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Soundtrack to the 2007 film American Gangster

This article is about soundtrack to the 2007 film. For the studio album curated and produced by Jay-Z based on the film, see American Gangster (album).

American Gangster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the Ridley Scott-directed 2007 film American Gangster.

It consisted of fourteen tracks from blues and soul musicians such as such as Bobby Womack, The Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, and John Lee Hooker. The soundtrack was described as an introduction to the visual and sonic world that "contained entity of the 1970s".

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It also includes two cues from the film score Marc Streitenfeld, who also produced the soundtrack. It was released by Island Records and Def Jam Recordings digitally on October 23, 2007, and followed a physical release, the week later.

Background

In 2006, Greg Calloway was approached by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (the producers) to produce a soundtrack