Song

The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? featured the song “Man of Constant Sorrow”, by The Soggy Bottom Boys. This song fits the film in several ways. The song’s theme coincides with the plot of the movie as George Clooney’s character is always being immersed in difficult situations, leaving him in the state of constant sorrow. The song, written in an early American folk style fits the time period in the movie well. Even the name of the band, Soggy Bottom Boys, fits the movie and was used in the film as the name of the band that the three main characters were in. The film successfully cemented the song within the plot of the movie as a reoccurring theme, making the film and the song synonymous to each other. I believe this song actually helped promote the movie, as all great theme songs can. This song received a lot of radio play, in the past and each time it is played people instantly identify it with the movie, many times referring to it as that “O, Brother Where Art Thou” song.