Amistad

The musical score for Amistad was composed by John Williams. A soundtrack album was released on December 9, 1997 by DreamWorks Records.[1]The lyrics from "Dry Your Tears, Afrika" are from a 1967 poem by French-speaking Ivorian poet Bernard Binlin Dadié. The words are primarily in Mende, one of Sierra Leone's major languages.


1. "Dry Your Tears, Afrika" (vocals performed by Pamela Dillard)
2. "Sierra Leone, 1839 and the Capture of Cinque" (vocals performed by Pamela Dillard)
3. "Crossing the Atlantic" (vocals performed by Pamela Dillard)
4. "Cinque's Theme"
5. "Cinque's Memories of Home"
6. "Middle Passage"
7. "The Long Road to Justice"
8. "July 4, 1839"
9. "Mr. Adams Takes the Case"
10. "La Amistad Remembered"
11. "The Liberation of Lomboko"
12. "Adams' Summation"
13. "Going Home" (vocals performed by Pamela Dillard)
14. "Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise)"