On the heels of their critically acclaimed single featuring Ty Dolla $ign, French Montana and Lil Yachty, “In My Foreign”, Los Angeles-based music collective The Americanos (Louie Rubio, Alexander Shultz and James Corrine) share their new single for one of streaming television’s most hotly anticipated shows to date – The Get Down.
Co-produced by Baz Luhrmann and Nas,The Americanos’ new production “Set Me Free” (ft. Nile Rodgers) with Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz on the show, is featured in the series trailer, and lands digitally today. Highlighted by Herizen Guardiola’s rich vocal stylings and and Nile Rodgers on guitar, the track builds to a genre-bending soundscape that illustrates a very personal sentiment. The group comments:
“When Baz Lurhman came to us to work on one of the most important hit songs in ‘The Get Down’ we were honored. He needed a huge dance anthem that could seamlessly combine Gospel, Afro-Latin, Disco, and Hip Hop, and so “Set Me Free” was created. Baz loved the track so much he ended up extending certain parts of the song so he could use it as much as possible in the show. We’re a DJ group with a crazy vinyl collection but we’re also multi-instrumentalists and big Baz fans so this was a perfect fit for us.”
Baz Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge, The Great Gatsby, Romeo + Juliet and Strictly Ballroom, says of the project: “This is living history. The forefathers of it are actually living… There have been times when I haven’t known if I could do this. I haven’t had a break of any kind in two years. It is constant and relentless.”
In addition to The Americanos, The Get Down features original music and onscreen appearances by the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Jaden Smith, Christina Aguilera, Donna Summer, Nile Rodgers, Teddy Pendergrass, Leon Bridges, Janelle Monáe and up-and-coming young actors Herizen Guardiola, Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen. The series is the debut TV effort of Baz Luhrmann, and highlights the era of disco, hip-hop and soul set in South Bronx in the late ‘70s.”The Get Down” is set to debut as a Netflix Original TV Series via the online streaming service on August 12, 2016.
Tune into the trailer for The Get Down, where “Set Me Free” appears at the 1:26 mark, right HERE.
Tracklist – The Get Down Original Soundtrack From the Netflix Original Series:
1. Welcome To the Get Down – Jaden Smith
2. Rule the World (I Came From the City) [feat. Nasir Jones as Mr. Books] – Michael Kiwanuka
3. Cadillac – Miguel
4. Losing Your Mind – Raury & Jaden Smith
5. You Can’t Hide / You Can’t Hide From Yourself (Touch of Class GMF Remix) – ZAYN / Teddy Pendergrass & Grandmaster Flash
6. Black Man in a White World (Ghetto Gettysburg Address) [feat. Nasir Jones as Mr. Books] – Michael Kiwanuka
7. Shaolin’s Theme / Pray – Malay / 6LACK
8. Ball of Confusion – Leon Bridges
9. Think (About It) – Lyn Collins
10. (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop / Suga [feat. Sarah Ruba] – The Fatback Band / With You
11. Telepathy (feat. Nile Rodgers) – Christina Aguilera
12. Bad Girls – Donna Summer
13. Hum Along and Dance (Gotta Get Down) – Janelle Monáe
14. Devil’s Gun – CJ & Co.
15. Wild In the Streets – Garland Jeffreys
16. Que Lio – Héctor Lavoe
17. Just You, Not Now (Love Theme) – Grace
18. This Ain’t No Fairy Tale – Justice Smith as Ezekiel Figuero
19. Be That As It May – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz
20. Get Down Brothers vs. Notorious 3 – The Get Down Brothers (Skylan Brooks, TJ Brown, Jr., Jaden Smith, Justice Smith & Shameik Moore)
21. Kipling Theme – Kamasi Washington
22. Set Me Free (feat. Nile Rodgers) – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz
23. Up the Ladder – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz & Justice Smith as Ezekiel Figuero
24. Zeke’s Poem (I Am the One) – Justice Smith as Ezekiel Figuero
