For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
|---|---|
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | November 2, 2010 |
| Recorded | 2010 (All tracks except Nina Simone's performance) 1966 (Nina Simone's sampled performance on "Four Women") |
| Length | 50:10 |
| Label | Atlantic |
For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album for the feature film For Colored Girls (2010), released on November 2, 2010.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
Andy Kellman with Allmusic gave the soundtrack a four star rating, commenting "Most of the artists -- an impressive mix of distinct personalities, much like the film’s cast -- contribute strong material that benefits from the context; each selection sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack for this particular film".[2] Nitsuh Abebe with New York Magazine called the release "solemn and portentous", saying "It’s being asked to perform an absurd, impossible task — somehow embracing as much as possible of the entire modern experience of black American women — so it stretches in a few directions".[3]
Track listing[edit]
Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Main Title (with Joshua Bell, Aaron Zigman & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)" | Aaron Zigman | Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Longer & Stronger" | Sharon Jones, Bosco Mann, Homer Steinweiss, Neal Sugarman, Thomas Brenneck | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | 3:44 |
| 3. | "All Day Long (Blue Skies)" | Irving Berlin, Estelle Swaray, Avriele "Avenue" Crandle | Estelle | 3:45 |
| 4. | "What More Can They Do" | Laura Izibor | Laura Izibor | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Sun" | Warryn Campbell, Juan Winans, Lisa Kimmey Winans | Lalah Hathaway | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Ansomnia" | Zaki Ibrahim, Chin Injeti | Zaki Ibrahim | 5:09 |
| 7. | "Settle" | Montell Jordan, Anthony "Shep" Crawford, Jimmy "Professa Funk" Russell, Antonio "Da Maestro" Santiago, Kevin Arline, Kenya Ivey, Tavia Ivey | Gladys Knight | 3:32 |
| 8. | "La Donna In Viola" | Ntozake Shange, Aaron Zigman | Karen Slack, Andrea Jones-Sojola & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Sechita (A Senhora em Amarelo)" | Jay Weigel | Anika Noni Rose & Carondelet Percussion Ensemble | 1:57 |
| 10. | "Stand Up" | Macy Gray, Melissa "Honey" Larochelle, Jeffrey "Zoux" Bluestein, Corey Simon, Kannon "Caviar" Cross | Macy Gray | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Without a Fight" | Harmony Samuels (Music & Lyrics), Eric Bellinger (Lyrics), Erika Nuri (Lyrics) | Janelle Monáe, Harmony Samuels | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Four Women" | Nina Simone | Nina Simone, Simone, Laura Izibor & Ledisi | 3:55 |
| 13. | "I Know Who I Am" | Harvey Mason Jr. (Music), Joanna Cotten (Lyrics), Melissa Manchester (Lyrics), Greg Barnhill (Lyrics) | Leona Lewis | 4:08 |
| 14. | "Main Title (Instrumental)" | Aaron Zigman | Joshua Bell, Aaron Zigman & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra | 3:14 |
- Sample Credits
- "All Day Long (Blue Skies)" contains lyrics from "Blue Skies" written by Irving Berlin.
- "Four Women" uses samples from the original recording of "Four Women" performed by Nina Simone, used courtesy of The Verve Music Group.
