Check Out An Exclusive ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Vinyl Debut

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2019 4:30 pm EST

One of the best movie scores of the year, Nicholas Britell’s If Beale Street Could Talk, is receiving two gorgeous new vinyl releases from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records, and we have an exclusive look at the artwork below. The vinyl editions will be released in vintage period inspired album designs. Check out the art, and other details of the If Beale Street Could Talk vinyl release below.

I recently wrote-up the Best Soundtracks of 2018, and Beale Street was #1. How could it not be? It’s a gorgeous, breathtaking score that’s almost a character in the film itself. Here’s what I wrote:

Overwhelming and transcendent, Nicholas Britell’s lush, knee-weakening score for If Beale Street Could Talk is the very definition of breath-taking. The minute the score kicked in, I felt my eyes begin to water – and nothing had even happened in the movie yet. That’s the power of what Britell has created here – the power to immediately pluck emotion from deep within you with a few notes. In the opening track, “Eden (Harlem)”, Britell transports us immediately into the romantic yet tragic tone of this film. The music rings out, blooming like flowers in abundant sunshine. And yet beneath all the lovely melody, a lone, lonely trumpet rings out a few notes, crying to be heard. No other score this year comes close to achieving what Britell’s Beale Street music does. It breaks your heart while making you whole again. Simply put, it’s magical. “One of [director Barry] Jenkins’s notes to me on the feeling that he wanted, especially there at the beginning, was this feeling of joy,” Britell said. “What does joy sound like?” It sounds like this.

This March, Britell’s Beale Street score is receiving two editions – one for North America, one for the rest of the world – of a beautiful Deluxe Soundtrack Album vinyl release from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records. Each release features a different vintage period inspired album design and illustration by Midnight Marauder and illustrator Tony Stella in collaboration with Director Barry Jenkins and Composer Nicholas Britell. We’re debuting the exclusive art below. Pre-sale links for the album are here: North American Pre-Sale via LakeshoreRest Of World Pre-Sale via Invada And here are the specifics: Deluxe Soundtrack Album, Score by Nicholas Britell Two Editions: North America and Rest Of World 2XLP 180 Gram BLACK VINYL Catalogue #: LKS LP UPC: List Price: $29.98 In Store Date: MARCH 2019 Track Listing: SIDE 1 – 17min

  1. Eden (Harlem)

  2. The Children of Our Age

  3. Mist of a Dream – Birdlegs & Pauline

  4. Agape

  5. Encomium

  6. Eros SIDE 2 – 20min

  7. I Wish I Knew – John Coltrane Quartet

  8. Mrs. Victoria Rogers

  9. Call Him Fonny / The Tombs

  10. Blue in Green (Beale Street Version) – Miles Davis

  11. That’s All I Ask – Nina Simone SIDE 3 – 19min

  12. Jezebel

  13. Eden (LES)

  14. Keepers of the Keys and Seals

  15. Hypertension

  16. P.B.A.

  17. Storge

  18. Mama Gets to Puerto Rico

  19. Ye Who Enter Here SIDE 4 – 20min

  20. Requiem

  21. Philia

  22. My Country ‘Tis of Thee – Billy Preston

  23. If Beale Street Could Talk (End Credits)

  24. Harlem Aria (Bonus Track)

  25. This Is Where My Life Is (Bonus Track)

  26. New Life (Bonus Track)

  27. What Have They Done? (Bonus Track)

  28. A Rose in Spanish Harlem (Bonus Track)

Check Out An Exclusive ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Vinyl Debut

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2019 4:30 pm EST

One of the best movie scores of the year, Nicholas Britell’s If Beale Street Could Talk, is receiving two gorgeous new vinyl releases from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records, and we have an exclusive look at the artwork below. The vinyl editions will be released in vintage period inspired album designs. Check out the art, and other details of the If Beale Street Could Talk vinyl release below.

I recently wrote-up the Best Soundtracks of 2018, and Beale Street was #1. How could it not be? It’s a gorgeous, breathtaking score that’s almost a character in the film itself. Here’s what I wrote:

Overwhelming and transcendent, Nicholas Britell’s lush, knee-weakening score for If Beale Street Could Talk is the very definition of breath-taking. The minute the score kicked in, I felt my eyes begin to water – and nothing had even happened in the movie yet. That’s the power of what Britell has created here – the power to immediately pluck emotion from deep within you with a few notes. In the opening track, “Eden (Harlem)”, Britell transports us immediately into the romantic yet tragic tone of this film. The music rings out, blooming like flowers in abundant sunshine. And yet beneath all the lovely melody, a lone, lonely trumpet rings out a few notes, crying to be heard. No other score this year comes close to achieving what Britell’s Beale Street music does. It breaks your heart while making you whole again. Simply put, it’s magical. “One of [director Barry] Jenkins’s notes to me on the feeling that he wanted, especially there at the beginning, was this feeling of joy,” Britell said. “What does joy sound like?” It sounds like this.

