| 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]
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]
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 |
Credits are adapted from Allmusic [2] and the album’s Liner Notes [4]
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