“Priscilla” is expanding to 1400 theaters today after one week of a limited run.
But if you go, don’t expect to hear “Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi singing Elvis Presley’s hits.
Director Sofia Coppola, despite optioning Priscilla Presley’s memoir, couldn’t get the rights. They’d already gone to the Presley Estate-sanctioned “Elvis” movie with Austin Butler.
There’s no “Hound Dog,” or “All Shook Up” or “Heartbreak Hotel.”
The movie should have been called “Don’t Be Cruel.”
The soundtrack on ABKCO Records is full of other 50s and 60s inspired songs by the Ramones, Brenda Lee, the Righteous Brothers, the Soul Stirrers, Frankie Avalon, and Tommy James & the Shondells.
Otherwise, there’s a score by Coppola’s husband’s band, Phoenix.
But for Elvis songs, you’ll have to go the “Elvis” soundtrack or Presley’s original records.
