BOB MARLEY: One Love – the Film and the Original Soundtrack

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“BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE” will be released in Italian cinemas on February 22nd, the biopic dedicated to a man, a message, a revolution, a legend: Bob Marley.

Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who still inspires generations through his message of love and unity.

THE SYNOPSIS

The film is about an assassination attempt in December 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica, when political violence was palpable; of his extraordinary appearance at the Smile Jamaica concert two days after the event; of his stay in England, where he recorded the album Exodus; of the dramatic return to the stage at the One Love Peace Concert in April 1978.

Reggae music brings people together

For the first time on the big screen, you will discover the extraordinary and powerful story of Bob Marley, an artist who overcame incredible adversity and created revolutionary music.

Produced in collaboration with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita.

Son Ziggy declares:

Bob’s music is full of awareness and messages of unity and love. His words and the way he lived life have always inspired people to be better.

We are proud to share my father’s story through this film and to continue to spread his messages through his music.”

Paramount Pictures presents, a Plan B Entertainment production, State Street Pictures, Tuff Gong Pictures, Bob Marley: One Love starring Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami, Barbie, Peaky Blinders) as Marley, Lashana Lynch (Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness, No Time to Die) as his wife Rita and James Norton (Little Women, Mr. Jones) as Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.

THE SOUNDTRACK

Bob Marley & the Wailers — One Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack includes 17 of the king of reggae’s most famous recordings, which will be featured in director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s biopic. The film debuts in Italian cinemas on February 22nd.
The music from the Soundtrack of Bob Marley: One Love is taken from several albums: Catch a Fire (1973), Burnin’ (1973), Rastaman Vibration (1976), Exodus (1977), Kaya (1978) and Uprising (1980).

Many of the songs are featured on the 1984 multi-platinum hits collection Legend, known as the best-selling reggae album of all time. Legend spent over 800 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart and recently surpassed the 18 million unit sales mark in the United States.

The Bob Marley: One Love soundtrack is also available in Dolby ATMOS, mixed by Nick Rives, former Sound Engineer of the Legend, Exodus, Catch A Fire and Burnin’ albums, in collaboration with the Marley Estate. With Dolby Atmos, fans will be able to experience innovative spatial audio technology, fully immersing themselves in Marley’s music, savoring even the slightest nuance present in each song, with incredible depth and clarity of sound.

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