The Ill manors soundtrack album which was released and produced by Ben Drew also known as Plan B was produced under a record label called Atlantic. The soundtrack itself was recorded in the Edge Recording Studio, later on released on the 23rd of July in 2012. The difference between the production of his film and his soundtrack, was that the film was directed by himself, and the directing for the soundtrack was done by someone else in order to make sure that it was done properly.
The reason behind Plan B wanting to make the soundtrack, was because he felt that it was a great way in order to respond to the riots which occurred in 2011 involving similar children that starred in his film. This conveyed the correct message from Plan B and showed exactly what he wanted to which was the idea of children being rejected in society and the way they react to the way they feel. By showing people such as David Cameron in piles of waste and showing that they mean nothing to those in the riot, helps in order to show the reasons why the children feel they do and who makes them feel like that. As it is because of these politicians that there have been no changes and no other help given to those that come from troubled families.
There were many ways in which Ben Drew himself decided to promote his album. He used many different methods, one way being by holding a launch party within a a secret location which as known and described by Ben himself as a 'dungeon'. It was soon after put on air live on Youtube which being a very large broadcasting platform, known well worldwide, gave him the chance to make his album known everywhere and not just in the UK. In addition to this he also performed in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, which was a live session on the TV broadcasted all over the UK.
The rating that was given for the album was 4 stars, the whole album was nominated for the Mercury Prize 2012. It also came first not only in the UK charts of 2012, but in the top 10 Irish albums and Australian albums.
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