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Song of the Day: Sinners (“Travelin’”), composed by Alvin Youngblood Hart, can be heard in two key scenes of this 2025 film, directed by Ryan Coogler. The first scene features actor and musician Miles Caton [YouTube link]. But if you didn’t stick around through the credits of the film, you…

Song of the Day: Sinners (“I Lied to You”), words and music by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Gorannson, is one of several blues tunes that permeate this 2025 horror film. Starring the Oscar-nominated Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, the film features many interwoven subtexts that deal with the…

Song of the Day: Emerald, Texas (“Main Theme”) [Soundcloud link], composed by Michael Gordon Shapiro, accompanies this 2014 film, which was inspired by the L. Frank Baum fantasy novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz“. (“Wicked” isn’t the only work to do a little reimagining!) This story is set in the…

Song of the Day: Wicked: For Good (“The Girl in the Bubble”), composed by Stephen Schwartz, is the second of two new songs from the 2025 film, which provides an expanded second act to the film adaptation of the Broadway musical. Ariana Grande captures the tragic isolation of her character…

Song of the Day: Wicked: For Good (“No Place Like Home”), composed by Stephen Schwartz, is one of two songs new to the 2025 follow-up to the 2024 expanded cinematic adaptation of the wonderful Broadway musical. The song asks us to fight for one’s home as a “promise” and an…

Song of the Day: The Misfits (“Compassion / Compassion for Guido”) [YouTube link], composed by Alex North, is a tender theme from the 1961 film, directed by John Huston. Its cast included Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, and Marilyn Monroe (whose then-husband Arthur Miller penned the screenplay). Plagued by many production…