Amazon Content Services has released the original song Wounded Heart from the Amazon original documentary Silver Dollar Road. The track is written and performed by Kenyan singer/songwriter Ondara and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the full song. Silver Dollar Road directed by Raoul Peck is based on the 2019 ProPublica article and follows the story of the Reels family who are valiantly attempting to protect the land their family bought one generation after slavery.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 13, 2023)
Opening in select U.S. theaters today is the French drama Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute) co-written and directed by Justine Triet and starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud and Milo Machado Graner. The film doesn’t feature an original score and no soundtrack release is expected. The movie, which tells the story of an author who trying to prove her innocence in her husband’s death, premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Palme d’Or, and is being released by Neon.
Opening in New York today before expanding to more markets in the coming weeeks is the sci-fi thriller Divinity written and directed by Eddie Alcazar and stars Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Bella Thorne, Jason Genao, Scott Bakula and Karrueche Tran. The film’s original music is composed by DJ Muggs (of Cypress Hill) & Dean Hurley (Looks That Kill). Sacred Bones Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Utopia release.
Alexei Aigui Scoring Raoul Peck’s ‘Silver Dollar Road’
Alexei Aigui (The Truth, Wild Field, Test) has recently been scoring the upcoming documentary Silver Dollar Road. The film is directed by Raoul Peck and centers on a Black family in North Carolina who battles decades of harassment by land developers trying to seize their waterfront property. The movie draws upon the in-depth reporting of Lizzie Presser, published by ProPublica and The New Yorker.