I just saw a video of the Tom Hanks film "The Ladykillers." It was wonderful. Now I'm wondering why it got relatively little attention at Mudcat when it first came out. It has a lot in common with "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (for which over 20 threads were started!) Both were written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers. Both were comedies. Both make extensive use of music, and some of it was traditional. T-Bone Burnett co-ordinated the soundtrack in both cases. (For "The Ladykillers" it was mainly southern black gospel.) If you ask me, the characters in "The Ladykillers" were even more fascinating than those in "O Brother," and the dialog was better written and funnier.

Even though I did find this one thread, it has very little about music in it, and it was classified "BS." Huh?

Here's the soundtrack listing, from imdb.com:

"Come, Let Us Go Back To God"
Written by Thomas Dorsey
Performed by The Soul Stirrers

"Trouble Of This World"
Traditional/Arranged by Henry Burnett, Bill Maxwell and Keefus Ciancia
Produced by T-Bone Burnett, Bill Maxwell and Keefus Ciancia
Live Performance by Rose Stone with The Venice Four and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir

"Trouble In, Trouble Out"
Written by William Hughes, Brian Scott, Melvin Adams, Ronald Wilson, Keefus Ciancia,
Henry Burnett
Produced by T-Bone Burnett and Keefus Ciancia
Performed by Nappy Roots
Contains a sample of "Trouble Of This World"
Traditional
Performed by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires

"Jesus I'll Never Forget"
Written by Roy Crain
Performed by The Soul Stirrers

"Troubled, Lord I'm Troubled"
Traditional
Performed by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires

"Trouble Of This World (Coming Home)"
Written by William Hughes, Melvin Adams, Kenneth Anthony, Brian Scott, Ernest Franklin, Henry Burnett
Produced by Sol Messiah for SME, LLC, Tahir for Hedrush, LLC and T-Bone Burnett
Performed by Nappy Roots
Chorus Performed by Rose Stone, Freddie Stone and Lisa Stone
Contains a sample of "Trouble Of This World"
Traditional
Performed by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires

"Sinners"
Written by P. Coleman, T. Jones, P. Douthit, Henry Burnett
Produced by 9th Wonder for the Planet, Inc. and T-Bone Burnett
Performed by Little Brother
Contains a sample of "A Christian's Plea"
Traditional
Performed by Claude Jeter and The Swan Silvertones

"Another Day, Another Dollar"
Written by Brian Scott, Vito Tisdale, William Hughes, Taylor Massey, Freddie Macintosh, Henry Burnett
Produced by Taylor Made and T-Bone Burnett
Additional Production by Freddie Mac for Black Rockers of America Entertainment
Performed by Nappy Roots
Contains a sample of "A Christian's Plea"
Traditional
Performed by Claude Jeter and The Swan Silvertones

"Let Your Light Shine On Me"
Traditional/Arranged by Blind Willie Johnson
Performed by Blind Willie Johnson

"Let The Light From The Lighthouse Shine On Me"
Traditional/Arranged by Bill Maxwell, Henry Burnett
Produced by T-Bone Burnett and Bill Maxwell
Performed by The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir

"Yes"
Traditional/Arranged by Jerry Peters, Bill Maxwell, Henry Burnett
Produced by T-Bone Burnett and Bill Maxwell
Performed by The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir featuring Kristle Murden

"Any Day Now"
Written by Faidest Wagoner and Jean Butler
Performed by The Soul Stirrers

"Weeping Mary"
Traditional
Performed by Rosewell Sacred Harp Quartet

"Come, Let Us Go Back To God"
Written by Thomas Dorsey
Performed by Donnie McClurkin

"Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 6, No. 4"
by Arcangelo Corelli
Performed by Capella Istropolitana; Jaroslav Krcek, conductor

"Minuet, Opus 13 No. 5"
by Luigi Boccherini
Performed by Orchestra di Camera di Roma; Flagello, conductor