Album: Glory Road—Original Soundtrack
Artist: Various artists
2006 Hollywood Records, Inc.
CD: 2061-62584-2

Alicia Keys: piano (1), vocals (1, 12)
Lyfe Jennings: vocals (1)
L Green: background vocals (1)
Kerry "KRUCIAL" Brothers: drum programming (1)
Artie White: guitars (1)
Jubu: guitars (1)
Chops: horns (1)
Steve Moystn: bass (1)
Onree Gill: Rhodes (1)
Paul Linford: programmer (12)

Gordon Goodwin: orchestrator (12)
Carmen Twille: choir arranger (12)
 

Produced by Keys/Brothers (1), Keys/Rabin (11), Trevor Rabin (12)
Recorded by Ann Mincieli (1), Steve Kempster/Paul Linford (11), Kempster (12)
Assistant engineers: Stuart White (1), Valente Torrez (1)
Mixed by Manny Marroquin (1), Kempster/Rabin/Linford (11, 12)
Mix assistant: Jared Robbins (1)
Music editor: Jeanette Surga (12)

Executive soundtrack album producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Executive in charge of music and soundtracks for Walt Disney Pictures and the Buena Vista Music Group: Mitchell Leib
Music supervisor: Bob Badami
Music creative for the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group: Kaylin Frank
Music creative/marketing for the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group: Glen Lajeski
Director of soundtracks for the Buena Vista Music Group: Desirée Craig-Ramos
Mastered by Patricia Sullivan
 

Tracks:
1. Alicia Keys and Lyfe Jennings: People Get Ready [Curtis Mayfield] (2:43)
2. Marvin Gaye: Ain't That Peculiar [Smokey Robinson/Marvin Taplin/Warren Moore/Robert Rogers] (3:00)
3. Stevie Wonder: Uptight (Everything's Alright) [Stevie Wonder/Sylvia Moy/Henry Cosby] (2:54)
4. Martha Reeves and The Vandellas: Dancing in the Street [Marvin Gaye/Ivy Jo Hunter/William Stevenson] (2:40)
5. Mahalia Jackson: I'm on My Way to Canaan [Mahalia Jackson] (3:23)
6. The Contours: Can You Do It [Richard Street/Thelma Gordy] (2:20)
7. The Isley Brothers: Shake It Up Baby (aka Twist and Shout) [Bert Russell/Phil Medley] (2:29)
8. Billy Joe Royal: Down in the Boondocks [Joe South] (2:35)
9. Otis Redding: I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) [Otis Redding/Jerry Butler] (3:13)
10. The Meditation Singers: Ain't That Good News [James Cleveland] (2:40)
11. Alicia Keys: I will Make the Darkness Light [Charles P Jones] (2:25)
12. Trevor Rabin feat. Alicia Keys: Glory Road [Trevor Rabin] (4:19)
 

Notes: Tracks (2-10) are songs contemporary to when the movie was set. (1) and (11) are songs recorded for the film, while (12) is a medley of parts of the score, including non-verbal vocals from Keys. At just over half an hour, it is disappointing that the album did not include more of Rabin and Keys' work. Rabin's website said:

"Glory Road" opened at number one in the box office on January 13, 2006. Trevor's ninth BMI award for this movie followed shortly thereafter. He worked with Alica Keyes for the soundtrack where they penned six new collaborations between them. “Alicia was a breath of fresh air. She was wonderful to work with and listen to.” One song to listen for is a gospel hymn written in 1916, which Trevor arranged, played guitar and Fender Rhodes.
However, little of the music described there makes it to this release.

Rabin's familiar team are here, including Kempster, Linford and Goodwin. (HP, 25 Jul 06)


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