Varese Sarabande has announced a score album for the upcoming action sci-fi action movie Real Steel. The album includes the original score from the movie by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be released on November 1, 2011. Check back for the full soundtrack details including cover art and track list in a few weeks. A seperate song album featuring one score track by Elfman will be released in October by Interscope Records as announced in a previous article. Real Steel is set in the near-future where 2,000-pound robots that look like humans do battles. The movie directed by Shawn Levy and starring Hugh Jackman, Kevin Durand, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie and Hope Davis will be released in theaters on October 7. For updates on the project, visit the official movie webpage.
Saw this film at screening a week ago and loved it. The music by Elfman is one of his best. Very different from his other work.
Amazon.com still lists the release date as October 4th although I see Varese Sarabande lists November 1. Which is the correct release date?