Purple Hearts (soundtrack)

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Purple Hearts (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2022
Length23:22
LabelHollywood
Producer
  • Eren Cannata
  • Daniel Crean
Sofia Carson chronology
Sofia Carson
(2022)
Purple Hearts (Original Soundtrack)
(2022)
Singles from Purple Hearts (Original Soundtrack)
  1. "Come Back Home"
    Released: July 12, 2022

Purple Hearts (Original Soundtrack) is the official soundtrack to the 2022 Netflix film Purple Hearts. Sofia Carson, who plays the lead role of Cassie in the film, performs all eight songs from the soundtrack and co-wrote the first four tracks alongside Grammy nominee Justin Tranter.[1] The album was released July 29, 2022 through Hollywood Records preceded by the lead single, "Come Back Home", on July 12, 2022.[2] The music video for the song was released on August 3, 2022.[3]

Writing and recording[edit]

In August 2021 it was announced that Carson would star in Purple Hearts, for which she would also write and perform the soundtrack.[4] In a exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter Carson revealed that Netflix and her producing team trusted her with the music and to pick her writing partners. The first one she reached out to was Justin Tranter.[5]

In an interview with Billboard, Carson explained that she has been writing songs since she was eleven years old, but she only wrote songs for herself, not from someone's else point of view.[6] In the interview she says, "I was most definitely writing from Cassie’s point of view. We wanted to kind of capture that essence for Cassie, that inspiration would hit based on the things that were happening to her in her life."

While speaking to The Wrap, Carson said that the first song that Tranter and her wrote was "Hate the Way". While they were writing for the soundtrack, Carson explained in the interview that the two of them worked so hard to make sure that Cassie was so unique, and so different from how Carson is with her music, from the way that she talks to the way she carries herself on stage. "You know, she’s indie. She’s rock. I’ve never done something like that before. When we recorded "Hate the Way" Justin was like, "You’ve never sung like that before. I think we found Cassie’s voice." And it was so thrilling."[7]

Promotion and release[edit]

In June 2022 Netflix released the first sneak peek for the film that previews Cassie playing "Come Back Home" on her piano while on a video call with Luke.[8] The trailer for the film was released on July 12, 2022,[9] the same day Hollywood Records released "Come Back Home" as the lead single.[10] Two music videos for the song was released, one on August 3, 2022, that shows Carson performing a stripped-down version on her piano while performing it on the same beach that is in the film,[11] and the other was released on August 5, 2022, that shows the full performance in Oceanside, CA outside the gates of Camp Pendleton.

Track listing[edit]

Except where noted, all tracks are written by Daniel Crean, Eren Cannata, Justin Tranter, Skyler Stonestreet and Sofia Carson, and produced by Cannata and Crean.

Purple Hearts (Original Soundtrack) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come Back Home" 2:56
2."I Hate the Way" 3:13
3."Blue Side of the Sky" 3:02
4."I Didn't Know" 3:03
5."Feel It Still"2:24
6."Sweet Caroline"Neil Diamond2:18
7."I Hate the Way" (Stripped) 3:41
8."Come Back Home" (Stripped) 2:41
Total length:23:22

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Purple Hearts
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 27
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 68
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 62
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 26
Irish Compilations (OCC)[20] 6
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[21] 25
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 76
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 12
UK Compilations (OCC)[24] 7
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[25] 4
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[26] 3
US Billboard 200[27] 136
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[28] 6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Justin Tranter to Compose and Produce Original Songs for Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum's Netflix Film 'Purple Hearts' | Film Music Reporter".
  2. ^ "Purple Hearts: Come Back Home (Single) Soundtrack (2022)". www.soundtrack.net.
  3. ^ August 03, Jessica Leon. "'Purple Hearts' star Sofia Carson gives beach performance for 'Come Back Home' music video". EW.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Stivale, Shelby (July 29, 2022). "Everything to Know About Sofia Carson's Musical Movie 'Purple Hearts'". J-14.
  5. ^ Gajewski, Ryan (August 13, 2022). "'Purple Hearts' Star Sofia Carson: We Wanted to Avoid "Taking Any Sides"". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ^ Shepeard, Crystal B. (July 29, 2022). "Sofia Carson on Acting and Writing Music for Netflix's 'Purple Hearts': 'It's Very Exciting to Have Entered This Stage of My Career'". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Sofia Carson Was 'Terrified' to Write Purple Hearts Songs". TheWrap. July 29, 2022.
  8. ^ Bastos, Margarida (June 23, 2022). "Sofia Carson Sings "Come Back Home" in New 'Purple Hearts' Clip". Collider.
  9. ^ "Sofia Carson Falls in Love with a Marine — After They Wed — in Touching Trailer for Purple Hearts". People.
  10. ^ "Sofia Carson's Original Song 'Come Back Home' from Netflix's 'Purple Hearts' Released | Film Music Reporter".
  11. ^ Leon, Jessica. "'Purple Hearts' star Sofia Carson gives beach performance for 'Come Back Home' music video". EW.com.
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  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack / Sofia Carson – Purple Hearts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
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  17. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack / Sofia Carson – Purple Hearts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  18. ^ "Top Albums (Week 32, 2022)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  19. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  20. ^ "Official Irish Compilations Chart Top 10 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  21. ^ "2022 32-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  22. ^ "Top 100 Albums Weekly". El portal de Música. Promusicae. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack / Sofia Carson – Purple Hearts". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  24. ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  25. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  26. ^ "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  27. ^ "Sofia Carson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  28. ^ "Sofia Carson Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2022.