Personnel[edit]
Credits are adapted from Allmusic[2] and the album’s Liner Notes[4]
- Performance
- Kevin Arline - Bass Guitar (7)
- Joshua Bell - Violin (1, 14)
- Warryn Campbell - Instruments played by (5, additional on 12)
- Caviar - Vocal Group Chant (10)
- Shep Crawford - Drum Machine, Keyboards (7)
- Keith Eaddy - Bass played by (10)
- Nathan East - Bass played by (13)
- Estelle - Vocals (3)
- Voncielle Faggett - Background Vocals (7)
- Macy Gray - Vocals (10)
- Eric Hall - Saxophone (3)
- Lalah Hathaway - Vocals (5)
- Hollywood Studio Symphony - Other Instruments (1, 8, 14)
- Laura Izibor - Vocals (4, 12), Piano (4)
- Andrea Jones-Sojola - Soprano Vocals (8)
- Daniel "Adaggio" Jordan - Strings (3)
- Brian Kierulf - Other Instruments played by (4)
- Gladys Knight - Lead Vocals (7)
- Lake View Terrace Voices of Praise - Choir (13)
- Honey Larochelle - Additional Vocals (10)
- Ledisi - Vocals (12)
- Leona Lewis - Lead Vocals (13)
- Harvey Mason Sr. - Drums (13)
- Alfreda McDaniels - Background Vocals (7)
- Janelle Monáe - Vocals (11)
- Professa Funk - Guitar (7)
- Kevin Randolph - Keyboards (13)
- Harmony Samuels - Instruments played by (11)
- Antonio "Da Maestro" Santiago - Keyboards (7)
- Simone - Vocals (12)
- Nina Simone - Vocals, Piano (12)[5]
- Michael Skinkus - Hand Drums (9)
- Karen Slack - Soprano Vocals (8)
- Derrick Tabb - Bass played by, Snare & Additional Drums (9)
- Kenneth Young - Background Vocals (7)
- Aaron Zigman - Piano (1, 8, 14)
- Zoux - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocal Group Chant (10)
- Production
- Dan Amsden - Assistant Engineer (10)
- Bruce Beauchner - Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing (5, 12)
- David Boyd - Assistant Engineer (13)
- King Britt - Producer (6)
- Warryn Campbell - Producer (5, 12)
- Anne Catalino - Recording Engineer (7)
- Caviar - Producer, Music programming (10)
- Jeff Chestek - Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing (6)
- Avriele "Avenue" Crandle - Producer, Recording Engineer (3)
- Shep Crawford - Producer (7)
- Michael Daley - Assistant Engineer (13)
- Christian Delano - Recording Engineer (10)
- Dusty - Recording Engineer (11)
- Damian Elliot - Audio Mixing (10)
- Chris Finney - Recording Engineer (9)
- Macy Gray - Producer (10)
- Dabling Harward - Additional Recording Engineer (13)
- Andrew Hey - Producer, Recording Engineer (13)
- Jerry Hey - Producer (1, 8, 14)
- Chin Injeti - Producer (6)
- Kenya Ivey - Vocal arrangement (7)
- Tavia Ivey - Vocal arrangement (7)
- Montell Jordan - Producer, Vocal arrangement (7)
- Ryan Kennedy - Additional Recording Engineer (3)
- Brian Kierulf - Producer, Music programming, Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing (4)
- Adam Klemens - Music conductor (13)
- Vit Kral - Recording Engineer (13)
- Honey Larochelle - Producer (10)
- Stan Malveaux - Recording Engineer (10)
- Gabriel "Bosco Mann" Roth - Producer, Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing (2)
- Harvey Mason Jr. - Producer, Audio Mixing (13)
- Kenny Mason - Choir Director (13)
- Peter Mokran - Audio Mixing (7)
- Gary "G Major" Noble - Audio Mixing (3)
- Ulrich Pallemanns - Recording Engineer (13)
- Professa Funk - Producer (7)
- Florian Ritcher - Assistant Engineer (13)
- Steve Salani - Recording Engineer (13)
- Harmony Samuels - Producer (11)
- Dennis Sands - Recording Engineer (8)
- Josh Schwartz - Producer, Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing (4)
- Jason Schweitzer - Recording Engineer (10)
- Michael Stern - Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing (1, 8)
- Christopher "Tito Just Music" Trujillo - Audio Mixing (11)
- Jay Weigel - Producer, Audio Mixing (9)
- Todd Whitelock - Recording Engineer (1)
- Aaron Zigman - Producer, Orchestra Conductor (1, 8, 14)
- Zoux - Producer, Recording Engineer (10)
References[edit]
- ^ Atlantic records reveals 'for colored girls soundtrack', Atlantic Records, 2010-10-13, retrieved 2010-11-04
- ^ a b Kellman, Andy, For Colored Girls - Original Soundtrack, AllMusic, retrieved 2010-11-09
- ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (2010-11-05), Neil Diamond's Songs For Monkees Fan Funerals; the Burdens of the "For Colored Girls" Soundtrack -- Vulture, New York Magazine, retrieved 2010-11-09
- ^ a b Various Artists. “For Colored Girls” (Liner Notes). Atlantic. 2010.
- ^ Simone, Nina, "Four Women (Song Review)", AllMusic, retrieved 2018-12-24
