Elton John and Brandi Carlile Talk Writing Music for His New Doc,’ Never Too Late,’ Teaming Up For Soaring Theme Song

Elton John and Brandi Carlile Hanna Hanseroth As Brandi Carlile watched Elton John: Never Too Late, she was so moved she put pen to paper and was immediately inspired to write a song. The new documentary chronicles the first five years of Elton John ’s meteoric rise and the road to his two 1975 Dodger Stadium dates juxtaposed against his final tour concluding with his triumphant return to Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium in 2022. Sound, Oscar Best Bets, Songs The song, “Never Too Late,” performed by John and Carlile, not only became the end title song, but it also became the film ’s title (watch the video for the track below). Elton John: Never Too Late is available in select theatres Friday (Nov. 15) and streams on Disney+ starting Dec. 13. The documentary, helmed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, was originally called Farewell Yellow Brick Road , “which was really boring,” John tells Billboard . And then Carlile’s song “just summed up the whole of the documentary perfectly,” he continues. “What she saw she wrote down in a very concise way and summed up the whole of that hour and 40 minutes of time in a lyric, which was incredible.” Trending on Billboard “I was moved by what I was watching. I especially loved some of that historical footage, and it just sent me back throughout my childhood,” Carlile says. “I felt like my life admiring Elton just sort of flashed before my eyes. And I came to this conclusion that I had something to say about him and that I wanted him to say it,” she says. The idea of words about John not written by John coming out of John’s mouth had captivated Carlile from the time she was 11 or so and first heard Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy , John’s autobiographical 1975 album about his and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin ’s relationship. The album became the first to enter Billboard’s album chart at No. 1. “I remember looking at the liner notes to Captain Fantastic and seeing this autobiographical rock opera play […]

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