Speak Now
, Leslie Odom's tribute to a soul legend
This title by Leslie Odom accompanies the credits of
One Night in Miami…
, directed by Regina King.
The one who is both actor and singer embodies Sam Cooke, a leading artist of the gospel and soul movement.
The film relates a meeting that took place in 1964 between Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Cassius Clay and, therefore, Sam Cooke.
If Leslie Odom performs several pieces from the soundtrack, most of them are covers of Sam Cooke.
Speak Now is an
exception to the rule since it is an unreleased song.
However, we find Cooke's committed spirit there, the chorus repeatedly imploring to listen to the voice of the oppressed.
This interpretation of
Speak Now
thus earned a nomination for Leslie Odom, already in the running for the best supporting role.
ELG
Fight for you
, the hymn to freedom
Performed by the American singer Gabriella Wilson alias HER,
Fight For You
is the original song of
Judas and the Black Messiah
directed by Shaka King (and broadcast this Tuesday, April 27 on Canal +).
A real ode to justice and freedom for black Americans, with R&B accents, in which we find the influences of Alicia Keys, whose young HER has claimed since her beginnings.
Although this film is set in the 70s, it is nonetheless anchored in the current context of the Black Lives Matter movement.
CB
Io sì (Seen)
, si lacrimal
From Edoardo Ponti's film
The Life Ahead, an
adaptation of
La Vie devant soi
with Sofia Lauren, whose song is the only Oscar entry,
Io sì (Seen)
is a ballad by Diane Warren sung in Italian by Laura Pausini.
A hushed ode to resilience and self-acceptance, on a minimalist frame, where some monotonous violin and keyboard notes roam.
A tear-puller that one would swear to have heard a thousand times before.
SC
My Hometown
, original photo
Competing with three soundtracks from American social dramas and music from an Italian film starring Sofia Lauren, the ditties of
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,
starring the priceless Will Ferrell denote.
But the flagship title of this soundtrack,
My Hometown
, nevertheless has its place.
A powerful ballad dedicated to Húsavik, the small Icelandic village where the heroes of the feature film come from.
Performed by Swedish Molly Sandén, who lends her magnificent timbre to Rachel McAdams on the screen, the song abandons the deafening synthesizers of the other pieces that punctuate this comedy to focus on a simple but unstoppable piano-voice.
NB
Hear My Voice
, when the time comes for change
In a film dedicated to the 1968 demonstrations against the Democratic convention in Chicago and the trial that followed, this song naturally finds its place. Giving a voice to the
Chicago Seven
, that's the stake for the director, Aaron Sorkin. He wanted a title suggesting a light at the end of the tunnel. This is why the composer Daniel Pemberton contacted Celeste, an English singer, still too little known to the public. The purity of its timbre, its vibrations, the height of its voice answer formidably to the specifications of the director of this film.
LF