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Free Music Fridays: Alexei Aigui’s ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Score

Lakeshore Records is pleased to dedicate this week’s Free Music Fridays to Alexei Aigui’s score to the groundbreaking documentary, I Am Not Your Negro!  If you never got a chance to watch the film drawn from James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, Remember This House,  then this might be the most relevant time ever.  The Academy Award®-nominated film directed by Raoul Peck picked up numerous awards including the Best News & Documentary EMMY®, a BAFTA and Berlinale Best Documentary win, and the Best Documentary César.

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Throwback Thursday: Academy Award-Nominated Doc ‘I Am Not Your Negro’, Score By Alexei Aigui

In this edition of Throwback Thursday, we pay tribute to James Baldwin, novelist, playwright, and social critic. We take a look at I Am Not Your Negro, Academy Award®-nominated documentary based on his unfinished novel, Remember This House. The film features score by award-winning composer Alexei Aigui.

James Baldwin is also known for the novel, If Beale Street Could Talk, now an Academy Award®-nominated film.

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]

 

Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing present I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, available now On Demand (get it here) and now streaming on Amazon Prime.

 

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Acclaimed Films ‘Moonlight’ and ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Are Prime Insider Picks For Black History Month!

Barry Jenkin’s Moonlight, last year’s Academy Award® Best Picture winner and I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck’s Academy Award®-nominated documentary are Black History Month picks at Amazon’s Prime Video Insider!  Listen to the scores to these outstanding films released via Lakeshore Records!

Stream Moonlight and I Am Not Your Negro now on Amazon Prime.

Moonlight picked up three Academy Awards® last year: Best Picture (Barry Jenkins), Best Actor (Mahershala Ali) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney).  The film received an additional five Oscar nominations including Best Original Score (Nicholas Britell). 

 

 

I Am Not Your Negro received an Academy Award® and BAFTA nomination for Best Documentary last year (among numerous other nominations and wins) and composer Alexei Aigu received the Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score at the Cinema Eye Honors Awards last year. 

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Alexei Aigu’s Score To Academy Award® Nominated ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Film Is Out Now

I Am Not Your Negro presents a good chunk of this material on its soundtrack, masterfully syncing Baldwin’s words to a series of images that bind past and present. – The Village Voice

One of the best movies you are likely see this year – Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Lakeshore Records is very released to release I Am Not Your Negro (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), available now digitally!  The album features score by award-winning composer Alexei Aigui (The Horde). Preview or stream the album below. 

Soundtrack Available Now: [iTunes][Stream]

MAGNOLIA PICTURES and AMAZON STUDIOS present I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, in theaters now (get tickets).


 

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Lakeshore Will Release Alexei Aigui’s Score To Academy Award® Nominated ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Film

“I Am Not Your Negro is the kind of documentary that could open ears, eyes, and hearts with its moving agony and historical empathy.” – Consequence of Sound

Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack to the Academy Award®-nominated film, I Am Not Your Negro, coming soon digitally.  The album features score by award-winning composer Alex Aigui (The Horde). Stay tuned for more details! 

The critically acclaimed documentary debuted at Toronto International Film Festival and in addition to the Oscar nomination, the film is an Indie Spirit Awards Nominee.

MAGNOLIA PICTURES and AMAZON STUDIOS present I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, in theaters now (get tickets).

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