When was the last time we had a biopic as sprawling and lively as Baz Luhrmann's Elvis?

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The Elvis movie soundtrack not only includes many of the iconic musician’s great hits, but also features a handful of remixed versions, covers, and original tracks by modern artists including Doja Cat, Eminem, and Måneskin.

Austin Butler (The Dead Don't Die, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood), who stars as the King of Rock and Roll, also sang quite a few Elvis songs himself.

Of course, this is nothing new for Baz Luhrmann.

The director has previously displayed his fascination with mixing the classic and the modern in films such as Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, though often to mixed reviews.

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You can check out the Elvis soundtrack 2022 in full below.

Elvis soundtrack 2022

Elvis
Austin Butler performs as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Warnes Bros

Performed by Elvis Presley unless otherwise stated.

Suspicious Minds (Vocal Intro)

Also Sprach Zarathustra / An American Trilogy

Vegas performed by Doja Cat

The King and I performed by Eminem and CeeLo Green

Tupelo Shuffle performed by Swae Lee and Diplo

I Got a Feelin' in My Body performed by Elvis Presley and Stuart Price

Craw-Fever

Don't Fly Away (Pnau Remix) performed by Elvis Presley and Pnau

Can't Help Falling in Love performed by Kacey Musgraves

Product of the Ghetto performed by Nardo Wick

If I Can Dream performed by Måneskin

Cotton Candy Land performed by Stevie Nicks and Chris Isaak

Baby Let's Play House performed by Austin Butler

I'm Comin' Home (Film Mix)

Hound Dog performed by Shonka Dukureh

Tutti Frutti performed by Les Greene

Strange Things Happening Every Day performed by Yola

Hound Dog performed by Austin Butler

Let It All Hang Out performed by Denzel Curry

Trouble performed by Austin Butler

I Got a Feelin' in My Body performed by Lenesha Randolph

Edge of Reality (Tame Impala Remix) performed by Elvis Presley and Tame Impala

Summer Kisses / In My Body

'68 Comeback Special (Medley)

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child performed by Jazmine Sullivan

If I Can Dream (Stereo Mix)

Any Day Now

Power of My Love performed by Elvis Presley and Jack White

Vegas Rehearsal / That's All Right performed by Austin Butler and Elvis Presley

Suspicious Minds

Polk Salad Annie (Film Mix)

Burning Love (Film Mix)

It's Only Love

Suspicious Minds performed by Paravi

In the Ghetto (World Turns Remix) performed by Elvis Presley and Nardo Wick

Unchained Melody

What has Baz Luhrmann said about the Elvis 2022 soundtrack?

Colonel Tom Parker
Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker in Elvis WB

"I tried to be very balanced," Luhrmann said of the soundtrack to RadioTimes.com during an exclusive interview. "I mean all the young Elvis is sung by Austin [Butler]. And I have classics, but it's done for a purpose.

"I mean, the example I quite often use is, if you look at Hound Dog...Hound Dog in its time would have been read for the street languages. So when Doja [Cat] sings it, well she just translated that. So I'm just trying to make sure younger audiences get what it felt like as well as what it was.

"Eminem does that track at the end because it ends with Elvis's influence on music," he added. "You ask Eminem about his point of view about Elvis – he grew up in the black community [as well].

"And Måneskin doing If I Can Dream as well, it's just all of these artists in one way or another understand that Elvis didn't invent rock and roll, but he was the first teenage kind of idol.

"He was the first one that was suddenly famous globally overnight, there were no 19-year-olds, there were no teenagers as a commercial force. So they all understand, Elvis has an effect on them. For most young people, he's just kind of a Halloween costume."

Elvis is released in UK cinemas on Friday 24th June 2022. Visit our Movies hub for the latest news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our TV Guide.

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