SALEKA RELEASES LATEST ALBUM, LADY RAVEN (ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE TRAP) 

ALL 14 ORIGINAL SONGS COMPOSED, PERFORMED, AND PRODUCED BY SALEKA, WITH SPECIAL GUEST FEATURES KID CUDI, RUSS & AMAARAE
 
M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S CONCERT THRILLER TRAP STARS SALEKA AS “LADY RAVEN” IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE TODAY

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SALEKA’S LADY RAVEN (Original Music From The Motion Picture TRAP) and M. Night Shyamalan’s latest feature-length film TRAP are out today. Following a global swell of palpable excitement from early screenings across the world, fans can now enjoy the true Shyamalan experience in both sound and vision, thanks to this unique concert-thriller and father-daughter combo.
 
Chief songwriter and producer on all 14 tracks, the Pennsylvania-born singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist SALEKA crafted and composed each song entwined with her father’s script from beginning to end. Her music and the story symbiotically depend on one another, as the film’s nail-biting narrative evolves. SALEKA conjures an incomparable sound from a confluence of classical training since childhood, a lifelong passion for R&B, and her Indian heritage. In TRAP, her character “Lady Raven” performs a powerhouse concert as a gripping and thrilling story unfolds.
 
“There’s a duality to the Soundtrack,” she notes. “I wanted to make an album for me that’s in a genre I love. At the same time, every song was made for a specific scene with clear intention. Having the external storyline made the process even freer though. I could write in a way that was even more authentic since I wasn’t thinking about me. So, I didn’t edit myself as much. I expressed another side of who I am.”
 
SALEKA and her dad, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, had always shared an appreciation for music-driven films and long dreamed of a collaboration. They essentially built TRAP from kitchen table conversations. “Purple Rain is one of our favorite movies,” she says. “Film and music often go hand in hand in our culture, they are equally important in Bollywood movies. The concept for Trap came from family conversations in the kitchen about wanting to bring these two art forms together in our own way. I wrote a lot of the songs at my parent’s house in the living room. This project felt like home, but allowed me to try musical ideas I never had before. It’s so pure and special to me.”
 
Transcending sonic and cultural boundaries, her inspirations remain entrenched in family, experience, and truth. SALEKA quietly pulls the strings from behind the curtain as a methodical composer and producer. Accenting earthy production and live instrumentation with unexpected elements like tablas and flute. She shares. “I was always surrounded by Indian culture and music from my family, so even if a song is based on R&B and pop, I’m going to incorporate different elements into the DNA of the production. It’s like I’m hinting at a color that’s very specific to me and who I am in everything I do.”
 
Boasting previously released fan-favorites, singles“Save Me”, “Release” and “DIVINE” Ft. Kid Cudi, the album features 11 previously unheard gems from the film, as well as contributions from special guests Russ, and Amaarae, blending SALEKA's skillful lyricism to film and distinct dark-pop-R&B production and tonality.About Saleka
As if channeling music out of the shadows and into the moonlight, Saleka conjures an incomparable sound from a confluence of classical training since childhood, a lifelong passion for R&B, and her Indian heritage. At just four-years-old, the Pennsylvania-born singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist commenced piano lessons. Beyond spending three hours per day at the instrument, other styles surrounded her. She listened to the likes of JAY-Z, Lauryn Hill, Etta James, Amy Winehouse, and Jeff Buckley with her father, while she also absorbed her mother’s passion for Bollywood movies and Latin music. In between visiting conservatories to potentially continue her classical training at the college level, she recognized a deep desire to compose and write songs. Attending Brown University, she studied music production, engineering, and theory. Following her graduation, she crafted her independent full-length debut LP, Séance. It introduced her voice, songwriting, and production. Garnering praise from WWD, Rated R&B, and many more, Forbes hailed it as “stunning,” and NYLON christened her “a figure to watch in the R&B space.” Beyond supporting the likes of GIVĒON, Andra Day, Boyz II Men, Summer
Walker, and K. Michelle on the road, her music surged through film and television. She contributed seven original tunes to the Apple TV+ favorite Servant and “Remain” to the big screen blockbuster OLD. Accenting earthy production and live instrumentation with unexpected elements like tablas and flute, she envisions a new paradigm for popular music. This vision gets shocked to life via her star turn as “Lady Raven” in TRAP, and her accompanying Pop/R&B album (which she performed, wrote, and co-produced) and more to come.
 
About Trap
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, TRAP stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Night Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The film is produced by Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and M. Night Shyamalan. The executive producer is Steven Schneider.
 
The director of photography is Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. The production designer is Debbie de Villa. It is edited by Noëmi Preiswerk and the music is by Herdĭs Stefănsdŏttir. The music supervisor is Susan Jacobs; the costume designer is Caroline Duncan. The VFX supervisor is Javier Marcheselli. The casting is by Douglas Aibel.

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents A Blinding Edge Pictures Production, An M. Night Shyamalan Film: TRAP.
 
LADY RAVEN (Original Music From The Motion Picture TRAP) is out everywhere now

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