Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the controversial HBO documentary about the former Nirvana vocalist, lead guitarist, and song writer, Kurt Cobain, tells the story of the frontman’s depressed and anguished life. The soundtrack that was included with the film, Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings, was a 31-track compilation of solo demos, sound designs, and spoken-word pieces by Cobain set to be released by Universal on November 13, 2015. Writer, director, and co-producer of the film, Brett Morgen, said “I curated the album to create a feeling that the listener was sitting in Kurt’s apartment in Olympia, Washington, in the late Eighties, and bearing witness to his creation.”

The tracks were originally from 108 different cassette tapes containing over 200 hours of audio recorded during Cobain’s early life living with his former girlfriend Tracy Marander, mid-life while making demo’s for a record deal, and later life with his wife Courtney Love. Some of the tracks on the album include a cover of the Beatles’ “And I Love Her” and “Rehash”, a song paying tribute to the Melvins. There are also early Nirvana demo’s including “Sappy”, “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle”, and an eleven minute ballad called “Do Re Mi”.

Fans of Nirvana and Cobain are somewhat split on the album however. Some say that it gives a closer look into Cobain’s life and the process he took of making music, while others say having fans listen to unfinished songs made on his couch will destroy his legacy instead of build it. “It’s cool, I mean, I don’t particularly listen Nirvana but I might listen to this.” said freshman Ryan Mamedov in response to hearing the basis of the album. Although some controversy over the album has arisen, the album is expected to sell at an above mediocre rate.