Track of the Week - 27/05/16


This week's track comes from the soundtrack of the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes' bestselling novel, 'Me Before You' (this obviously isn't a book blog but I would highly recommend reading it before seeing the film - a proper tearjerker but a great holiday read).  I'm looking forward to seeing  the movie anyway, but when I found out that one of my favourite artists, Jessie Ware, had a song on the score, it made me even more excited.

'Till The End' is exactly what you'd expect from Jessie Ware - slow, romantic and expertly showcases her husky and sultry voice.  The keys and echoing backing vocals used provide the track with a nineties R&B vibe which I really like, but it still manages to remain true to Ware's unique sound.  I think that sometimes artists can lose a sense of their own genre when featuring on film soundtracks, but 'Till The End' certainly doesn't have that effect.

If this particular track is anything to go by, the rest of the 'Me Before You' soundtrack will be beautiful and, potentially, quite melancholy - I wouldn't describe it as being a 'feel good' movie.  With other musicians such as Ed Sheeran, Jack Garratt and The 1975 featuring on the album, I think the music will perfectly match the tone of what I hope will be a lovely and well-made interpretation of Moyes' 2012 novel.

Download 'Till The End' on iTunes here

'Me Before You' will be in UK cinemas from 3rd June.  You can watch the trailer here

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