The soundtrack of the Netflix original film ‘The Kitchen’ includes the song ‘Odo Nwom’ by Ghanaian musician Kofi Nti, and ‘Kyɛnkyɛn bi adi m’awu’ by Alhaji K Frimpong, another Ghanaian artist.
Featuring songs by Kofi Nti and Alhaji K Frimpong means that the filmmakers found these tracks to be a good fit for the atmosphere they wanted to create in the movie.
This is extremely beneficial to the artist because it exposes their music to a larger audience, and being featured on a popular platform such as Netflix has the potential to bring renewed attention to their work, even if the songs were originally released years ago.
In a dystopian London, ‘The Kitchen’ depicts a stark divide between the rich and poor. The Kitchen, the sole surviving community, becomes the backdrop where Izi (portrayed by Kano Robison from Netflix’s ‘Top Boy’) and 12-year-old Benji, orphaned and in search of family, actively navigate a challenging system, striving to forge a bond against the odds. The Sci-Fi film was released on January 19, 2024.
During a recent Radio Times interview, Kibwe Tavares discussed the incorporation of varied musical genres, stating, “It’s definitely a sort of process of elimination and starting pretty broad, and we had to sort of build the soundscape the same we did the world – in a sense, we were still trying to push for, like, this idea of layers and this idea of colours and this idea of building what’s there. So then you’ll see, like, a mix of influences that we have, whether it’s garage, drum and bass, grime, and some more sort of classically composed things”.
The debut directorial project ‘The Kitchen’ on Netflix, helmed by British actor Daniel Kaluuya(‘Get Out’ and ‘Nope’) and Kibwe Tavares, features a diverse soundtrack including artists like Alhaji K Frimpong, Giggs, and Fela Kuti.
The Kitchen Soundtrack
Full list of songs featured in the soundtrack for The Kitchen below:
- Holding On performed by Tirzah
- Party Popper performed by Backroad Gee
- En blue jeans et blouson d’cuir performed by Salvatore Amato
- Kyenkyen Bi Adi M’awu performed by Alhaji K Frimpong
- How ‘Bout Us performed by Champaign
- Odo Nwom performed by Kofi Nti feat Ofori Amponsah and Barosky
- AK47 performed by Sayfar, Cyfred, 2woBunnies
- Zombie performed by Fela Kuti
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