Future, Tems, Stormzy and more features in Black Panther Soundtrack.
The highly anticipated Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” movie will be released next week, and it will arrive with a star-studded soundtrack through Roc Nation and Def Jam Recordings. Following the release of Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” single, the tracklist for the upcoming soundtrack has been revealed.
The full album will have 19 tracks with music from E-40, Snow Tha Product, Tems, Burna Boy, Tobe Nwigne, Rema, Future and more. However, there are no songs from Kendrick Lamar on the project, who contributed heavily on the soundtrack of the first Black Panther Film.
Director Ryan Coogler talked about reaching out to Riri for the feature on the soundtrack album. “She has a lot of great people around. Jay Brown especially. It was really talking to the folks around her, cause she was in a position where her life was changing, she was becoming a mom,” he said. “I think the trailer is what spoke to her the most. She kind of saw the performance that the actors were putting down, what the tone . Heard that beautiful music from Tems mixed with Kendrick. It timed up with her coming in to a space where she was ready to engage with the world musically again.”
In a statement, Göransson stated, “Ryan and I talked about the importance of creating an immersive journey of sound and voice,”. “If we used a song in the film, we wanted it to be the entire song, and to be connected to the story. Thematically, we wanted to move the audience from grief to celebration. When you listen to the soundtrack, you can close your eyes and relive the experience of the movie. That was the intention.”
The Rihanna’s single was a tribute to late actor Chadwick Boseman. “The truth is, once she played us the record, she said straight up, ‘I did this for Chad.’,” shared Coogler. “It was him, man. And sitting here thinking about it, it’s hitting me right now… Chad brought us all together, you know what I mean? He just keeps on and keeps on giving. I’m just really thankful that Rihanna was the latest gift to join the family, and I can’t wait for folks to see how it’s used in the film.”
Check out the full soundtrack tracklist below.
The ‘#BlackPanther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack has been revealed. 💿
Rihanna, Burna Boy, Stormzy, Tems, and more are set to be included. pic.twitter.com/Dw7XUExRzy
— Complex Pop Culture (@ComplexPop) November 2, 2022
