motion picture soundtrack - The Apollo

2019 release

The Apollo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the audio accompaniment to the HBO documentary. Helmed by Oscar and Emmy-winning director Roger Ross Williams, The Apollo chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of New York City's landmark Apollo Theater. The soundtrack album is produced by the film's music supervisors, Grammy-nominated Dondi Bastone and TunesMap founder G. Marq Roswell, and mastered by Ian Sefchick at Capitol Studios.

    1 Kenneth J. Thompson, Apollo Greeter - Kenneth J. Thompson
    2 Opening, the Apollo Theater - T. Griffin
    3 Take the "A" Train - Charles Mingus
    4 Memphis Blues - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
    5 Interview Excerpt 1 - Marion J. Caffey
    6 How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
    7 Old Man Blues - Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    8 She's Something Spanish - Pearl Bailey
    9 Jive at Five - Count Basie and His Orchestra
    10 Interview Excerpt 2 - Ted Fox
    11 Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
    12 Interview Excerpt 3 - Mikki Shepard
    13 What's Going on - Marvin Gaye
    14 Interview Excerpt 4 - Kamilah Forbes
    15 Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown
    16 Interview Excerpt 5 - Ta-Nehisi Coates
    17 Apollo As Home - Robert Glasper
    18 Home Is Where the Heart Is - Gladys Knight & the Pips
    19 Mission Statement - Robert Glasper
    20 Come Sunday - Johnny Hodges
    21 Lost Someone - James Brown
    22 Schiffman Cards - Robert Glasper
    23 T'aint No Use - Jimmy Smith
    24 Obama Returns to the Apollo - Robert Glasper
    25 Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
    26 Asphalt Canyon Blues - Kenny Burrell, Grover Washington, JR
    27 Something's Got a Hold on Me - Etta James
    28 Harlem Riots - Robert Glasper
    29 Duke's Last Soliloquy - Dizzy Gillespie
    30 Excerpt from Stage Reading of "Between the World and Me" - Ta-Nehisi Coates, T. Griffin
    31 Don't Turn Back Now - Robert Glasper, Ledisi
    32 President Barack Obama at the Apollo Theater - President Barack Obama