The Wicker Man (soundtrack) Records release. This release includes "Gently Johnny" and the missing lines from "Willow Song." A sheet music album of the soundtrack is also available, published by Summerisle Songs. Titled "The Wicker Man Complete Piano Songbook" the book features all the songs and music from the film, arranged for piano, voice and guitar. A live performance of the soundtrack at the 30th annual Brosella Folk Festival in Brussels, on 8 July 2006, underlined the cult status of the film and its music. The organizers were looking for something to mark three decades of the festival and as such, for the final
The Wicker Man (2006 film) to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made "Ringu", and I would like to take "The Wicker Man" to Japan, except this time he's a ghost. Since the film's release, the scene where Nicolas Cage's character gets tortured by bees as well as the scene where he discovered the burned doll have become internet memes. "The Wicker Man" opened on September 1, 2006 in 2,784 venues and earned $9,610,204 in its opening weekend, ranking third in the domestic box office. The film closed on November 16, 2006 after eleven weeks of release, grossing