After watching this great movie and listening to the soundtrack associated with the scenes, i downloaded the album and listened to the soundtrack several times on my Sonos, it was great, and Three and Thirty Years was on repeat mode for awhile, very soothing operatic music that caused me to look up the singer, Pretty Yende, and purchased two of her CDs, what an amazing singer...too bad there isnt a youtube that shows her singing the song...
This version is not the version from the start of the movie. The version in the movie is performed by *_Alice Smith_* and *_Fisk Jubilee Singers_* . Both Alice Smith and Fisk Jubilee Singers have content on RU-vid. In the movie, Alice Smith is the woman shown on stage in Trudy Smith's venue (TS) performing *_'Wednesday's Child'_* .
I watched the movie two days after it came out. By the time I watched it I hadn’t looked into it at all so I didn’t know who was who and involved in what. However, when I heard this soundtrack in that scene I said, I don’t care who says what this is Pretty Yende’s voice. Indeed it was my home girl’s voice. I have been obsessed since🇿🇦❤
🎼🎶 *'THREE AND THIRTY YEARS'* 🎶🎼 (the _Alice Smith and Fisk Jubilee Singers_ version) Jeymes wrote that in addition to most of the entire score. I like how from the very first music _(not counting young Chase Dillon plucking that guitar)_ viewers hear in the film, Jeymes is already giving insight into a overall tale and setting a tone with the song's lyrics as Rufus Buck takes a seat at the dinner table _("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?")_ and the murders transpire. *Three and thirty years I tried* *To forget all the tears I cried* *Then one who knew me long ago* *Appeared upon my lonely road* *Warning me of trouble soon* *And talking me of pending doom* *Then all at once he disappeared* *And left me in a tomb of fear* *Pray in silence, brave the cold* *A son, a mother, priest and robe* *Will hold The Word until their sleep* *A dove will fly above the keep* *Now forever life is gone* *Beholden to a sacred song* *The Sun will too late understand* *That dark consumes the light of man* 🎼🎶 📽 🎬
As of this first week of November, 2021, I'm not sure if it is available anywhere ? I imagine Jeymes would have some say in regard to ever making it available ""originally", but as of today, I haven't seen the Alice Smith/Fisk Jubilee Singers version of it. Someone might rip the limited portion we hear at the start of the film, and put that on the Internet, but you'd only get that brief segment of the Smith version interrupted by dialogue, gunshots, and cries/screams! 😕📽🎬🎶 Many Alice Smith performances & studio version recordings are online _(even RU-vid)._ Maybe (?) at some point in time her version _(with or without Fisk Jubilee Singers)_ will be available as you'd want it.
I think the last line is, "the *son* will too late understand, that dark consumes the light of man." Son makes more sense than sun, considering that the song is foreshadowing for the rest of the movie and the ending of the movie is Nat Love feeling like the darkness of his father and brother has consumed him.
Gorgeous soundtrack with a wild mix of reggae, opera, r&b, rap...hiphop etc. Just like Quentin Tarantino's films layering mariachi music, pan flute & asian songs.
