The Big Cigar Soundtrack. A new 2024 Apple TV+ series created by Jim Hecht and Janine Sherman Barrois and based on The Big Cigar by Joshuah Bearman. Music from the show bellow.
Follows Huey P. Newton’s life. He escaped to Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder with the help of Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, as well as a few other celebrity radicals.
Cast: André Holland as Huey P. Newton, Tiffany Boone as Gwen Fontaine, Alessandro Nivola, Marc Menchaca, P. J. Byrne as, Jordane Christie, Moses Ingram, Olli Haaskivi, Glynn Turman, Jaime Ray Newman, Noah Emmerich
Genres: Biography Drama Thriller
Release Date: May 17, 2024
The Big Cigar Soundtrack List, by episodes
Episode 1 Songs – S01E01
- Underdog – Sly & The Family Stone
- Sinnerman – Nina Simone
- Am I Black Enough? – Unbreakable
- Give the People What They Want – The O’Jays
- Love Machine – Alonzo Smith
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
- Changes – Elderberry Jak
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone
- I Just Want To Celebrate – Rare Earth
Episode 2 Songs – S01E02
- Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan
- Underdog – Sly & The Family Stone
- Hollywood Swinging – Kool & The Gang
- Certainly Lord – Rev. James Cleveland
- Too Much Lovin’ – Pulse
- For the Love of Money – The O’Jays
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Part 2 – The Black Panthers
- Fight the Power (Pt. 1 & 2) – The Isley Brothers
Episode 3 Songs – S01E03
- Give Me Your Love – Barbara Mason
- Underdog – Sly & The Family Stone
- Wonderful World, Beautiful People – Jimmy Cliff
- Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Robert Moore
- The Reds – Ohio Players
- White Room – Cream
- Killing Me Softly With His Song – Roberta Flack
Episode 4 Songs – S01E04
- (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go – Curtis Mayfield
- Underdog – Sly & The Family Stone
- Has the Buggerman Got You – Butterfingers
- Showdown – Electric Light Orchestra
- Triviliatiеs – Los Nombres
- Run Run Run – Jo Jo Gunne
Episode 5 Songs – S01E05
- The Jean Genie – David Bowie
- Underdog – Sly & The Family Stone
- Oye Como Va – Santana
- Trash a-Go-Go – Funkadelic
- Takin Care of Business – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Livе My Life Again – James Gang
- No Knock – Gil Scott-Heron
Read More at OST— Soundtracks of Television: ‘Presumed Innocent Soundtrack’
Score Composer: Robert Glasper
Music Supervisor: Aamina Gant
External Links: IMDb – Wikipedia
Series Streaming on / Network: Apple TV+
Production companies: Folding Chair Productions, Epic, Warner Bros. Television