“EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert”: the soundtrack is released
The original soundtrack to the film “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” by Baz Luhrmann is released by Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and RCA Records. The album collects 27 recordings featured in the film, including updated mixes of famous live performances and new remixes and medleys taken from Elvis Presley’s repertoire. The soundtrack, available for pre-save and pre-order, will be released on February 20th in digital and CD formats, coinciding with the IMAX premiere of the film. The double LP will be released on April 24th in two variants: black and Translucent Orange and Yellow, the latter an Amazon exclusive.
“Wearin’ That Night Life Look” is already available digitally, a medley that combines four Elvis Presley songs (“Wearin’ That Loved On Look”, “Night Life”, “I, John”, “Let Yourself Go”), conceived to create a new song starting from Elvis’ musical DNA, as imagined by director Baz Luhrmann and the film’s music producer Jamieson Shaw. The soundtrack release accompanies the theatrical release of “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,” which will hit theaters with a week-long IMAX exclusive starting February 20, followed by a global release February 27, distributed by NEON and Universal Pictures International. The film offers a cinematic experience centered on Elvis’ performances and direct narrative.
During the making of the 2022 film “Elvis”, Luhrmann and his team found negatives and film materials stored in the Warner Bros. vaults, originally shot for the documentaries “Elvis: The Way It Is” (about the 1970 Las Vegas residency) and “Elvis On Tour” (recorded during the 1972 concerts in the United States), as well as previously unreleased 8mm footage and never-released audio recordings of Elvis recounting his life. The material was restored over several years in collaboration with Jonathan Redmond, Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production and other partners. According to Luhrmann, the work allowed us to show not only Elvis’ stage energy, but also the man behind the public figure, at ease on stage and capable of establishing a direct and authentic relationship with the audience. Speaking about the new medleys and remixes, the director explained that the goal was to ask himself what Elvis would have done today, how he would have experimented and in which musical directions he would have gone, coherently with his attitude to research and sonic exploration.
