For those not in the know quite yet, the soundtrack to the film Chevalier (from Searchlight Pictures) is out now via Hollywood Records as a luxurious double vinyl pressing, along with CD and digital, of course.

The soundtrack features original music composed by Kris Bowers, who wrote scores for the films King Richard, Bridgerton, Dear White People and more.

Also included are several pieces by the titular composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, as well as tracks by Michael Abels - who was responsible for the movie’s on-screen musical performances and created original works inspired by Chevalier’s remaining compositions.

Inspired by the incredible story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) and her court.

Oh, and Chevalier is available to stream on Hulu right now.

Side A:
1. Main Title - Arrival at Polytechnic (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
2. Fencing Duel (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
3. Awarded Chevalier (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
4. A Letter Came for You - Nanon (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
5. It’s Called Ernestine (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
6. The Only Home I Knew (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
7. The Kiss (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
8. We’ll Find a Desert Island (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
9. Now I’m Only a Negro (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
10. My Child (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
11. Composing the Finale (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)

Side B:
1. Not a Queen of France (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
2. Flowers Through Church (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
3. Choices Come from Within (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
4. Egalité - Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra 5. The Queen Is Here (You Will Be Erased - Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra)
6. Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I: Allegro (Quartet Version) (Performed by Gareth Murphy)
7. String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2: Rondeau (Performed by Gareth Murphy)

This quite stunningly exuberant, yet glistening and ambient new recording opens on the, at first, spirited, latterly fully emboldened Main Title - Arrival at Polytechnic and the sterner, yet fluid affair of Fencing Duel, and then we get the fervent Awarded Chevalier, and the quieter, hushed pairing of A Letter Came for You - Nanon and It’s Called Ernestine.

Along next is the dutiful hush within The Only Home I Knew and the ornately sculpted The Kiss, which are backed seamlessly by the restrained beauty of We’ll Find a Desert Island, the reserved, haunting stillness that comes in the form of Now I’m Only a Negro, the side rounding out on the serene My Child and the rousing Composing the Finale.

The second side begins with the forthright, veritably triumphant Not a Queen of France and the sheer elegance of Flowers Through Church, then we get the poignant tranquility of Choices Come from Within, the calmness within Egalité, the fervent uproar of The Queen Is Here – You Will Be Erased, the side rounding out on the robust Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I: Allegro (Quartet Version) (Gareth Murphy) and the opulent String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2: Rondeau (Gareth Murphy).

Side C:
1. Sinfonie Liberté Part 1 & 2
2. Soul of an Artist (Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra and Ronald Long, Jr.)
3. Violin Duel (Performed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and London Contemporary Orchestra and Clayton Penrose-Whitmore and Wynton Grant)
4. Scena from “Ernestine” (Performed by Patricia Janecková and Michael Skalický)
5. O cessate di piagarmi from “Il Pompeo” (Performed by Patricia Janecková and Richard Závada and Alessandro Scarlatti)
6. Dansons Pour La Vie (Performed by Joel Virgel)
7. Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Largo (Performed by Takako Nishizaki and Helmut Müller-Brühl and Cologne Chamber Orchestra)

Side D:
1. Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I. Allegro (Performed by Randall Goosby and London Contemporary Orchestra)
2. Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 5, No.1: I. Allegro (Performed by Takako Nishizaki and Helmut Müller-Brühl and Cologne Chamber Orchestra)
3. Sonata for Harp with Flute Obligato: II. Tempo Minuetto (Performed by Gareth Murphy)

The second vinyl in the 2LP set now on the turntable and being spun, itself opens on the languishing beauty found within Sinfonie Liberté Part 1 & 2 and the tender Soul of an Artist (Ronald Long, Jr.) and then we get the aching yearn found within the magnificent Violin Duel (Clayton Penrose-Whitmore and Wynton Grant), the joyous swirl within Scena from “Ernestine” (Patricia Janecková and Michael Skalický), the simply divine O cessate di piagarmi from “Il Pompeo” (Patricia Janecková, Richard Závada and Alessandro Scarlatti), the side rounding out on the Caribbean-imbibed rythms and melodies of Dansons Pour La Vie (Joel Virgel) and the fluidity of the magnificent Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Largo (Takako Nishizaki, Helmut Müller-Brühl and Cologne Chamber Orchestra).

The fourth side opens on boldly animated Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I. Allegro (Randall Goosby) and then brings us the ten minute opus Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I. Allegro (Takako Nishizaki, Helmut Müller-Brühl and Cologne Chamber Orchestra), before bringing us the symphonically-charged Sonata for Harp with Flute Obligato: II. Tempo Minuetto (Gareth Murphy).

“The story isn’t being told because it’s a black person that existed in this time period. This is one of the greatest composers who was overlooked because he was black.” - Kris Bowers.

“Chevalier was the Prince of his day.” – Michael Abels

CHEVALIER | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures

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