Dead Man Walking is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1996 on Columbia Records.

[1] A separate album of the film's instrumental score, composed by David Robbins, was released by Columbia Records in April 1996.

[2] The film's executive producers, brothers Tim and David Robbins, personally solicited a number of their favorite musicians for contributions to the project.

[2] Many of the resulting pieces have lyrical content based on particular characters – Suzanne Vega wrote her song from the perspective of the nun, Sister Helen Prejean; Steve Earle took the point of view of a prison guard; and Bruce Springsteen, in the film's title track, spoke as the convict himself.

[2] In a review for the album's tenth anniversary, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "one of those rare soundtracks that is as compelling as the film itself".