We sat down with TheWomenKing director GPBmadeit and the composer of 'Keep Rising' the end credit song heymswilson to talk about how the song can help you find your inner warrior.
So we wrote it, worked on it, gave it to Warner Chappell, and went about our business. And then only about three weeks ago I was in Nashville and I just so happened to be writing with Jeremy again. And we’re talking about the song and I say something like, “Yeah, I’m so surprised that no one has really gravitated toward this song, I think it’s so powerful.
takes place in the 1800s; as much as I love Beyoncé, it didn’t quite make sense to have her throughout this film. But I love end-credit songs because it’s how you leave the audience. How are they going to walk out? What are they going to feel? It’s tricky because you want to keep them within what they’re feeling, but also give them that last push out the door. This film is a period piece, so I needed a song that wouldn’t take you totally out of it.
. The way it’s just music, there’s no speaking, it’s just a look in Denzel’s eyes and then Sam telling the story. It will bring it to your knees. That marriage between music and cinema? I feel like that’s the peak of that experience, moments like that.It’s interesting because “A Change Is Gonna Come” has been used a number of times, but Spike used it perfectly, the perfect marriage. For me, I don’t care that it’s cliché:, the song at the end.
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