Lin-Manuel Miranda and Brooklyn-based actor, author, and singer-songwriter Eisa Davis have introduced an idea album that’s impressed by the cult 1979 movie The Warriors. They made the brand new album with govt producer Nas and producer Mike Elizondo. In accordance with a press launch, the 26-song effort “includes a star-studded solid of voices” that might be revealed quickly.
Atlantic Data will launch Miranda and Davis’ album, Warriors, on October 18. In a joint press assertion, the artists mentioned, “We’ve spent the previous three years musicalizing the Warriors’ journey house, from the South Bronx to Coney Island. Alongside the way in which we’ve gotten to work with lots of our favourite artists, and we’ll be saying their roles on the album within the weeks forward. We will’t wait to share these songs with you on October 18.”
Walter Hill directed the 1979 Warriors movie, which relies on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the identical title. The Warriors tells the story of a New York road gang that makes its method from the Bronx all the way down to Coney Island after the group is framed for the homicide of a robust gang chief named Cyrus. The film is probably greatest identified for actor David Patrick Kelly’s taunting traces, in character as Luther, “Warriors, come out to play-ay!”
Since breaking out with Hamilton, in 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda has made music for Moana, Within the Heights, Encanto, and extra. He additionally launched The Hamilton Mixtape, which options Nas on “Wrote My Approach Out.”
