Not only will fans have the film of "Michael Jackson's This Is It" to look forward to next month — they'll also have a brand-new single, appropriately titled "This Is It," and, as previously reported, an album.

According to a release on Jackson's official site, the song "This Is It" — which features the Jacksons on backing vocals — will be released on October 12, and the two-disc album will be released on the 27th in the U.S. (the 26th internationally). The film follows on October 28.

"This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows — that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts," said John McClain, co-producer of the album.

The song will close disc one of the album, which will consist of previously released versions of classic MJ songs in the order in which they appear in the film, which is culled from rehearsals for Jackson's scheduled string of dates in London.

Disc two offers "previously unreleased versions of some of the artist's classic tracks," although it does not specify the origin of those recordings; MTV News' requests for comment had not been responded to by MJ's rep at press time. This disc also features a previously unreleased spoken-word poem from Jackson titled "Planet Earth."

The compilation will also include a 36-page photo booklet including stills from MJ's final rehearsals for the London shows, which took place in the weeks before his death.

"Michael Jackson's This Is It" — a trailer for which premiered at the VMAs — arrives in theaters on October 28 and runs for a limited two-week engagement, with special screenings in some cities taking place on the 27th.

LOS ANGELES – On the day Michael Jackson died, his personal chefsays her first hint of something amiss was when his doctor didn't come downstairs to get the juices and granola he routinely brought the King of Pop for breakfast each morning.

Kai Chase, a professionally trained chef hired by Jackson to maintain ahealthy food regimen, recalled the singer's final days in an interview with The Associated Press. She also spoke about the role of his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who is now the focus of a manslaughter investigation.

Chase said Tuesday that she had gotten used to seeing Murray coming and going from the mansion. The doctor usually arrived about 9 or 9:30 p.m. and would go upstairs to Jackson's room, and she said she would not see him again before she left — sometimes late in the evening — but understood he was staying the night.

In the morning, when she arrived for work, Chase said she would see the doctor coming down the steps carrying oxygen tanks. When Murray didn't come downstairs the morning of June 25, "I thought maybe Mr. Jackson is sleeping late," Chase said.

"I started preparing the lunch and then I looked at my cell phone and it was noon. About 12:05 or 12:10 Dr. Murray runs down the steps and screams, 'Go get Prince!' He's screaming very loud. I run into the den where the kids are playing. Prince (Jackson's oldest son) runs to meet Dr. Murray and from that point on you could feel the energy in the house change.

"I walked into the hall and I saw the children there. The daughter was crying. I saw paramedics running up the stairs."

At that point, Chase said, the small group that was gathered — the children, their nanny, a housekeeper and Chase — held hands and began to pray. As paramedics raced up to the room, Chase recalls, "We were all praying, 'Help Mr. Jackson be O.K.'

"Then everyone was very quiet."