Burt Bacharach A Life in Song (2016)

On February 26 2016 Eagle Rock Entertainment released A Life In Song a concert film celebrating the life and career of Burt Bacharach featuring performances by Joss Stone Justin Hayward Alfie Boe Sophie EllisBextor Shaun Escoffery Rebecca Ferguson Michael Kiwanuka and Laura Mvula This recording was produced and recorded by BBC Events Production Filmed at Londons Royal Festival Hall in 2015 A Life In Song presents onstage conversations between Burt Bacharach and Michael Grade traversing different aspects of his years in music interspersed with performances of many of his best loved songs by a diverse cast of artists The evening culminates in a medley of some of Bacharachs most famous film songs performed by the man himself and his band and a performance of Thats What Friends Are For featuring the entire evenings cast