More than six decades into her storied career, Barbra Streisand still finds ways to challenge herself. The legend has recorded a new song, “Love Will Survive,” for the upcoming original series Sky/Peacock The Auschwitz Tattoo.
Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by William Ross), the piece was composed by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer in collaboration with Emmy nominee Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet) and Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey). The song's lyrics were written by Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Charlie Midnight. Afanasieff and Peter Asher created the track.
“Because of the rise of anti-Semitism around the world today, I wanted to sing 'Love Will Survive' as part of this series as a way to remember the six million souls that were lost less than 80 years ago,” Streisand said. in a statement. “And also to say that even in the darkest of times, the power of love can triumph and endure.”
The song, Streisand's first recording for a TV series, will be released by Columbia Records on April 25, a week before the show's worldwide release on May 2. Zimmer also composed the original score for the six-part limited series starring Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey, Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak and Jonas Nay.
The series tells the story of a Slovak Jew, Lali (Hauer-King), who in 1942 was deported to a Nazi death camp, where more than a million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. According to a synopsis, the drama series follows Lally as he is made one of the camp's Tätowierer (tattooers), whose job it is to write identification numbers on the arms of other prisoners. It then follows Lally as he falls in love with fellow inmate, Gita (Prochniak), “leading to a love that defied the horrors around them.”
The story shifts 60 years into the future to find 80-year-old recently widowed Lali meeting an aspiring writer, Heather Morris (Lynskey) to whom she tells her unlikely story of finding love in the “darkest places”.
“Barbra Streisand is one of the most celebrated artists in the world and we are honored to be working with her,” said Synchronicity Films executive producer Claire Mundell. “Barbra and her team have created the most beautiful song, based on Hans and Kara's main theme for the show, and it sums up the core message of the show – love will survive. Recording the song with Barbra's iconic vocals and William Ross conducting the LSO at Abbey Road Studios was an unforgettable moment and a memory I will treasure forever. We are thrilled to be able to commemorate Lali and Gita in this way, with this beautiful original piece of music.”
The series will be available from May 2 on Sky Atlantic and the NOW streaming service in the UK and Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as Peacock in the US and Stan in Australia.
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