All 17 Songs from the Just Wright Soundtrack are Alright By Me

So I am really digging on the music from Just Wright, but they did not release a soundtrack album to the movie. Not to worry, you can find all 17 songs from the movie here. I don’t know why the studio did not release an album for the movie – there are some really good songs in the film – and I have a feeling a good number of people will be looking for them.

My favorite song from the movie is probably Van Hunt’s funk groove Out of the Sky. I prefer it to his four other tracks from the movie, Man of the Year, Tingle and Anything (To Get Your Attention).

Update 1: @Nola Darling (see comments) says that Mean Sleep, which is Van Hunt teamed with Nikka Costa, is actually the best song in the movie. What do you think?

It’s a good mix of R&B tunes. I really like Kevin Michael’s “Weekend Jump Off” as well. There’s also four tracks from Free & Easy, as well as tunes from Rahsaan Patterson, Kurt Harpel, Vikter Duplaix and Derek Menzies.

Update 2: @rukstar added two songs that I had missed: Mos Def’s “Umi Says” from the scene where they go to The Rucker basketball court, and “Next Time (Just Wright Remix)” by Common ft Queen Latifa, the song played during the credits and the trailer. I also added “The More I See You” which is the song Common is playing on the piano. // I think that means we are up to about 22 songs actually in the movie.

There is one song that doesn’t seem to fit in with the others – Unbelievable by Thousand Foot Krutch. Metal guitar just seems out of place here, no? But the music producer makes up for it by including John Forte’s song “Play My Cards for Me.” It’s my second favorite in the movie. Here’s a live acoustic version of the song.

I hope you enjoyed the movie. If you came searching for the music from Just Wright and ended up here, then you probably did. Here’s the complete list of songs from the movie. They just pretty much be in the right order that they appeared in the film. I’ve linked to downloads for about half of the songs – some I could not find.

• Dreaming – Nikki & Rich
• Tingle – Van Hunt
• The Way That I Feel – Vikter Duplaix
• Humor – Rahsaan Patterson
• Anything (To Get Your Attention) – Van Hunt
• Open – Free & Easy
• Weekend Jumpoff – Kevin Michael
• Awakening – Free & Easy
• Fly Away – Free & Easy
• Man Of The Year – Van Hunt
• Yow Zah – Kurt Harpel
• Hipgh (100) – Karen K Thornton
• Vaf – JB Rye
• Out Of The Sky – Van Hunt
• Unbelievable – Thousand Foot Krutch
• Play My Cards For Me – John Forte
• New Country 1 – Derek Menzies
• Mean Sleep – Van Hunt featuring Nikka Costa [thanks to @NolaDarling for catching this song – i missed it]
• Umi Says – Mos Def [scene: going to The Rucker basketball court; thnx @rukstar for the update]
• Next Time (Just Wright Remix) – Common ft Queen Latifa [scene: credits and the trailer; thx @rukstar again, for another very helpful update]
• Heaven and Earth – Free & Easy [scene: when she is rolling around in bed; thx times three to @rukstar]
• The More I See You – Common and Queen Latifah [scene: when she walks in on Common playing the piano]
• Champion – Queen Latifah [scene: end credits; @stepahanie thinks this is the song when the credits roll. agree?]

Original music for Just Wright – Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman

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~ by montelutz on May 14, 2010.