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The Film

SURFILMUSIC, a new documentary chronicling Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician. The film traces how Jack’s early years making surf films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting. Blending rare footage from those formative surf films and Jack’s personal and family archives with present-day reflections, the film weaves together how lived experience, friendship, and exploration shaped the sound and stories behind the music. Directed by Emmett Malloy, featuring Jack Johnson, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Gerry Lopez, Chris Malloy, G. Love, Ben Harper, John Florence, Emmett Malloy, Kim Johnson, and more, with a beautiful score by Jack Johnson and Hermanos Gutiérrez. In loving memory of Tamayo Perry.

The Soundtrack

In addition to the new film, Jack has announced a companion double album, SURFILMUSIC Soundtrack and 4-Tracks, arriving May 15 via Brushfire Records. The soundtrack features the film’s original score by Jack Johnson and Hermanos Gutiérrez alongside remastered selections from Jack’s early four-track recordings. 4-Tracks presents a deeper dive into the archival music from Jack’s personal tapes, including raw recordings and previously unreleased gems from his earliest days making music.

The first track from the soundtrack is a new rendition of “Drink the Water w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez,” available now on all digital streaming platforms. Preorder the 2XLP, CD or Cassette here.

 

SURFILMUSIC Soundtrack

Side A

  1. Haleʻiwa (4-track)
  2. Hold On To The Light (film version) w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez
  3. Journals w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez
  4. Drink The Water Sketch (4-track)
  5. Drink The Water w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez
  6. Slow Down Bruce (4-track)
  7. Surfilmusic Interlude w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez
  8. Holes To Heaven (4-track)
  9. The Horizon Has Been Defeated (4-track)

Side B

  1. Tahiti w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez
  2. Rodeo Clowns (4-track)
  3. Ireland
  4. F-Stop Blues (4-track)
  5. Rack Focus (4-track)
  6. Green Board w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez
  7. Only The Ocean Sketch
  8. Hold On To The Light (instrumental) w/ Hermanos Gutiérrez

Album 2 – 4-Tracks

Side A

  1. Inaudible Melodies (4-track)
  2. Flake (4-track)
  3. Posters (4-track)
  4. Fall Line (4-track)
  5. Middle Man (4-track)
  6. Fortunate Fool (4-track)
  7. Taylor (4-track)

Side B

  1. Bubble Toes (4-track)
  2. Dream Be Dreams (4-track)
  3. Sexy Plexi (4-track)
  4. Drink The Water (4-track)
  5. Symbol Sketch (4-track)
  6. Symbol In My Driveway (4-track)
  7. Cookie Jar (4-track)
  8. Losing Hope (4-track)
  9. Hammer On Slide (4-track)
  10. The News (4-track)
  11. Brushfire Sketch

The Tour

Jack will also bring SURFILMUSIC home with two special screenings in Hawai‘i on May 14 and May 15 at Blaisdell Concert Hall. The events will celebrate the film’s deep connection where Jack grew up surfing, filmmaking, and writing many of the songs that shaped his career. Tickets for the Hawaiʻi premiere screenings will go on sale the week of March 16, with registrations now open for a Hawaiʻi resident-only presale that starts on Wednesday, March 18th, and a public onsale on Friday, March 20th.