H.E.R on Original Song Fight For You From Judas and the Black Messiah Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director Shaka King tasked singer and songwriter H.E.R to bring home the end of “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Her challenge was what tone to go for. The original song contender “Fight For You” is a hopeful one. As a fan of Fred Hampton’s story, the songwriter knew she could make a masterpiece drawing on artists such as Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone and Sly and the Family Stone. “That whole era, the late ’60s and ’70s is my favorite, and my favorite era of music is soul music.”
Judas and the Black Messiah : How Mixer Marlowe Taylor Captured the Sound of The Church Scene Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” the sound of the 1960s is an authentic and riveting one. As King tells the story of Illinois Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya) and his betrayal by an FBI informant, the key for the sound team was to not just be authentic, but also to find a soundscape that was naturalistic. The idea was to use sound to support the characters’ stories. More from Variety