“The Godfather of Soul.” “The Hardest Working Man in
Show Business.” “Mr. Dynamite.” “Soul Brother Number One.” For more than 50
years, these and other honorifics have described American music icon James
Brown. On July 29, Polydor/UMe will release the soundtrack for Universal
Pictures’ upcoming drama, GET ON UP.
GET ON
UP: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) features studio
and live versions of many of Brown’s top soul/funk hits—from his first, 1956’s
“Please Please Please,” to “Out Of Sight,” “I Got You (I Feel Good),” “Try Me,”
“Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag,” “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” “The Payback,”
and “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine.” Brown’s hits fed an incredible
legacy of live performances, and the soundtrack further highlights Brown’s
legendary stage prowess with two previously unreleased concert recordings heard
in the film: spine-tingling performances of “Please Please Please” and “It’s A
Man’s Man’s Man’s World” recorded on April 23, 1966 at Tampa, Florida’s
historic Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory. The soundtrack also includes five
recordings with new music production and arrangements by The Underdogs.
In his
follow-up to the four-time Academy Award®-nominated blockbuster The Help, Tate
Taylor directs 42’s Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in GET ON UP. Based on the
incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film is a fearless look
inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey
from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most
influential figures of the 20th century. Boseman is joined in the drama by
Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Craig Robinson, Octavia Spencer, Lennie
James, Tika Sumpter and Jill Scott.
Academy
Award® winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile) produces for Imagine
Entertainment, with Mick Jagger and Victoria Pearman (Shine A Light) producing
under their Jagged Films banner. Imagine’s Erica Huggins (Flightplan) also
serves as a producer on GET ON UP, while Taylor produces under his Wyolah Films
label. Peter Afterman, Trish Hofmann, Jez Butterworth, John Butterworth, John
Norris and Anna Culp serve as executive producers.
In 1986,
James Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a charter
member. A multiple GRAMMY® Award winner, Brown was honored with the Recording
Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, and in 2003 he received the
prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at the age
of 73.
GET ON
UP: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1. Get
Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
2. The
Payback. Pt. 1
3. Out
Of Sight
4. I Got
You (I Feel Good)
5.
Caldonia +
6.
Please Please Please (Live) * +
7. Night
Train (Live)
8.
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
9. It’s
A Man’s Man’s Man’s World (Live) * +
10. Cold
Sweat, Pt. 1
11.
Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1
12. I
Got The Feelin’ (Live)
13. I
Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Live)
14. Say
It Loud-I’m Black And I’m Proud, Pt. 1
15. Get
Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Live)
16.
Super Bad (Live)
17. Soul
Power (Live)
18. Try
Me (Live) +
19.
Please Please Please +
20. Get
Up Offa That Thing
All tracks produced by James Brown
*
previously unreleased
+
soundtrack version
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