This March, Britell’s Beale Street score is receiving two editions – one for North America, one for the rest of the world – of a beautiful Deluxe Soundtrack Album vinyl release from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records. Each release features a different vintage period inspired album design and illustration by Midnight Marauder and illustrator Tony Stella in collaboration with Director Barry Jenkins and Composer Nicholas Britell. We’re debuting the exclusive art below. Pre-sale links for the album are here: North American Pre-Sale via LakeshoreRest Of World Pre-Sale via Invada And here are the specifics: Deluxe Soundtrack Album, Score by Nicholas Britell Two Editions: North America and Rest Of World 2XLP 180 Gram BLACK VINYL Catalogue #: LKS LP UPC: List Price: $29.98 In Store Date: MARCH 2019 Track Listing: SIDE 1 – 17min

  1. Eden (Harlem)

  2. The Children of Our Age

  3. Mist of a Dream – Birdlegs & Pauline

  4. Agape

  5. Encomium

  6. Eros SIDE 2 – 20min

  7. I Wish I Knew – John Coltrane Quartet

  8. Mrs. Victoria Rogers

  9. Call Him Fonny / The Tombs

  10. Blue in Green (Beale Street Version) – Miles Davis

  11. That’s All I Ask – Nina Simone SIDE 3 – 19min

  12. Jezebel

  13. Eden (LES)

  14. Keepers of the Keys and Seals

  15. Hypertension

  16. P.B.A.

  17. Storge

  18. Mama Gets to Puerto Rico

  19. Ye Who Enter Here SIDE 4 – 20min

  20. Requiem

  21. Philia

  22. My Country ‘Tis of Thee – Billy Preston

  23. If Beale Street Could Talk (End Credits)

  24. Harlem Aria (Bonus Track)

  25. This Is Where My Life Is (Bonus Track)

  26. New Life (Bonus Track)

  27. What Have They Done? (Bonus Track)

  28. A Rose in Spanish Harlem (Bonus Track)

I recently wrote-up the Best Soundtracks of 2018, and Beale Street was #1. How could it not be? It’s a gorgeous, breathtaking score that’s almost a character in the film itself. Here’s what I wrote:

This March, Britell’s Beale Street score is receiving two editions – one for North America, one for the rest of the world – of a beautiful Deluxe Soundtrack Album vinyl release from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records. Each release features a different vintage period inspired album design and illustration by Midnight Marauder and illustrator Tony Stella in collaboration with Director Barry Jenkins and Composer Nicholas Britell. We’re debuting the exclusive art below.

Overwhelming and transcendent, Nicholas Britell’s lush, knee-weakening score for If Beale Street Could Talk is the very definition of breath-taking. The minute the score kicked in, I felt my eyes begin to water – and nothing had even happened in the movie yet. That’s the power of what Britell has created here – the power to immediately pluck emotion from deep within you with a few notes. In the opening track, “Eden (Harlem)”, Britell transports us immediately into the romantic yet tragic tone of this film. The music rings out, blooming like flowers in abundant sunshine. And yet beneath all the lovely melody, a lone, lonely trumpet rings out a few notes, crying to be heard. No other score this year comes close to achieving what Britell’s Beale Street music does. It breaks your heart while making you whole again. Simply put, it’s magical. “One of [director Barry] Jenkins’s notes to me on the feeling that he wanted, especially there at the beginning, was this feeling of joy,” Britell said. “What does joy sound like?” It sounds like this.

Pre-sale links for the album are here: North American Pre-Sale via LakeshoreRest Of World Pre-Sale via Invada

And here are the specifics:

Deluxe Soundtrack Album, Score by Nicholas Britell

Two Editions: North America and Rest Of World

2XLP 180 Gram BLACK VINYL

Catalogue #: LKS LP

UPC:

List Price: $29.98

In Store Date: MARCH 2019

Track Listing:

SIDE 1 – 17min

  1. Eden (Harlem)

  2. The Children of Our Age

  3. Mist of a Dream – Birdlegs & Pauline

  4. Agape

  5. Encomium

  6. Eros

SIDE 2 – 20min

  1. I Wish I Knew – John Coltrane Quartet

  2. Mrs. Victoria Rogers

  3. Call Him Fonny / The Tombs

  4. Blue in Green (Beale Street Version) – Miles Davis

  5. That’s All I Ask – Nina Simone

SIDE 3 – 19min

  1. Jezebel

  2. Eden (LES)

  3. Keepers of the Keys and Seals

  4. Hypertension

  5. P.B.A.

  6. Storge

  7. Mama Gets to Puerto Rico

  8. Ye Who Enter Here

SIDE 4 – 20min

  1. Requiem

  2. Philia

  3. My Country ‘Tis of Thee – Billy Preston

  4. If Beale Street Could Talk (End Credits)

  5. Harlem Aria (Bonus Track)

  6. This Is Where My Life Is (Bonus Track)

  7. New Life (Bonus Track)

  8. What Have They Done? (Bonus Track)

  9. A Rose in Spanish Harlem (Bonus Track)