EMI Records has released the original song I’ll Get There (The Other Side) from the historical drama Emperor. The track written by Academy Award nominee Diane Warren and performed by Emeli Sandé is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Check out the official music video after the jump. Emperor is directed by Mark Amin and stars Dayo Okeniyi, Naturi Naughton, Mykelti Williamson, Kat Graham, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern. The movie (scored by Javier Navarrete) is inspired by the true story of Shields “Emperor” Green, a slave who makes a daring escape to freedom, meets Frederick Douglass, and decides to fight alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry.
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Javier Navarrete to Score Mark Amin’s ‘Emperor’
Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, The Devil’s Backbone, Byzantium) has signed on to score the upcoming historical drama Emperor. The film marks the feature directorial debut of producer Mark Amin (The Prince and Me, Good Kill) and stars Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, Naturi Naughton, Ben Robson, Harry Lennix and Kat Graham. The movie tells the true story of Shields Green who, in 1859, escaped from a plantation and made a daring journey north where he met Frederick Douglass and John Brown and chose to fight to end slavery.