Dead Man is the soundtrack to the 1995 Jim Jarmusch western-themed film of the same name starring Gary Farmer, and Johnny Depp as William Blake.

The soundtrack album consists of seven instrumental tracks by Young, with dialog excerpts from the film and Johnny Depp reading the poetry of William Blake interspersed between the music.

"[5] Young speaks at length about his creative process in recording the film's score and soundtrack in his memoir, Special Deluxe.

Young rented a stage and arranged twenty different monitors of varying sizes in a circle, with his guitar, amp and piano in the center.

These sounds are matched with recordings of Johnny Depp reading the poetry of his character's namesake, William Blake.

All tracks are written by Neil YoungThe main theme of the film, an instrumental tune featuring acoustic and electric guitar which plays during opening and closing credits, wasn't included on the soundtrack album (although the motif is reprised throughout it).

[12] A music video was also released, featuring excerpts of the film mixed with studio footage of Young recording the soundtrack.