Pop/Rock/Country - Alt-country mainstay and Son Volt founder Jay Farrar (right) has partnered with Death Cab for Cutie vocalist Ben Gibbard (left) in a special collection of songs for a film documentary on the life and works of noted writer and "beat" poet Jack Kerouac: One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. The soundtrack's 12 collaborative tracks feature lyrics pulled directly from Kerouac's own writing - most notably from his 1962 novel Big Sur - and were begun more than two years ago at the request of the filmmakers. The songs are described by Farrar as "essentially a deconstruction of the recording process" and have a raw directness and spare production.

"I'd never met Jay before, and we found ourselves in a studio with a film crew, just blinking at each other, diving right into recording sessions," Gibbard tells Billboard. "In that first session, we did three or four songs together. We had the trepidation of not really knowing each other; getting to know each other in real time as we were recording made for a beautiful recording."

The album will be released in three versions: a single audio disc; a CD and DVD combo, including the entire film; a special $60 list deluxe package with the CD and DVD, a special "book-styled" packaging, a foil-stamped box, extra DVD content, a special booklet with pictures and notes and paperback copy of Big Sur. Watch the 3 minute trailer for One Fast Move and the music video for Jay Farrar's "San Francisco" after the jump.

Jay Farrar - "San Francisco" (from the soundtrack One Fast Move or I'm Gone)