Flora and Son (soundtrack)
2023 soundtrack album by John Carney and Gary Clark
Flora and Son (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film) is the soundtrack to the 2023 film written and directed by John Carney, that stars Eve Hewson, Jack Reynor, Orén Kinlan, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Besides writing and directing, Carney also co-composed and co-wrote lyrics to the original songs with Gary Clark, the latter composed the score and featured vocal performances of the lead actors themselves. The album further featured Tom Waits' "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" and Hoagy Carmichael's "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)".
The soundtrack was released by Lakeshore Records on September 15, 2023, a week before the film's limited theatrical release. It featured 18 tracks—which also included cues from Clark's score, and the singles: "High Life" and "Meet in the Middle" preceded the soundtrack. It received mixed critical reviews, with praise for incorporating various genres but compared inferiorly to the soundtracks of Carney's previous films.
Development
Clark and Carney had jointly collaborated in several productions in film, stage and television. The cast further rehearsed on performing music and vocals, with Gordon-Levitt at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival stating it as a "dream come true" moment for him to play a musician. Hewson played guitar even before the film was under production and performed all the songs live on screen. In an interview to The Hollywood Reporter, she said that although she wanted to overcome the fear of "singing on stage" she never turned to her father Bono who is a musician, but "rather sing in front of the entire world".
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