Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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Released | July 29, 2014 |
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Length | 71:32 |
Label | Universal Music |
Producer | The Underdogs |
Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2014 film of the same name directed by Tate Taylor, based on the life of singer James Brown, and is played by Chadwick Boseman in the film. The album featured 20 songs which also include live renditions of tracks performed by Brown in concert tours but remained unreleased to the public, and five of the tunes which are newly produced and arranged by the record production duo Underdogs. [1] [2] The music was positively received by critics and nominated for Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. [3] [4]
All tracks are written and performed by James Brown.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" | 5:18 |
2. | "The Payback Pt. 1" | 3:33 |
3. | "Out Of Sight" | 2:23 |
4. | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | 2:47 |
5. | "Caldonia" | 2:10 |
6. | "Please, Please, Please (Live)" | 3:55 |
7. | "Night Train (Live)" | 3:01 |
8. | "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Pt. 1" | 2:07 |
9. | "It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Live)" | 5:12 |
10. | "Cold Sweat Pt. 1" | 3:03 |
11. | "Mother Popcorn Pt. 1" | 3:18 |
12. | "I Got the Feelin' (Live)" | 2:41 |
13. | "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Live)" | 3:10 |
14. | "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Pt. 1" | 2:50 |
15. | "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Live)" | 6:37 |
16. | "Super Bad (Live)" | 5:04 |
17. | "Soul Power (Live)" | 6:13 |
18. | "Try Me (Live)" | 3:01 |
19. | "Please, Please, Please" | 2:47 |
20. | "Get Up Offa That Thing" | 4:10 |
Total length: | 73:20 |
Chart (2014–2015) | Peak position |
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French Albums (SNEP) [5] | 153 |
US Billboard 200 [6] | 61 |
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [7] | 4 |
Award | Date | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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Grammy Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Nominated | [8] |
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | January 21, 2015 | Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million | Budd Carr Margaret Yen | Nominated | [9] |
Golden Reel Award | February 15, 2015 | Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film | Curt Sobel Jordan Corngold Bill Bernstein Stephanie Lowry Richard Henderson | Won | [10] [11] |
New York Film Critics Online | December 7, 2014 | Best Use of Music in Film | Get On Up | Won | [12] [13] |
St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Soundtrack | Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Nominated | [14] |
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