As someone who is currently in the movie industry, one thing that I have known from movie producers is the kind of effort they put to ensure that they get a good soundtrack for their movies.
I have come to understand that sometimes what may sell your movie more is the soundtrack. There are some movies that I have gone to watch because I heard the soundtrack some where.
I cannot even count how many movies I have seen because their soundtracks were so good. This is how much a soundtrack can do for you. When it is good, you will just be amazed at how your movie will sell. I have watched so many movies both Hollywood and Nollywood but there is one that sticks in my head till date.
I remember one time I went to visit my friend and heard her singing the song. I asked her about the song and she told me the movie she watched which had the soundtrack in it. I rushed to watch the movie myself and loved the soundtrack.
I watched that movie when I was very young but surprisingly, I still know the lyrics of the song. The movie is titled "A million tears". It was about two people who fell in love in an awkward way and they eventually got married. Two days after the marriage, the wife died due to cancer. That story was so emotional that it trended that period. The characters were played by popular Emeka Ike and Kate Henshaw.
The soundtrack was always played back then in radio stations. I remember one music request show that they were doing back then in Wazobia 94.1fm every Sunday. You won't believe that about 80% of the persons that called in during that period always requested for that song. Here is the lyrics of the song:
You are the treasure that I seek...
You were close to me yet I did not know, the love that I seek for many years was right beside me yet I could not feel it....
When I close my eyes,I see you coming to me my love...I didn't know that it was a heart broken to each other....
When the streams of love, flowing to me my girl....
I thought it was an everlasting love, but it hurts me to see you go..
You made me cry..
When you said you were going I cried..I cried..
When you left me alone..I wish...I wish ..
I could hold you close..
Once again to my heart...
Why I love this soundtrack
I am not sure there is anyone who watched this movie that year that don't know the lyrics of the soundtrack. In fact it was the soundtrack that even made more waves than the movie itself. I liked the soundtrack back then because I could connect with the words. Well, I am a lover girl and whatever appeals to my emotions, I love it. That's why my favorite genre of music is R&B. It makes me fall in love even more.
That soundtrack should be the mother of all love songs. How can a song he this good?
Please if you remember this movie and enjoyed the song back in those days, gather in the comment section. I am sure many of you cried that year.
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