A YOUNG Scottish jazz artist is behind the score of a new film by a renowned Hollywood director.
Jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie said it was "absolutely crazy" to have contributed to the soundtrack for Spike Lee's latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington.
The 28-year-old, who grew up in Dollar in Clackmannanshire, has previously been nominated for a Mercury Prize and won the Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2022.
Announcing the news, McCreadie said that Lee travelled to the Edinburgh Jazz Festival in 2024 to meet with him and the two other members which make up the Fergus McCreadie Trio, which he leads on piano.
Several months later, they met again during a "ridiculous trip" to New York where they recorded Stony Gate, an original song for the film which was then transformed into an orchestral arrangement for a number of scenes.
McCreadie also recorded a number of other cues, with the rest of the score being put together by American composer Howard Drossin.
The poster for the film states: "Original soundtrack by Fergus McCreadie Trio".
Sharing the news on social media, McCreadie said: "Been sitting on this for a long time!! Absolutely crazy to have some of my music and playing featured on the soundtrack for the new Spike Lee film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’.
"Spike came to Edinburgh to meet us at Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival in 2024 and then we went over to NYC in November to record Stony Gate for the film, as well as a bunch of other cues for the film – what a ridiculous trip it was!
"Stony Gate was transformed into an orchestral arrangement for a couple of scenes in the film – it was a real honour to see and hear the great Howard Drossin work on this and on the rest of the score.
There are three separate music projects connected to the film which are set to be released.
The first is an official soundtrack album curated by Lee, which features new songs from ASAP Rocky, Aiyana-Lee and Jensen McRae.
The original score album by Drossin will also be released, which has the Fergus McCreadie Trio credited on a number of tracks.
A separate EP featuring the songs of the Fergus McCreadie Trio will also be released.
In a statement, Lee wrote: "I First Saw And Heard Aiyanna, Jensen and The Fergus McCreadie Trio On INSTAGRAM.
"My EYES and EARS Don't LIE. It's Da TRUTH, RUTH. Ya-Dig? SHO-NUFF."
Highest 2 Lowest is a crime thriller based on Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese film High and Low.
Alongside Washington, the film also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, ASAP Rocky and Ice Spice.
The film will premiere in the US on August 15 and will be available in the UK exclusively on Apple TV from September 5.
