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BuzzFeed Premieres Caught A Ghost’s ‘Get Your Life’ Music Video Directed By Dear White People’s Justin Simien

December 2, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

In an interview with BuzzFeed, she [Tessa Thompson] explained that the soundtrack song “Get Your Life” was “a really nice point of intersection that happened organically.” After Dear White People premiered at Sundance, director Justin Simien asked if she and Jesse would be interested in contributing a song to the film. While they were thrilled to be included, Jesse confessed “it took until the eleventh hour to think of an original song.”

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“Get Your Life” is a track by Caught A Ghost which appears on Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Watch the new music video directed by Dear White People Director Justin Simien and starring Tessa Thompson (who is also one-half of Caught A Ghost), plus cast members from the film:

http://youtu.be/y4yvDR0N_TY

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Dear White People Score Feat. Award Winning Composer Kathryn Bostic Out Now

November 18, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff 1 Comment

Bostic prefers to let her chill scores speak for themselves, which it does with an especially smart, impressively melodic bite in DEAR WHITE PEOPLE a film whose incredibly intelligent voice promises many of its participants will be heard loud and clear in the future, no more so than Kathryn Bostic’s. -Daniel Schweiger, AssignmentX

Lakeshore Records is pleased to release Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Score) – music by award winning composer Kathryn Bostic — out now on iTunes. An accomplished composer for film and theater, Kathryn has toured and/or recorded with many renowned artists including Nas, K.D. Lang, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and David Byrne.

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Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Score): iTunes | CD coming soon

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Dear White People Score Album Feat. Award Winning Film & Theater Composer Kathryn Bostic Available On November 18, Watch The Critically-Acclaimed Film In Theaters Now!

November 14, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff 1 Comment

Composer is credited (Kathryn Bostic), the soundtrack is predominantly classical, often chosen to evoke the bubbling tension, the melancholy, the unsettled aura of Winchester. –If You Want The Gravy…

Lakeshore Records will release the score album to the critically-acclaimed film, Dear White People, directed by Justin Simien. Scored by Kathryn Bostic (Middle of Nowhere, I Will Follow), the movie is now playing nationwide (check show times). In describing her score, Bostic said, “We hear classical, hip hop, electronic, jazz, etc. and it all makes sense and really serves the storytelling. I got to play around with many different textures alongside orchestral instrumentation. And of course, as a pianist I loved being able to add this to the score particularly in the ‘love theme’ I created.” Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Score) is available on iTunes on November 18. Stay tuned for the download link!

Track Listing

Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Score)
By Kathryn Bostic

House Elections
Coco’s Theme
Love Theme
Party Invite
Party Riot

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Movie News, Music Videos, Soundtracks

Dear White People Film Opens Nationwide Today: Watch Caught A Ghost’s New Music Video For ‘Sleeping At Night’ From The Soundtrack

October 24, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

Dear White People star Tessa Thompson released a new music video with her band, Caught A Ghost entitled “Sleeping At Night (Dear White People Remix),” which is featured on the Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), out now on iTunes. Appearing on screen with Thompson is bandmate Jesse Nolan. Watch their cool new video and catch Director Justin Simien’s critically-acclaimed film, Dear White People, opening nationwide on October 24.

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Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Pre-order CD (avail. 11/17)

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Dear White People Soundtrack Out Today Ft. Hopsin, Kissey, Caught A Ghost, Blakface, Sean Wyze and Poetik Force +More! Download The Album On iTunes

October 21, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff 2 Comments

The movie isn’t just decent – it’s incredibly entertaining. There are a lot of moving parts that contribute to what ultimately makes the movie work. These include the movie’s distinct visual language, a great soundtrack, and a stellar ensemble…
Read the full review at Indiewire.

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Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Pre-order CD (avail. 11/17)

Lakeshore Records is excited to release the soundtrack to Dear White People, the critically-acclaimed film written and directed by Justin Simien! The soundtrack is comprised of various artists such as Hopsin, Caught A Ghost, Kilo Kish, and more! See the full track listing below. Dear White People is open in theaters now (check showtimes).

http://youtu.be/ahIpH3UvNf4

Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations in the age of Obama. Writer/director Justin Simien follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college in a sharp and funny feature film debut that earned him a spot on Variety’s annual “10 Directors to Watch.”