Expect Great Things From Great Expectations

(NEW YORK) - With all the star power on Atlantic Records' soundtrack to the Fox film "Great Expectations," due Jan. 6, the album could be easily mistaken for a hot compilation set.|

Featured are original tracks by such cutting-edge acts as Tori Amos, Pulp, Duncan Sheik, Poe, the Verve Pipe and Lauren Christy; solo cuts by former Soundgardenfront man Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots; and classic cuts by Iggy Pop ("Success") and the Grateful Dead ("Uncle John's Band"); among others.

The first single from the soundtrack is Sheik's melodic "Wishful Thinking," scheduled to hit several radio formats Nov. 17. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, "Great Expectations" stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan Hawke, Anne Bancroft and Robert DeNiro in a modern re-working of the Charles Dickens classic. The film is scheduled to open Dec. 31 in New York and Jan. 16 nationwide.