Chicken in the Pot
"Chicken in the Pot" is a song made for the 2018 Star Wars anthology film, Solo: A Star Wars Story.[1] A duet, its Huttese lyrics show a conversation between the two singers about what food to eat. Throughout the song, the female singer expresses her hunger, mentioning food such as hamburger, cucumber, Bolognese, and mayonnaise.[2]
In the making of the song, composer John Powell was inspired by early concept art depicting the character Luleo Primoc as a chicken-like creature.[3] Musician Louis Prima served as the alto temp voice during the song's production. The in-universe male singer is named Luleo Primoc, a tuckerization of Prima's name.[4]
While Prima initially sang in a language that composer John Powell found on the Internet, a linguist converted the lyrics to another language and Prima re-recorded the song. In the final cut of the film, Primoc was performed with a lower pitch by another singer at director Ron Howard's request.[3] While the film's initial soundtrack album release features an alto voice for "Chicken in the Pot," its deluxe edition features the low-pitched version.[1]
Baraka May performed the female voice of "Chicken in the Pot," named Aurodia Ventafoli in-universe, while Sema-Tawi Smart acted as Ventafoli in the film.
Expanding on the chicken-like Luleo Primoc singing "Chicken in the Pot" in-universe, author Adam Bray wrote in[5] the 2019 reference book Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition that Primoc also sang "Carve Your Name in My Heart" and "Your Love is Gravy."[6] An additional third title, "Stuffed With Your Love," was not included in the published book.[5]
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Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Solo: A Star Wars Story soundtrack
- ↑ Meaning based on established Huttese vocabulary and new Huttese words provided by Leland Chee:
Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) on Twitter: "hamborgo = hamburger
cucumbo = cucumber
bolonay = Bolognese
mayanay = mayonnaise
#huttese" (backup link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1
INTERVIEW: 'Solo A Star Wars Story' Composer John Powell on the Star Wars News Net YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) on Twitter: "I named Luleo Primoc and am glad the temp alto voice (which can be heard on the soundtrack album) came out deeper in the end film." (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Adam Bray (@authoradambray) on Twitter: "In Solo, Luleo Primoc sings the song "Chicken in the pot." Expanding on the idea he looks like a cooked bird, I added to his playlist in Ultimate Star Wars with the songs "Carve Your Name in My Heart" and "Your Love is Gravy." But "Stuffed With Your Love" didn't make the cut." (backup link)
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition