| BlacKkKlansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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| Released | August 10, 2018 |
| Studio | Sony Pictures Soundstage (Los Angeles) |
| Length | 37:46 |
| Label | Back Lot Music |
BlacKkKlansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album composed by Terence Blanchard for the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman . It was released by Back Lot Music on August 10, 2018, the same day as the film's theatrical release.
Composer Terence Blanchard had been a longtime collaborator of director Spike Lee, scoring Lee's films from Jungle Fever (1991) to Inside Man (2006). [1] Lee did not give specific direction to Blanchard on the tone he wanted for BlacKkKlansman . He simply told Blanchard, "R&B band", to which Blanchard replied, "Electric guitar" as a nod to Jimi Hendrix. [2] [3] [4]
When I saw some of the first cut, there was something about seeing those Afros, those leather coats and those bellbottom jeans that took me back to that period. I’m a product of the ’70s, so the first thing that I thought of was Jimi Hendrix, playing the National Anthem. I kept saying that in my mind, that has to be one of the most patriotic things on the planet. Here was an African-American guy, playing this theme, which to me had the effect of screaming, “I’m an American, too. I belong here, and I should be afforded all of the rights that everybody else has."
To give the soundtrack its unique tone, Blanchard integrated the jazzy sound of his band, The E-Collective, with that of a traditional 65-piece orchestra. For example, for the main theme's signature electric guitar riff, Blanchard aimed to create a melancholic sound with an underlying strength, so he backed the guitar with low-pitched orchestral horns. The E-Collective recorded in New Orleans while the orchestra recorded at the Sony Pictures Soundstage in Los Angeles. [5]
The film opens with the battlefield scene from Gone with the Wind over Blanchard's orchestration of "Swanee River". [5]
The ending of the film, which shows footage from the Unite the Right rally of 2017, reused Blanchard's main theme from Inside Man , a deliberate choice by director Spike Lee over what Blanchard had already composed for the film's closing music. [6]
As Lee needed a song for the film's ending credits, he reached out to his friend Troy Carter, a Spotify executive and advisor of Prince's estate. After Carter attended a private screening of BlacKkKlansman, he offered Lee Prince's unreleased cover of "Mary Don't You Weep", which had been recorded on cassette in the mid-80s. [7]
The album was released digitally on August 10, 2018. [8] [9] It was released on vinyl on February 15, 2019 via Waxwork Records. [10]
In 2019, Blanchard's song "Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)" earned him the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, his first Grammy. [11] That year, his soundtrack was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score [12] and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music. [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gone With the Wind" | 1:01 |
| 2. | "Hatred at Its Best" | 2:37 |
| 3. | "Main Theme" | 1:01 |
| 4. | "Ron's Theme" | 1:26 |
| 5. | "Firing Range" | 1:33 |
| 6. | "No Cross Burning Tonight" | 3:11 |
| 7. | "Patrice Library" | 1:33 |
| 8. | "Ron Meets FBI Agent" | 1:55 |
| 9. | "Connie and the Bomb" | 1:17 |
| 10. | "Guarding David Duke" | 0:57 |
| 11. | "Tale of Two Powers 1" | 2:40 |
| 12. | "Tale of Two Powers 2" | 2:20 |
| 13. | "Tale of Two Powers 3" | 1:44 |
| 14. | "Woodrow Wilson" | 0:21 |
| 15. | "Klan Cavalry" | 0:45 |
| 16. | "Ron's Search" | 1:05 |
| 17. | "Patrice Followed" | 1:26 |
| 18. | "Here Comes Ron" | 0:45 |
| 19. | "White Power Theme" | 0:44 |
| 20. | "Partner Funk Theme" | 0:40 |
| 21. | "Main Theme - Ron" | 1:23 |
| 22. | "Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)" | 3:41 |
| 23. | "Photo Opps" | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 37:46 | |
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