Respect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[1] is the soundtrack album to the 2021 American film Respect, released coinciding with the film's theatrical release on August 13, 2021, by Epic Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music. Based on the life of American singer Aretha Franklin, the film directed by Liesl Tommy, featured singer-actor Jennifer Hudson portraying Franklin.[2] Hudson performed most of the tracks in the album.[3] The soundtrack featured covers of Franklin's songs,[4] and an original song "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" witten by Hudson, Carole King, and Jamie Hartman[5] and produced by will.i.am and Johnny Goldstein. It was released as a single on June 18, 2021,[6] and had peaked at number 21 on the BillboardAdult R&B Songs chart.[7] The soundtrack debuted at number 6 on Billboard Top Soundtracks chart.[8]Respect: Original Motion Picture Score, the score album composed by Kris Bowers released on the same date as the film's soundtrack, by Milan Records.[9][10]