The 'For Colored Girls' soundtrack is the musical companion for the upcoming Tyler Perry film which has been adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 Obie & Tony Award-winning play, 'FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF.' The soundtrack features all new and unreleased music from such artists as Nina Simone, Gladys Knight, Leona Lewis, Estelle, Laura Izibor, Macy Gray, Janelle Monae and Lalah Hathaway. The Soundtrack sets the many stories of struggle told within the film's chore poem to music to reflect women's ongoing battle with love, abandonment and the finding of self.
Album was composed by and was released on November 02, 2010. Soundtrack consists of 14 tracks tracks with duration over about 50 minutes. Album was released by Atlantic.
CD 1
1 | Main Title - Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington with Joshua Bell, Aaron Zigman & The Hollywood Studio | 03:49 | |
2 | Longer & Stronger - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | 03:44 | |
3 | All Day Long (Blue Skies) - Estelle | 03:45 | |
4 | What More Can They Do - Laura Izibor | 03:25 | |
5 | Sun - Lalah Hathaway | 02:40 | |
6 | Ansomnia - Zaki Ibrahim | 05:09 | |
7 | Settle - Gladys Knight | 03:32 | |
8 | La Donna In Viola - Karen Slack, Andrea Jones-Sojola & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra | 03:27 | |
9 | Sechita (A Senhora em Amarelo) - Anika Noni Rose & Carondelet Percussion Ensemble | 01:57 | |
10 | Stand Up - Macy Gray | 03:15 | |
11 | Without A Fight - Janelle Monàe | 03:36 | |
12 | Four Women - Nina Simone, Simone, Laura Izibor & Ledisi | 03:55 | |
13 | I Know Who I Am - Leona Lewis | 04:08 | |
14 | Main Title (Instrumental) - Joshua Bell & Aaron Zigman | 03:14 | |
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