“For any language to survive it must be alive in music”
– Móglaí Bap –
“Holy shit, fuck me, what a film”
– NME –
We are thrilled to announce the vinyl and CD release of ‘KNEECAP (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK), featuring tracks from Kneecap, Fontaines DC, Bicep and Orbital alongside the Mikey J original score.
• LISTEN TO THE SOUNDTRACK HERE • WATCH THE TRAILER HERE • SOUNDTRACK TRACKLIST •
Kneecap (Original Soundtrack) features tracks from the trio themselves alongside Bicep, Fontaines DC, Orbital plus the film’s incidental music composed by Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante MBE interspersed with snippets of the film’s dialogue. The physical edition is available on Double LP (with gatefold sleeve and coloured vinyl – LP1 Green, LP2 Orange) and CD.
At last week’s 2024 BIFA Nominations both soundtrack and film were hugely successful scoring 14 nominations – Jeanette Rehnstrom and Gary Welch were nominated for Best Music Supervision & Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante for Best Original Music and the film itself for Best British Independent Film amongst others.
With a string of glowing reviews and handful of awards already behind it, the Irish-language film is one of the most-acclaimed movie releases of the year playing in over 500 cinemas across the U.K and Ireland in August. The film was recently selected by the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) to represent Ireland in the Oscar International Feature Film category having previously scooped the ‘Next Audience Award’ at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and the ‘Audience Award’ at the Galway Film Fleadh in July.
• PRE-ORDER THE SOUNDTRACK ON VINYL OR CD • RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28TH •
– Praise for Kneecap the movie –
🍅‘Certified Fresh’ on Rotten Tomatoes 🍅
“The headline-grabbing Belfast rap trio blend ‘8 Mile’, ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘The Hunger’ into a hedonistic but heartfelt film for the ages…one of the best music biopics ever made.” – NME ★★★★★ –
“As amusing as it is thought-provoking, ‘Kneecap’ concerns the passing of the baton in an ongoing battle for the salvation of the Irish language, and of Irish sovereignty in turn.” – Variety
“The holy trinity of beats, narcotics and Resistance are present throughout.” – Rolling Stone U.S.
Finally, having taken the main stage at the Reading / Leeds festivals by storm with a couple of riotous early-afternoon sets, played a festival-stealing 11am set in front of a rammed Woodsies Stage tent at this year’s Glastonbury and completed a 5-night sold-out run in Dublin in late October, the trio are currently in the middle of a sold-out Irish / UK run of dates which culminates at the 6000 capacity Belfast SSE Arena in December.
Next year will see them headline the Wide Awake and 2000 Trees festivals and play their biggest Irish show to date in front of 8000 fans at Dublin’s Fairview Park.
