The soundtrack to a forthcoming movie about Kurt Cobain has been revealed, with R.E.M, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie among the acts contributing songs.

The film, Kurt Cobain: About A Son, is due for release towards the end of 2007 and will be accompanied by a collection of music known to have inspired the Nirvana icon.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Melvins, Butthole Surfers, Mudhoney, Lead Belly, and Bad Brains also feature on the soundtrack.

Death Cab For Cutie star Ben Gibbard is understood to have put together an original score for the film, which features a number of rare interviews with Cobain.

The tracklisting to the soundtrack is as follows:

Steve Fisk & Benjamin Gibbard - "Overture"
"Never Intended" (interview clip)
Arlo Guthrie - "Motorcycle Song"
The Melvins - "Eye Flys"
"Punk Rock" (interview clip)
Bad Brains - "Banned In D.C."
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around The Bend"
Half Japanese - "Put Some Sugar On It"
The Vaselines - "Son Of A Gun"
Butthole Surfers - "Graveyard"
"Hardcore Was Dead" (interview clip)
Scratch Acid - "Owner's Lament"
Mudhoney - "Touch Me I'm Sick"
"Car Radio" (interview clip)
Iggy Pop - "The Passenger"
Lead Belly - "The Bourgeois Blues"
R.E.M. - "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1"
"The Limelight" (interview clip)
David Bowie - "The Man Who Sold The World"
Mark Lanegan - "Museum"
Ben Gibbard - "Indian Summer"

Kurt Cobain: About A Son, the soundtrack, is due out in the U.S. on September 11.