Did you see Daniel Lanois and his band Heavy Sun perform songs from The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack live at Amoeba Music Hollywood last month? Check out some highlights from the day below. By the way, you can pick up the CDs at the Hollywood store now.
Listen to a track from Nicholas Britell’s score of ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and swoon – Awards Watch
If ever there was a time to get your holiday gift giving guide together, now might be the time to put Nicholas Britell’s score on vinyl at the top of the list. One of the most awarded and celebrated scores of the past year, Nicholas Britell’s score is one of those in-demand soundtracks that might get scarce at the height of the holiday season. Check out the story at Awards Watch where they premiered “Agape” from If Beale Street Could Talk – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – out now on Lakeshore Records and Invada Records.
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In the track “Agape,” you hear just what makes the music in ‘Beale Street’ so memorable and emotional. Especially when you see how this piece is used in the film, you’ll experience a flood of emotions that you’ll have trouble replicating in any other film experience this year. – Charles Barfield, The Playlist
Described as one of the best scores of the year, The Playlist goes in for a deep dive into the track, “Agape” from Nicholas Britell’s score to If Beale Street Could Talk. Now that the soundtrack is available on digital, vinyl and CD formats, you have many options to experience the essence of James Baldwin’s words in the Beale Street score. See the full story now at The Playlist,
Contemporary folk luminary Rhiannon Giddens and 11-time Grammy Award®-winning acclaimed songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois, alongside his band Heavy Sun, have released newly reimagined tracks from The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack as Amazon Originals. Giddens performs an austere banjo-accompanied version of the ballad “Cruel World,” while Daniel Lanois turns in a soulful and shimmering rendition of his song “That’s The Way It Is.” The tracks are now available to stream only on Amazon Music and in Ultra HD on Amazon Music HD. See the announcement at Broadway World.
Separately, you can also listen to the preceding full album, The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack, released in partnership with Rockstar Games and Lakeshore Records on vinyl, CD and all major digital music services: [Download/Listen/Buy]
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Created by Rockstar Games and released in 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold over 25M copies and is a prequel to the 2010 hit open-world Western video game, Red Dead Redemption. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the highest rated game of the console generation with over 250 perfect scores and over 175 Game of the Year Awards. Alongside the original score composed by Woody Jackson, the soundtrack has won the “Best Score/Music” award at The Game Awards 2018, “Best Soundtrack” from Game Informer’s Action Game Awards, and “Best Video Game Music” award at IGN’s Best of 2018 Awards. The Soundtrack also features contributions from Willie Nelson, D’Angelo, and Josh Homme.
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[Barry Jenkins] brought over composer Nicholas Britell, who supplied the hearable texture to Moonlight’s sound, along with his own changeless cinematic talent for stripping scenes to their most bare sentiments. – Vice
Academy Award®-winning Director Barry Jenkins talks about the burden of honoring James Baldwin in this interview over at Vice. Vice’s Noel Ransome also spoke with Composer Nicholas Britell about he made the magic happen once again in his latest collaboration with Jenkins. There’s also a bonus video interview.
