- 2024-12-29
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MUSIC
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Robbie Williams Releases New Soundtrack Album “Better Man”
British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams released the soundtrack album of his biopic “Better Man” on December 27, 2024.
The film premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August, 30, 2024 and was released on December 25, 2024 via Paramount Pictures.
The album comprises 13 songs, including his past smash hits “Feel”, “Something Beautiful”, “Rock DJ”, “Come Undone”, and “She's the One”, featuring Carter J. Murphy, Steve Pemberton, Tom Bales, Adam Tucker, and Kayleigh McKnight.
Produced by Dan Romer, Eden Prince, Juan Ariza, Freddy Scott, Jason Hill, Chris Read, Darek Cobbs, Adam Blackstone, Jacob Collier, Hal Rosenfeld, and Freddy Wexler.
The artwork for the soundtrack is an homage to his debut solo album cover, "Life Thru a Len”.
“Forbidden Road” from the soundtrack is nominated for Best Original Song, Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes.
The film “Better Man” was directed by Michael Gracey. In the film “Better Man”, Robbie Williams is portrayed as a chimpanzee with CGI, featuring Jonno Davies played as Robbie Williams (motion capture), and Adam Tucker on Robbie Williams' vocals.- Director Michael Gracey said of the film, “In the film, the voiceover... about 80% of them are from those original recordings that we did, and they're not scripted, they were just a conversation and I then edited those conversations into the film that you're about to watch, and they form the basis of the first script.”
He continued, “But I found a unique way to tell this story and after listening back to the recordings, there was a reoccurring statement that Rob (Robbie Williams) would make about performing. And he would say 'yeah, tell me about it, I was off my head, they dragged me up on stage and I'd perform like a monkey'...”
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He added, After a while, I thought, 'Wouldn't it be amazing to represent Robbie as a monkey in the film?' Because Robbie is telling this story - and that's how he sees himself.” - Actor Jonno Davies said, “I play Rob from the age of 15 right the way through to the end of the film... It's full body, voice, dancing - the whole shebang. I feel the audience aren't watching it going: Do I believe that's him? Does that look enough like Robbie? Does that sound like Robbie? Because there's a monkey, we've already gone beyond that idea of comparison. It meant I didn't have to be vain. I wasn't looking at the monitor going 'Oh god, the double chin'... It was just about being truthful to the storyline.”
Adam Tucker said, "You spend so long grinding away trying to get the next gig, so getting the part was one of those pinch-me moments. I went to the London premiere and hearing my voice play out across the cinema was amazing."
Robbie Williams said of Jonno Davies, “He's such a lovely person, and he's immensely talented. Watching him do his thing - which is my thing - was very interesting, confusing, wonderful, and a weird thing to watch. He's amazing.” - source : Apple Music
