WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Saturday night.
New Jason Reitman Saturday evening The film features several classic songs as well as innovative original music by Jon Batiste. Saturday evening has one of the most stacked casts of 2024, including plenty of young star actors like Gabrielle LaBelle (Feiblemans), Rachel Sennott (Bottoms), Dylan O’Brien (Maze Runner) and Emmy Award winners (Americans), Nicholas Brown (Continuity) and Lamorne Morris (Fargo). Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) and 4-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor things) complement the talented ensemble in Saturday evening. Baptiste also played legendary musician Billy Preston in the film..
Saturday evening opened in theaters on October 11, 2024, following its premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2024. The biographical comedy-drama premiered with the certified film Fresh Rotten Tomatoes. Tomatometer (critics) score of 80% and an impressive Popcornmeter (audience) score of 92%. The film tells about the real events that occurred 90 minutes before the premiere of the first episode of the series. Saturday Night Live on NBC, which happened at 11:30 p.m. on October 11, 1975. Although Reitman’s portrayal tends to stray from the facts for the sake of entertainment and plot coherence, Saturday evening reflects the chaos of the night and the intense vision of Lorne Michaels.
When a movie plays the soundtrack to every Saturday Night song.
“Saturday Night” features guest appearances from Billy Preston and Janis Ian.
“Right On” door Ray Barretto: This classic 1970 Ray Barretto song appears around the 20 minute mark. Saturday evening. Billy Preston, played by Jon Batiste, performs the track with his band during sound check before the film’s premiere. Saturday Night NBC. Lorne Michaels listens to a song through the sound mixer’s headphones and complains that the music isn’t loud enough. The sound mixer replies: “one group, one microphone” and Lorne has to dodge the blows.
“At Seventeen” Janis Ian: This classic 1975 pop-folk song by Janis Ian comes in at about 45 minutes. Saturday evening. Ian, played by Naomi MacPherson, performs the song during a sound check before the film’s premiere. Saturday Night NBC. The song plays out almost exactly in the film, with Lorne Michaels dealing with an upset host in George Carlin, a heated confrontation between Chevy Chase and John Belushi in the dressing room, and all the studio speakers going dark just 50 minutes before the show starts. air.
“Nothing About Nothing” by Billy Preston: This classic Billy Preston song is performed by Baptiste and his band towards the end Saturday evening as audience members are finally allowed into the studio just 10 minutes before the show starts. The song sets a welcoming and cheerful tone for the audience moments before the show begins and relieves the crowd of frantic and nervous energy. In real life, Preston and his band performed the song after the famous first Wolverine sketch starring Michael O’Donoghue and John Belushi.
Who wrote the original music for Saturday Night?
Five-time Grammy winner and Oscar winner Jon Batiste
Five-time Grammy Award and Oscar winner Jon Batiste composed innovative original music Saturday eveningwhich can be heard throughout the film. This is the second original score for a feature film in which Baptiste has contributed, and the first that he composed entirely himself. He collaborated with Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Social network, The girl with the dragon tattoo) in the original score for the 2020 Disney Pixar film. Soulwhich won Baptiste his first and only Academy Award..
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Baptiste was nominated for another Oscar in 2024 in the Best Original Song category for the 2023 Netflix documentary. American Symphony. Before he signed on to score Saturday Night, director Jason Reitman told Batiste he was looking for something of an “anti-party” (via Yahoo). “It would have to be a completely different score than what we consider the film soundtrack paradigm. He wanted something unusual, something alive and raw.“, said Baptiste. After several days of filming, Baptiste worked double shifts, composing music in real time with his band and recording their live performances. Much of the score relies on Baptiste’s outstanding ability to improvise..
Where to listen to the Saturday Night Soundtrack
It is available on major streaming platforms.
Original film score by Jon Batiste Saturday evening available for streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube. The album consists of 23 songs with a total duration of 34 minutes. The three aforementioned songs performed by SNL’s first musical guests are also available to stream on popular music streaming services and websites. Performances of Billy Preston’s “Nothing from Nothing” and Janis Ian’s “At Seventeen” from the first episode of SNL are available on YouTube and on Peacock, where the entire first episode is available Saturday evening Also.