Listen to Timothée Chalamet play Bob Dylan’s ‘Girl From The North Country’ and ‘Like A Rolling Stone’

Listen Timothée Chalamet play Bob Dylan’s ‘Girl From The North Country’ and ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ ahead of the release of A Complete Unknown.

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Chalamet (Dune, Wonka) will portray the legendary singer-songwriter in the James Mangold-directed film, which charts Dylan’s controversial switch from acoustic to electric guitar in the mid-’60s.

It is set for release in US cinemas on Christmas Day (December 25), with a UK release to follow on January 17.

Chalamet learned to play 30 songs in preparation for the role, taking lessons with a vocal coach, a guitar teacher, a dialect coach, a movement coach and even a harmonica tutor.

Now, the first two singles from the film’s soundtrack have been released and see Chalamet taking on Dylan’s ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ and ‘Girl From The North Country’, which he performs with Monica Barbaro who plays Joan Baez in the film.

You can listen to both tracks below and pre-save the soundtrack, which will arrive in December, here.

Speaking about the soundtrack, director Mangold said: “To me, there was only one way to make this film — to cast actors that are profoundly talented, ambitious (and brave enough!) to inhabit the whole of the artists they would portray. And in order to inhabit that world those artists had to be able to sing the songs.. We were never out to replace the power, beauty and majesty of what exists, but rather, to celebrate it.”

Earlier this week, Dylan – who oversaw the film project as executive producer – has shared a post on X/Twitter about Chalamet’s big screen portrayal of him.

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” the musician began.

“Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”

Dylan continued: “The film’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric – a book that came out in 2015. It’s a fantastic retelling of events from the early ‘60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve seen the movie read the book.”

There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me. The film’s taken from Elijah…

— Bob Dylan (@bobdylan) December 4, 2024

Chalamet later responded to the praise while quote-tweeting Dylan’s post. “Floored,” he wrote. “I am so grateful. Thank you Bob.” You can see the interaction above.

Last month saw critics share their first reviews of the forthcoming movie. One wrote that “Chalamet delivers the performance of the year”, adding: “[His] performance is not just about the voice and look but rather all of the little nuances and mannerisms that he perfectly brings to his life in his portrayal of Bob Dylan.”

Another called the award-winning actor’s portrayal of Dylan “excellent”.

In October, Chalamet gave a preview of the film by dropping his version of one of Dylan’s most iconic tracks, ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’. This followed the first full trailer for A Complete Unknown arriving earlier that month.

Edward Norton co-stars in A Complete Unknown as folk singer Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning plays Dylan’s girlfriend Sylvie Russo, and Barbaro portrays Baez.

An official synopsis reads: “Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.”

In other news, a series of specially designed posters inspired by Dylan’s most beloved songs have been created to promote A Complete Unknown.

Dylan recently played three live concerts at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London on the 2024 UK leg of his ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ world tour.