Legacy Recordings and RCA Announce Soundtrack Release for Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

For longtime listeners, Elvis’ 1970s output has always been complicated territory. Many of the releases from that period felt less like careful documentation and more like commercial extraction, flooding the market while the artist himself was in visible decline. For years, that approach made it difficult to engage with this era of Presley’s work without a sense of unease.

Which is why the current stewardship of his catalog, particularly by Legacy Recordings and the present-day team at RCA, has been so encouraging. The upcoming release of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert feels like a continuation of that overdue correction.

The soundtrack arrives February 20, 2026 on digital and CD, with a 2-LP vinyl edition following on April 24. It features 27 tracks drawn from the film, combining newly restored live performances with fresh remixes and newly constructed medleys. Its release coincides with the film’s theatrical debut, opening with a one-week exclusive IMAX engagement on February 20, followed by global theatrical release on February 27.

Unearthed Performances, Reframed

While completing his 2022 film Elvis, Luhrmann and his team uncovered a significant archive of previously unseen film and audio materials from the Warner Bros. vaults. The material includes footage from Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (his 1970 Las Vegas residency), Elvis On Tour (his 1972 U.S. tour), along with never-before-seen 8mm footage and unreleased audio of Presley reflecting on his life and career.

The restoration effort, carried out over several years in collaboration with Park Road Post Production and Academy Award nominee Jonathan Redmond, forms the backbone of EPiC. What emerges is not the caricature of late-period Elvis that so many of us grew up with, but a musician in full command of his craft and his audience. As Luhrmann has described, the film reveals Presley “totally at ease on stage,” able to communicate with intimacy and clarity.

This reframing feels significant. The work is finally being allowed to stand on its own artistic terms.

A 1970s Elvis release showing the King coming up on the proverbial fork in the road.

The Soundtrack’s Approach

The soundtrack mirrors the film’s structure, combining historically grounded live recordings with newly created remixes and medleys designed to explore how Presley’s work might evolve in a contemporary context. The album is executive produced by Luhrmann, with music production by Jamieson Shaw.

The lead preview track, “Wearin’ That Night Life Look,” exemplifies this approach. Constructed from four Elvis recordings, “Wearin’ That Loved On Look,” “Night Life,” “I, John,” and “Let Yourself Go,” the track assembles familiar material into a new composition. Luhrmann describes the guiding question behind the project as a speculative one: what would Elvis do now, and where might his musical curiosity take him?

Formats and Vinyl Editions

The soundtrack will be released on digital and CD on February 20, followed by the 2-LP vinyl edition on April 24. Two exclusive vinyl color variants will also be issued: a Graceland-exclusive Red Marble pressing and an Amazon-exclusive Translucent Orange and Yellow pressing.

A Shift in Stewardship

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert premiered to strong critical response at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation. It marks Luhrmann’s second major Elvis project following Elvis (2022), which earned eight Academy Award nominations and grossed nearly $300 million worldwide.

But beyond the numbers, what feels most important is the ongoing shift in how this material is being handled. Where the 1970s releases often felt rushed and transactional, the work now coming from Legacy and RCA reflects patience, context, and respect. For those of us who have carried some skepticism about this chapter of Elvis’ story, EPiC suggests that the music, and the man behind it, are finally being treated with the care they always deserved.