440Hz has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kwes. (Rye Lane) & Marli Wren (The Curse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track after the jump. Black Is Beautiful is directed by Yemi Bamiro and centers on the Harlem photographer, activist and cultural pioneer Kwame Brathwaite who captured over 500,000 images documenting African American life, creativity and identity and whose work helped define the Black Is Beautiful movement. The movie features exclusive archive material and contributions from family members, cultural figures and artists, including Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Gabrielle Union & Jesse Williams to Brathwaite’s pivotal role in reshaping perceptions of black beauty and culture around the world.
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‘The Curse’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Banijay Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Channel 4 comedy The Curse. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Marli Wren. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released an album featuring Wren’s score from Season 1 last year. The Curse is written by James de Frond, Tom Davis, Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp & Hugo Chegwin and stars Mustafa, Stamp, Davis & Chegwin themselves, Emer Kenny, Geoff Bell, Michael Smiley andMathias Junge.