My Father's Shadow (OST)

Carrying Colour releases the official soundtrack to My Father’s Shadow, composed by Duval Timothy and CJ Mirra. Duval and CJ craft a score of striking emotional depth — tender, transcendent and texturally rich. Centring Timothy’s piano and a palette of analogue studio devices, the music evokes the film’s period, its turbulence, its grief and its fleeting moments of joy. Across 12 tracks, the soundtrack stands as both a fully realised album and an integral narrative voice within the film. Set over a single day in Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, My Father’s Shadow follows an estranged father guiding his two young sons across the city as political unrest threatens their journey home. The film premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2025 — the first Nigerian production ever selected for the official selection — where it received the Special Mention Caméra d’Or. It went on to earn 12 British Independent Film Award nominations, including Best Score for Duval and CJ, Best Sound for CJ, and Best Director for Akinola Davies Jr., alongside multiple wins at The Gothams and festivals worldwide. The film is the UK’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars and will be released in UK cinemas on 6 February 2026.