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 government producer Nas and producer Mike Elizondo. In keeping with a press launch, the 26-song effort “includes a star-studded solid of voices” that will probably be revealed quickly.
Atlantic Records 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 dwelling, from the South Bronx to Coney Island. Alongside the way in which we’ve gotten to work with numerous our favourite artists, and we’ll be saying their roles on the album within the weeks forward. We are able to’t wait to share these songs with you on October 18.”
Walter Hill directed the 1979 Warriors movie, which is predicated on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the identical title. The Warriors tells the story of a New York road gang that makes its manner from the Bronx right down to Coney Island after the group is framed for the homicide of a strong gang chief named Cyrus. The film is probably greatest identified for actor David Patrick Kelly’s taunting strains, 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, In the Heights, Encanto, and extra. He additionally launched The Hamilton Mixtape, which options Nas on “Wrote My Way Out.”
