Ahead of screenings of the film on both HBO and international cinema releases , director Brett Morgen stated in an interview online that an album will be released in the months following the film 's release that will include home recordings . Morgen said the album " will feel like you 're kind of hanging out with Kurt Cobain on a hot summer day in Olympia , Washington as he fiddles about " but that " it 's not a Nirvana album . " The album will feature at least one unreleased track . Morgen stated that the album will be 85 minutes long . Morgen also replied to a tweet question and answer , in which he said the soundtrack would include " Opinion demo was almost 11 minutes long . And that there were going to be two versions of " Sappy " on the ST. . . an instrumental & a slowed down take . " Per Deadline , Morgen confirmed that the soundtrack is going to be released the same day as the MoH DVD " It will come out November 6th , the same day as the DVD release . " The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24 , 2015 and was subsequently shown at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on February 8 , 2015 . The film received a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom on April 10 , 2015 . In the United States , Universal Studios distributed the film for a limited theatrical release on April 24 , 2015 , where it was shown in just three theaters : the Cinerama Dome at Arclight Hollywood , the SIFF Cinema Egyptian Theatre in Seattle , and the IFC Center in New York City . The film premiered on television in the United States on HBO on May 4 , 2015 , and was released on DVD and Blu-ray and a Super Deluxe Edition Box Set in North America on November 13 , 2015
65th Berlin International Film Festival
65th Berlin International Film Festival
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