Chrysalis Records will release a soundtrack album for the crime drama Akilla’s Escape. The album features original music from the film by Saul Williams who also stars in the lead role) and 3D/Robert Del Naja (of Massive Attack), with contributions by Trent Reznor, Euan Dickinson and Tom Ionescu, as well as tracks by Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jackie Edwards, The Gladiators and Cella Dwellas. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this coming Friday, March 31. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. A vinyl edition will be coming out on April 22 (Record Store Day). Akilla’s Escape is co-written and directed by Charles Officer and stars Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, Donisha Prendergast, Olunike Adeliyi, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Colm Feore, Shomari Downer, Bruce Ramsay and Vic Mensa.
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‘Neptune Frost’ Soundtrack Album Released
FADER Distribution has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi musical Neptune Frost. The album, entitled Unanimous Goldmine, features the film’s original music composed by the movie’s writer/co-director Saul Williams (Akilla’s Escape, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. A limited vinyl edition is also in the works. Neptune Frost is directed by Williams & Anisia Uzeyman and stars Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand “Kaya Free” Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Tresor Niyangabo, Rebecca Mucyo, Elvis Ngabo, Eric “1key” Ngangare, Dorcy Rugamba and Cecile Kayirebwa. The movie is set in past-, future- and present-day Rwanda, in the afterlife of the nation’s civil war, and centers on a cosmic romance between an intersex hacker and a coltan miner.