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August Rush received mostly unfavorable reviews from film critics. [11] [12] The film holds a 37% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 122 reviews, with an average rating of 4.83/10. The site's consensus reads: "Though featuring a talented cast, August Rush cannot overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot."
Raise It Up" is a 2007 song written by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas for the motion picture August Rush. "Raise It Up" is performed in the film by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre, an African-American youth theatre group based in Harlem. [1] The song was produced by Joseph and Mack. [2]
The song is played mostly acoustic, anchored by a walking bass line (played on electric bass by John Klingberg), with accompaniment by piano, guitar, saxophones, and flute with the instruments played with a soft jazz swing. It's a song about autumn, the composer's favourite season. Towards the end of the song, Morrison imitates a saxophone.
For the first quarter of this world premiere musical adaptation of the 2007 Warner Bros. film “August Rush," now playing at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Ill., it seems like director John ...
"Force Ten" was released in the United States by Mercury Records as a 12" vinyl one-track promotional single in 1987. [1] It is the opening track of Rush's studio album Hold Your Fire, and the song later appear on compilation albums such as Chronicles, Retrospective II, The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987, Gold, Icon, and Sector 3. [10]
The band wanted each song on Fly by Night to show a different side to their writing and playing, which resulted in an album of varied styles. [3] [10] As Peart was a keen reader, he became the group's primary lyricist, which suited Lifeson and Lee because they preferred to write music.
It’s Me, Margaret”) served as the music supervisor for film, providing insight on the film’s non-August Moon songs including standouts from “aggressively talented singer-songwriters ...
The song's lyrics were written by Neil Peart with music written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. "Limelight" expresses Peart's discomfort with Rush's success and the resulting attention from the public. The song paraphrases the opening lines of the "All the world's a stage" speech from William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.