Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Marvel film that recently got its first trailer, is out November 11. Today, the three-song Wakanda Forever Prologue EP was released by the Disney Music Group. It features Tems’ cover of Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry,” plus Amaarae’s “A Body, A Coffin” and “Soy” from Santa Fe Klan. The three songs are produced by the film’s composer Ludwig Göransson. Listen below. The film’s director Ryan Coogler and Göransson release a statement explaining the EP.
Kendrick Lamar curated and produced the soundtrack to the first Black Panther film, which featured SZA, Travis Scott, the Weeknd, Future, James Blake, Swae Lee, and others. Chadwick Boseman, who played T’Challa in Black Panther and several Marvel films, died in 2019. Göransson won Best Original Music Score for his music from the film.
Read about Amaarae in Pitchfork’s 2020 Rising interview “Get to Know Amaarae, Who’s Expanding the Sound of Afropop.”