Petra Goes to the Movies

The album was recorded in 2012 at John Kilgore Sound & Recording (New York, NY), Petra Haden's House (Los Angeles, CA), PJ Hanke Studios (Los Angeles, CA), The Body Shop (Los Angeles, CA), and Vox Recording Studios, (Los Angeles, CA).[1] Some of the tracks feature Haden on both lead and backing vocals alone.[1] Other tracks have guest musicians: pianist Brad Mehldau, guitarist Bill Frisell, and bassist Charlie Haden.[1]

The album was released by ANTI- on January 22, 2013.[2] Petra Haden gave public performances of material from the album early in 2013.[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	[4]

The AllMusic reviewer preferred the all-vocal tracks, because the others "sound a little too traditional and somewhat less interesting when compared to the rest of the album".[1]

1. "Rebel Without a Cause" [From Rebel Without a Cause] – 2:50
2. "God's Lonely Man" [From Taxi Driver] – 2:00
3. "Cool Hand Luke Main Title" [From Cool Hand Luke] – 2:07
4. "Cinema Paradiso" [From Cinema Paradiso] – 3:00
5. "A Fistful of Dollars Theme" [From A Fistful of Dollars] – 1:51
6. "Psycho Main Title" [From Psycho] – 2:02
7. "Goldfinger Main Title" [From Goldfinger] – 2:10
8. "Carlotta's Galop" [From 8 1/2] – 3:00
9. "It Might Be You" [From Tootsie] – 5:15
10. "The Planet Krypton" [From Superman] – 1:21
11. "Superman Theme" [From Superman] – 3:54
12. "My Bodyguard" [From My Bodyguard] – 2:50
13. "Pascal's Waltz" [From Big Night] – 1:23
14. "Calling You" [From Bagdad Cafe] – 4:47
15. "Hand Covers Bruise" [From The Social Network] – 4:20
16. "This Is Not America" [From The Falcon and the Snowman] – 4:59

• Petra Haden – vocals

Guests

• Bill Frisell – guitar
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Brad Mehldau – piano