Well, the movie was haunting but one thing that confused me was that I wasn't sure is this a parody or sentimental look back at early 1960s folk trend - judging by soundtrack, it could be both. Repertoire here touches traditional songs as expected, with addition to some well-known folk chestnuts like "The Last Thing On My Mind" and "Five Hundred Miles" and actors pull of the singing surprisingly well. There is absolutely nothing wrong with singing voices of Oscar Isaac and his colleagues and I could listen them some more elsewhere (in fact, he did perform on live tribute concert to this movie). Most of the music here is decidedly downbeat as those songs used to be anyway and it makes sense because movie was serious itself - except wonderfully silly "Please Mr. Kennedy" that in the movie was a symbol of musicians compromising themselves for some quick buck, but here in studio version actually sounds great, uplifting and joyous. I believe versions here are not exactly the same as ones in the movie, because Stark Sands for example was wimpy in the movie and perfectly fine here. Inclusion of unreleased recording by Bob Dylan makes perfect sense, because it fits with the rest of the music. Surprisingly strong soundtrack.
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