The album Black Book is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 of the film Black Book (2006). The album

Album

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 was supposed to be released on September 29, 2006 by Warner

Warner Music Group

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, but this was rescheduled. The first release was on October 2, 2006 by Milan Records

Milan Records

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.

The album contains 23 tracks. The first four tracks, songs from the 1930s and 1940s, are sung by actress Carice van Houten. In the film Black Book she plays Rachel Stein, a singer from Berlin. The first of these four songs is in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and the other three are in German

German language

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. The other 19 tracks on the album are written by Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...

. The music is arranged and conducted by Anne Dudley. The album is produced by Roger Dudley.

Track listing

1. "A Hundred Years from Today
   A Hundred Years from Today
   "A Hundred Years from Today" is a popular song.The music was written by Victor Young, the lyrics by Ned Washington and Joe Young. The song was published in 1933.This song is about how we should enjoy life because what we do won't matter in a hundred years...
   
   " – 2:15
   • Victor Young
     Victor Young
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      – music
     Music
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   • Ned Washington
     Ned Washington
     Ned Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
     
      – lyrics
     Lyrics
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   • Joe Young – lyrics
   • Carice van Houten – vocals
2. "Ich bin die fesche Lola" – 0:56
   • Friedrich Hollaender
     Friedrich Hollaender
     Friedrich Hollaender was a German film composer.He was born in London, where his father, operetta composer Victor Hollaender, worked at the Barnum & Bailey Circus...
     
      – music
   • Robert Liebmann – lyrics
   • Carice van Houten – vocals
3. "Ja, das ist meine Melodie" – 3:22
   • Werner Bochmann
     Werner Bochmann
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      – music
   • Bruno Balz
     Bruno Balz
     Bruno Balz was a German songwriter and schlager writer.From the time he wrote the music for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz was responsible for the lyrics to over a thousand popular hits...
     
      – lyrics
   • Carice van Houten – vocals
4. "Ich tanze mit dir in der Himmel hinein" – 3:30
   • Hans Fritz Beckmann – music
   • F. Schöder – lyrics
   • Carice van Houten – vocals
5. "Rachel's Theme" – 1:28
   • Anne Dudley
     Anne Dudley
     Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...
     
     – music
6. "The Black Book" – 2:18
   • Anne Dudley – music
7. "Escape Through The Marshes" – 2:42
   • Anne Dudley – music
8. "In Pursuit" – 3:03
   • Anne Dudley – music
9. "Rachel's Plan" – 1:38
   • Anne Dudley – music
10. "In Too Deep" – 1:56
    • Anne Dudley – music
11. "Shot At Dawn" – 2:00
    • Anne Dudley – music
12. "Sleeping With The Enemy" – 3:01
    • Anne Dudley – music
13. "Escape Plans" – 3:01
    • Anne Dudley – music
14. "The Insider" – 1:57
    • Anne Dudley – music
15. "Falling Into The Trap" – 1:45
    • Anne Dudley – music
16. "Confessions Of The Night" – 3:13
    • Anne Dudley – music
17. "Escape By Sea" – 1:33
    • Anne Dudley – music
18. "A Hero Of The Resistance" – 3:19
    • Anne Dudley – music
19. "Intelligence Gathering" – 2:05
    • Anne Dudley – music
20. "Rumours Of Liberation" – 2:16
    • Anne Dudley – music
21. "Victims Of The Occupation" – 1:34
    • Anne Dudley – music
22. "Rachel's Retribution" – 4:40
    • Anne Dudley – music
23. "The Endless River" – 2:04
    • Anne Dudley – music