Check Out An Exclusive ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Vinyl Debut
One of the best movie scores of the year,Nicholas Britell’sIf Beale Street Could Talk, is receiving two gorgeous new vinyl releases from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records, and we have an exclusive look at the artwork below. The vinyl editions will be released in vintage period inspired album designs. Check out the art, and other details of theIf Beale Street Could Talkvinyl release below.
I recently wrote-up theBest Soundtracks of 2018, andBeale Streetwas #1. How could it not be? It’s a gorgeous, breathtaking score that’s almost a character in the film itself. Here’s what I wrote:
Overwhelming and transcendent,Nicholas Britell’s lush, knee-weakening score forIf Beale Street Could Talkis the very definition of breath-taking. The minute the score kicked in, I felt my eyes begin to water – and nothing had even happened in the movie yet. That’s the power of what Britell has created here – the power to immediately pluck emotion from deep within you with a few notes. In the opening track, “Eden (Harlem)”, Britell transports us immediately into the romantic yet tragic tone of this film. The music rings out, blooming like flowers in abundant sunshine. And yet beneath all the lovely melody, a lone, lonely trumpet rings out a few notes, crying to be heard. No other score this year comes close to achieving what Britell’sBeale Streetmusic does. It breaks your heart while making you whole again. Simply put, it’s magical. “One of [director Barry] Jenkins’s notes to me on the feeling that he wanted, especially there at the beginning, was this feeling of joy,” Britellsaid. “What does joy sound like?” It sounds like this.
This March, Britell’sBeale Streetscore is receiving two editions – one for North America, one for the rest of the world – of a beautiful Deluxe Soundtrack Album vinyl release from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records. Each release features a different vintage period inspired album design and illustration by Midnight Marauder and illustrator Tony Stella in collaboration with DirectorBarry Jenkinsand Composer Nicholas Britell. We’re debuting the exclusive art below.
Pre-sale links for the album are here:North American Pre-Sale via LakeshoreRest Of World Pre-Sale via Invada
And here are the specifics:
Deluxe Soundtrack Album, Score by Nicholas Britell
Two Editions: North America and Rest Of World
2XLP 180 Gram BLACK VINYL
Catalogue #: LKS LP
List Price: $29.98
In Store Date: MARCH 2019
Track Listing:
SIDE 1 – 17min
01. Eden (Harlem)
02. The Children of Our Age
- Mist of a Dream – Birdlegs & Pauline
05. Encomium
SIDE 2 – 20min
07. I Wish I Knew – John Coltrane Quartet
08. Mrs. Victoria Rogers
09. Call Him Fonny / The Tombs
10. Blue in Green (Beale Street Version) – Miles Davis
11. That’s All I Ask – Nina Simone
SIDE 3 – 19min
12. Jezebel
Eden (LES)
Keepers of the Keys and Seals
15. Hypertension
16. P.B.A.
17. Storge
18. Mama Gets to Puerto Rico
19. Ye Who Enter Here
SIDE 4 – 20min
20. Requiem
21. Philia
22. My Country ‘Tis of Thee – Billy Preston
- If Beale Street Could Talk (End Credits)
