Hamer unseen in the distance, ponders if he should involve his old partner in the manhunt.
  • West Dallas Viaduct — Thomas Newman
    Frank and Maney make their first trip through the “Devil’s Back porch,” Bonnie and Clyde’s home neighborhood.
  • Bottle Boy — Thomas Newman
  • Red Beans & Cabbage — Thomas Newman
    Outside a courthouse, Hamer tells a young deputy about a code phrase, "Red Beans & Cabbage," used by the families to share when Bonnie and Clyde make return home trips to Dallas.
  • Easter Morning — Thomas Newman
    A dairy farmer witnesses the early Easter morning killing of two Grapevine, Texas peace officers, by Bonnie and Clyde.
  • Metal Man — Thomas Newman
    A man in an armored suit lumbers around Bonnie and Clyde’s neighborhood as the duo outwit the dragnet and modern police tactics.
  • Into Oklahoma — Thomas Newman
    After the Grapevine shooting, Hamer in pursuit of the outlaws, crosses the Red River bridge as Gault politely, repeatedly and humorously reminds him they are now outside of their jurisdiction.
  • Pump Jockey — Thomas Newman
    Frank beats up a gas station attendant reluctant to share his sighting of Bonnie and Clyde, then directs them to a nearby migrant camp.
  • Laudanum — Thomas Newman
    At the migrant camp, a young girl at the water pump brings Gault a telltale clue from the “Bonnie and Clyde” scene. They find their deserted camp spot near by; (repeats) Commerce shootout.
  • Bass Man Jive — Ocie Stockard and His Wanderers
    Hamer and Gault are lost in Oklahoma. Maney turns on the radio with this tune plays then a news flash of another peace officer shooting outside Commerce, Oklahoma.
  • The Other Fifty — Thomas Newman
    Hamer and Gault race to Commerce. Searches and roadblocks in place when they arrive but they are decidedly not welcome.
  • Coffeyville — Thomas Newman
    Frank and Maney note Bonnie’s celebrity fashion influence and anticipate the outlaws next moves in a Coffeyville, Kansas cafe.
  • Dope for the Girl — Thomas Newman
    After seeing gang members buying laudanum and parking the getaway car in a back alley, the lawmen begin pursuit, losing them in a dusty plowed field.
  • Cement City — Thomas Newman
    At a general store, in the pouring rain, the lawmen are astounded to find out the outlaws drove 450 miles that night. Frank and Maney return to the Cement City neighborhood to renew their search.
  • Bad Seed — Thomas Newman
    Frank confesses his “one turn on the trail” and his first killing to Clyde Barrow’s father. In turn, Henry Barrow reluctantly asks Frank to kill Clyde and “end it for my family.”
  • Billy Mace — Thomas Newman
    On tip that Bonnie might return to have her friend, Billy Mace do her hair, Frank and Maney find out they were tipped off after chasing down a courier carrying a message in a bottle.
  • St. Louis Blues — Joshua Gouzy, Matt Rhody, Russell Welch
  • After You're Gone — Joshua Gouzy, Matt Rhody, Russell Welch
  • Bienville Parish, LA — Thomas Newman
    Hamer and Gault drive through the swamps and piney woods of Bienville Parish resuming the manhunt after hitting a dead end when an informant ended up dead.
  • Candelaria — Thomas Newman
    During a poker game, Gault recalls a shootout and near massacre that still haunts him decades later.
  • Ringgold Road — Thomas Newman
    The lawmen lie in wait for Bonnie and Clyde to drive by.
  • The Shame of Arcadia — Thomas Newman
    The lawmen survey the results of their ambush. In town, a crowd shamelessly attempts to pick over the dead outlaws and their bullet ridden car for momentos as its towed down the main street.
  • Terrible Gift — Thomas Newman
    Ma Ferguson takes credit. The lawmen drive across the Texas plains. Maney finally gets his turn behind the wheel. Ends with vintage newsreel of the gangster’s shot up car.
  • The Highwaymen (End Title) — Thomas Newman
    Vintage photos and end credits.
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