Published Aug 10, 2026, 7:05 PM EDT
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Bring us that horizon. More than 20 years after Captain Jack Sparrow first sailed onto the big screen — or, sank, with style, to be more accurate — Pirates of the Caribbean remains one of Disney’s biggest blockbuster franchises. For years now, we’ve eagerly awaited news of the return of Jack Sparrow to our screens, to hit the ocean once more, to, well, bring us that horizon. And now, there appears to be land ahoy.
While fans continue waiting for news on the series’ cinematic future, Walt Disney Records has unveiled a brand-new collectible release celebrating one of its most beloved adventures, in the form of the first-ever vinyl release of Hans Zimmer’s acclaimed score for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The soundtrack will arrive on vintage “Bottle Clear” vinyl on Sept. 25, with pre-orders now live. Released in 2006, the sequel became a global phenomenon, grossing more than $1.06 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing film of the year and the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie to cross the billion-dollar mark.
Dead Man’s Chest follows Captain Jack Sparrow, who you may have heard of, as he discovers he might just owe a blood debt to Davy Jones, the captain of the Flying Dutchman. The only problem is that the legendary Jones happens to have supernatural powers, and he looks a bit like a squid too. With Jones determined to claim Jack’s soul, Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann become entangled in a race for the Dead Man’s Chest, a mystical artifact that could change all of their fates.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
The film stars Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd) as Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings, Kingdom of Heaven) as Will Turner, Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) as Elizabeth Swann, Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Underworld) as Davy Jones, Stellan Skarsgård (Dune, Mamma Mia!) as Bootstrap Bill Turner, Jack Davenport (Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Morning Show) as James Norrington, Kevin McNally (The Crown, Downton Abbey) as Joshamee Gibbs, and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Slow Horses) as Governor Weatherby Swann.
The first-ever vinyl edition of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be released by Walt Disney Records on Sept. 25.
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Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
When ghostly pirate Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) comes to collect a blood debt, Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) must find a way to avoid his fate lest his soul be damned for all time. Nevertheless, the wily ghost manages to interrupt the wedding plans of Jack’s friends Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).