The United States vs. Billie Holiday (soundtrack)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Original Motion Picture Score)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Original Motion Picture Score)
Film score by Kris Bowers
Released	February 26, 2021
Recorded	December 2020
Genre	Film score
Length	19:23
Label	Lakeshore Records
Kris Bowers chronology

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture)
Soundtrack album by Andra Day
Released	February 19, 2021
Recorded	September 2019
Venue	Bay Eight Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre	Western classical; contemporary classical; soul pop;
Length	39:26
Label	Warner
Producer	Andra Day; Salaam Remi; Raphael Saadiq; Warren Felder;
Andra Day chronology
Singles from The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture)
	"All of Me"; Released: January 13, 2021; "Strange Fruit"; Released: January 21, 2021; "Tigress & Tweed"; Released: January 27, 2021;

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album to the 2021 film of the same name, released on February 19, 2021 by Warner Records. The film is based on the life of singer Billie Holiday, and also from the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. Directed by Lee Daniels, it features Andra Day performing the titular character.^[1] The soundtrack featured several compilation of songs composed and performed by Day. She also wrote the original song "Tigress & Tweed" and had co-produced the album with Salaam Remi, and Raphael Saadiq and Warren Felder. Lynn Fainchtein and Daniels were the music supervisors.

The 13-song soundtrack album is composed mostly of western, contemporary classical, pop and soul music originated from the 1930s and late-1950s, reflecting on Billie Holiday's time period.^[2] It was recorded mostly live on sets and conceptualised in late-September 2019, even before the film's shooting began, the following month. The soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 64th Grammy Awards, with the track "Tigress & Tweed" being nominated for Best Original Songs at the Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Black Reel award ceremonies in 2021.

The original score is composed by Kris Bowers. Bowers' score was released into a separate 12-track album titled The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Original Motion Picture Score) on February 26, 2021 by Lakeshore Records, which coincided with the film's streaming release on Hulu.

^ Lindahl, Chris (April 15, 2021). "Andra Day Talks with Phillip Noyce About How Billie Holiday Helped Her Discover Her Voice". IndieWire. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
^ "Interview: Director Lee Daniels on the cultural importance of The United States vs Billie Holiday". The AU Review. April 22, 2021. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[1] Lindahl, Chris (April 15, 2021). "Andra Day Talks with Phillip Noyce About How Billie Holiday Helped Her Discover Her Voice". IndieWire. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[2] "Interview: Director Lee Daniels on the cultural importance of The United States vs Billie Holiday". The AU Review. April 22, 2021. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

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