When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones, who also directed), to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women (Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter) head east, where a waiting minister and his wife (Meryl Streep) have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.

Oscar-nominated composer Marco Beltrami (The Hurt Locker) has composed a moving and beautiful score with delicate flavors of the setting and era.

1 The Homesman Main Title 3:52
2 On the Plains 1:35
3 Newborn 1:31
4 Picking Up Arrabella Sours 1:33
5 Sod Busters 1:32
6 Bathtime 2:53
7 Pawnee 2:13
8 Bury Doll 1:55
9 River Crossing 2:52
10 Leaving Home Flashback 1:06
11 Are You Crazy? 1:46
12 Travel Montage 0:46
13 It's Abandoned 1:53
14 Cuddy Lost 3:13
15 Where's Cuddy? 1:35
16 I'll Be Back Directly 3:03
17 Entering Town 2:21
18 Briggs Moves On 2:00
19 Onto the Ferry 2:10
20 The Homesman End Credits 3:18
21 Wind Haiku 2:27