The soundtrack to the movie of the same name,
Bright: The Album featured an impressive list of artists from the rock, pop, rap, and electronic worlds, collaborating on a hybrid effort as inventive as its inspiration. Starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a pair of cops in a gritty Lord of the Rings-inspired future,
Bright managed to combine rapper
DRAM with
Neil Young ("Campfire"),
A$AP Rocky with
Tom Morello ("FTW [Fuck the World]"), trap triplet
Migos with EDM producer
Marshmello ("Danger"), and more. Highlights include the all-star collaboration "Home" with
Machine Gun Kelly,
X Ambassadors, and
Bebe Rexha, as well as "Darkside" with
Ty Dolla $ign,
Future, and
Kiiara and the formidable trio of
Meek Mill,
YG, and
Snoop Dogg on the throwback G-funk of "That's My Nigga." Other appearances include
Logic,
Bastille,
Camila Cabello,
Steve Aoki,
Lil Uzi Vert,
Alt-J, and more. The soundtrack debuted in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 and landed in the Top 30 of the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. ~ Neil Z. Yeung