O.S.T.\/Elton John & Taron Egerton – Rocketman

The O.S.T./Elton John & Taron Egerton Rocketman vinyl is the original soundtrack to the 2019 biographical musical fantasy that traced Elton John’s rise from a gifted kid in Pinner to one of the defining performers of the 1970s. Released on Interscope Records (catalog 3033401) and pressed as a double LP, this is a proper two-record set that gives the full soundtrack room to breathe across four sides of vinyl.

The Film Behind the Music

Directed by Dexter Fletcher and produced by Matthew Vaughn, Rocketman took a deliberately fantastical approach to the biopic format, leaning into the theatrical excess of Elton’s persona rather than flattening it into a conventional rise-and-fall narrative. Taron Egerton plays Elton John, Jamie Bell plays lyricist Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden takes the role of manager John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard appears as Elton’s mother Sheila Eileen. The cast performs the songs themselves rather than lip-syncing to original recordings, which is the central reason this soundtrack exists as its own distinct artefact. Egerton’s voice carries real weight, and hearing these performances on vinyl rather than through a streaming mix makes a noticeable difference.

What the O.S.T./Elton John & Taron Egerton Rocketman Vinyl Actually Contains

Spread across two LPs, the tracklist pulls from across Elton John’s catalogue with strong representation from the early-to-mid 1970s peak period. Side one opens with a reimagined “The Bitch Is Back” as an introduction and works through “I Want Love,” “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting),” “Border Song,” and “Your Song.” Side two continues with “Crocodile Rock,” “Tiny Dancer,” and “Take Me to the Pilot.” The second record covers “Honky Cat,” “Rocket Man,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “I’m Still Standing,” and closes on the original song written for the film, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” which Egerton and Elton John perform together. That closing track earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, which gives this pressing a specific historical footnote worth noting.

Why This Record Is Worth Owning

Soundtrack LPs occupy an interesting corner of vinyl collecting. This one is worth considering for a few reasons beyond simple nostalgia for the film. The performances are genuinely new interpretations rather than reissues of the original studio recordings, so this does not duplicate anything already in a standard Elton John collection. The double LP format suits the material, and Interscope pressed this for a mainstream release with broad distribution, meaning the pressing quality is consistent. For collectors who care about film music, complete catalogue coverage of Elton John’s songwriting era, or who simply want the Academy Award-winning “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” on wax, this is a focused, no-filler package with a clear reason to exist.

Tracklist

Media 1
1. THE BITCH IS BACK (INTRODUCTION)
2. I WANT LOVE
3. SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHT
4. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVING
5. BORDER SONG
6. ROCK AND ROLL MADONNA (INTERLUDE)
7. YOUR SONG
8. AMOREENA
9. CROCODILE ROCK
10. TINY DANCER
11. TAKE ME TO THE PILOT
Media 2
1. HERCULES
2. DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART (INTERLU
3. HONKY CAT
4. PINBALL WIZARD (INTERLUDE)
5. ROCKET MAN
6. BENNIE AND THE JETS (INTERLUDE)
7. DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
8. SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
9. GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
10. I'M STILL STANDING
11. (I'M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN