Song: "Jimmy's Dead"
Composer: Adrian Younge
Album: Black Dynamite Super Box Bundle (Available for purchase at Adrian Younge' official website)
Label: Linear Labs
This was the first scene filmed. and is also the the very first song Adrian Younge composed to film. It was filmed at a cemetery in Hollywood. He recalls being inspired by James Brown and Luther Ingram while writing the somber "Jimmy's Dead."
"I sought to create the emotion of death in a romantic sort of way. Listen to James Brown’s “Mama’s Dead,” from the soundtrack to Black Caesar and Luther Ingram’s “If Loving You is Wrong.” These songs served as my emotional inspiration. I instructed Davis to sing these vocals as if we had the singing group, The Dells. He executed this well, and become all of the vocal characters."The instrumental version is just my nod to Grant Green and other classic artist that covered popular songs of their era. As a record collector, I am obsessed with old cover songs. This was just my chance to pay homage to their forward thinking."
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