Playtime will release a soundtrack album for the comedy The Price of Fame (La rançon de la gloire). The album features the film’s original music written and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair, Yentl, Never Say Never Again). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 5, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Price of Fame is written and directed by Xavier Beauvois and stars Benoit Poelvoorde, Roschdy Zem, Seli Gmach, Chiara Mastroianni, Nadine Labaki, Peter Coyote, Xavier Maly, Arthur Beauvois and Dolores & Eugene Chaplin. The movie tells the true story about two marginalized immigrants who dug up Charlie Chaplin’s coffin for ransom money in the 1970s. The comedy premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in France on January 7. No word yet on domestic distribution.
