Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Nina Simone, Leona Lewis, Ledisi, and Janelle Monae Featured on 'For Colored Girls' Soundtrack




Here's a look at the soundtrack cover for
Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls,' which will be released by Atlantic Records on Nov. 2.


The soundtrack features all new and unreleased music from artists such 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 that reflects women's ongoing battle with love, abandonment and self-awareness.



Official track listing


1 Main Title – By 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



2 Longer & Stronger – By Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings



3 All Day Long (Blue Skies) – By Estelle



4 What More Can They Do – By Laura Izibor



5 Sun – By Lalah Hathaway



6 Ansomnia – By Zaki Ibrahim



7 Settle – By Gladys Knight



8 La Donna In Viola – By Karen Slack, Andrea Jones-Sojola & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra



9 Sechita (A Senhora em Amarelo) – By Anika Noni Rose & Carondelet Percussion Ensemble



10 Stand Up – By Macy Gray



11 Without A Fight – By Janelle MonĂ e



12 Four Women – By Nina Simone, Simone, Laura Izibor & Ledisi



13 I Know Who I Am – By Leona Lewis



Directed by Tyler Perry, the film is based on Ntozake Shange's 1975 Tony Award-winning play and stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Macy Gray, Khalil Kain and Richard Lawson.



'For Colored Girls' hits theaters on Nov. 5.

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