Back to Black: Songs From the Original Motion Picture will be available on April 12th digitally & physically on May 17th
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s film Back to Black, based on the life of Amy Winehouse, will be released in theaters across the US on May 17th. The soundtrack, Back To Black: Songs from the Original Motion Picture will be available in the US on April 12th via UMR/Island Records/Republic Records.
The standard 12-song set features three original recordings from Amy’s highly influential debut, Frank, three songs from her multi-award-winning masterpiece Back To Black, and includes a new track, “Song for Amy,” sung by Nick Cave. The film’s score was composed and recorded by Cave and Warren Ellis.
Five additional songs from artists who were an inspiration to Winehouse will also be featured — The Shangri-Las, Billie Holiday, Minnie Riperton, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan. Their voices also appear at key moments in the film.
Back To Black: Songs from the Original Motion Picture will be available on 140-gram black vinyl, limited edition peach-colored vinyl (D2C exclusive), double vinyl, single CD, and double CD formats. The vinyl records are packaged with printed inner sleeves featuring a personal note from Sam Taylor-Johnson. The 2 LP and 2 CD formats will additionally feature stunning behind-the-scenes black and white photographs captured by Sam Taylor-Johnson on set during the making of the film. All physical formats will be released globally on May 17th.
Amy Winehouse is rightly revered as one of the greatest artists in recent history, selling more than 30 million records worldwide, and today generating more than 80 million streams per month. Her 2006 masterpiece Back to Black, propelled her to global stardom, going on to win a (then) record-breaking five Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year and Song of The Year for hit single Rehab.
Charting Winehouse’s personal and professional life in London and her extraordinary rise to fame, Taylor-Johnson directs break-out star Marisa Abela (Industry) as music icon Amy Winehouse. Supporting Abela are BAFTA-winning actor Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, Juliet Cowan and Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated actress Lesley Manville.
The film, and the music on this soundtrack, focus on Amy Winehouse’s extraordinary genius, her unrivaled creativity and the raw honesty that infused everything she did. A truly phenomenal writer and performer, Amy was and remains a once-in-a-generation talent.
CD 1:
- Thelonious Monk – Straight, No Chaser
- Amy Winehouse – What Is It About Men
- Amy Winehouse – Stronger Than Me
- Amy Winehouse – I Heard Love Is Blind
- The Specials – Ghost Town
- Amy Winehouse – Know You Now
- Little Anthony & The Imperials – I’m On The Outside (Looking In)
- The Shangri-Las – Leader Of The Pack
- Billie Holiday – All Of Me
- The Shangri-Las – Dressed In Black
- Donny Hathaway – I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
- The Libertines – Don’t Look Back Into The Sun
- Amy Winehouse – Fuck Me Pumps
CD 2:
- Tony Bennett – Body & Soul
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
- Amy Winehouse – Valerie (Live Lounge version)
- Minnie Riperton – Les Fleurs
- Willie Nelson – That’s Life
- Dinah Washington – Mad About The Boy
- Amy Winehouse – (There Is) No Greater Love
- Amy Winehouse – Me & Mr Jones
- Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game
- Amy Winehouse – Rehab
- Sarah Vaughan featuring Clifford Brown – Embraceable You
- Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own
- Nick Cave – Song For Amy
