

Atlantic Records has announced the release of CREED: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK, the music from the eagerly awaited film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The album arrives at all digital retailers today via http://smarturl.it/CreedSoundtrack and streaming at http://smarturl.it/StreamCreed. CREED opens in theaters nationwide on Wednesday, November 25th.
Highlights on the soundtrack include a brand new song from platinum-selling rapper Future, inspired by the film and written exclusively for this collection, marking the first new release from the Atlanta native since the release of both his #1 album DS2 and the chart-topping collaborative album with Drake, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.
CREED: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK is also heralded by the song Lord Knows, from Maybach Music Group/Atlantic rapper Meek Mill, which also appears on the rappers chart-topping sophomore studio album DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY. The tracks thrilling, Spike Jordan-directed companion video featuring exclusive footage from CREED premieres today & is streaming now at Meeks official You Tube page: http://smarturl.it/LordKnowsVideo. In addition, Mills Lord Knows is featured in the trailer for the mobile game Real Boxing 2: CREED available on the App Store and Google Play November 19. Watch the trailer here: http://bcove.me/olv765hc.
CREED: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK collects 18 electrifying tracks from some of hip-hops most iconic artists, including 2Pac, Nas, Future and The Roots (Feat. John Legend), plus tracks from an array of rising artists, including Joey Bada$$, Jhené Aiko, White Dave, and CREED star Tessa Thompson. The album also features brand new songs from Tessa Thompson and White Dave, which both artists wrote exclusively for CREED: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK.
CREED: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK was produced by Atlantic Records President of Film & TV and GRAMMY® Award winning soundtrack producer Kevin Weaver (Furious 7, Boardwalk Empire, The Fault In Our Stars, Girls Volumes 1 & 2, True Blood Volumes 1 & 2) and music supervisor Gabe Hilfer (The Place Beyond The Pines, Fury, Project X, Get Hard, Black Swan).
About CREED: From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema comes award-winning filmmaker Ryan Cooglers Creed. The film reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the Rocky story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role.
Creed also stars Tessa Thompson (Selma, Dear White People), Phylicia Rashad (Lifetimes Steel Magnolias) and English pro boxer and former three-time ABA Heavyweight Champion Anthony Bellew.
Coogler directs from a screenplay he wrote with Aaron Covington, based on characters from the Rocky series written by Sylvester Stallone. The film is being produced by Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Kevin King-Templeton and Sylvester Stallone, with Nicolas Stern executive producing. The music is by composer Ludwig Goransson.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present, in association with New Line Cinema, a Chartoff Winkler Production, Creed. Opening on November 25, 2015, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, with select international territories being handled by MGM. The film has been rated PG-13 for violence, language and some sensuality.
About Atlantic Records: Atlantic Records celebrated its 65th Anniversary in 2013. Founded in New York City, the label literally grew from a one-room operation into one of the worlds preeminent music companies. Atlantic has released a string of recordings that have had a profound impact on the course of modern music, its rich history including such musical icons as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, and Led Zeppelin. The Atlantic Records Group roster today includes many of the worlds most popular recording artists, among them Missy Elliott, James Blunt, B.o.B, Christina Perri, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, Ed Sheeran, Flo Rida, fun., Bruno Mars, Charlie Puth, Matchbox Twenty, Janelle Monáe, Jason Mraz, Meek Mill, K Michelle, Shinedown, Charli XCX, Rob Thomas, Trey Songz, Wale, Wiz Khalifa and many more.
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CREED: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK (Atlantic Records) - RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 20TH