Last Gang Records has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Octavio Is Dead. The album features the film’s original music composed by director Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Litovitz & Alia O’Brien (of the band Blood Ceremony). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Octavio Is Dead is written and directed by Lee and stars Sarah Gadon, Raoul Trujillo, Rosanna Arquette and Dimitris Kitsos. The movie centers on a reserved young woman who escapes her overbearing mother and enters the rich and strange world of her deceased father.
Month: June 2018
Score Album for ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Movies to Be Released
Sony Classical will release the first soundtrack album for Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania franchise. The album features selections from the original scores of 2012’s Hotel Transylvania, 2015’s Hotel Transylvania 2 and the upcoming Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums). The soundtrack will be released on July 6, 2018 and will be available to download here. A CD version is now available to pre-order as an import on Amazon. The Hotel Transylvania movies are directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and feature the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key and Molly Shannon.
‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Soundtrack Released
Meliam Music has released a soundtrack album for Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, Risen). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is co-written and directed by Gilliam and stars Adam Driver, Stellan Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce and Olga Kurylenko. The movie follows a jaded young advertising executive who becomes pulled into a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 15, 2018)
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters Pixar’s animated feature Incredibles 2 directed by Brad Bird and featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner and Samuel L. Jackson. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, Inside Out, Star Trek, Lost, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the comedy Tag directed by Jeff Tomsic and starring Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jake Johnson, Jon Hamm, Annabelle Wallis, Rashida Jones and Leslie Bibb. Germaine Franco (Dope, Vida) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
‘Higher Power’ Soundtrack Released
Notefornote Music has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Higher Power. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Cabin Fever, Silent Night, Batman Unlimited, Vigilante Diaries, Justice League Action). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Higher Power is co-written and directed by Matthew Santoro and stars Ron Eldard, Jade Tailor, Austin Stowell, Jordan Hinson, Colm Feore, Tom Wright and Laura Margolis. The movie produced by Lorenzo di Boventura follows a man who becomes the subject of an experiment that gives him great powers.
Soundtrack for Pixar’s ‘Bao’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released the soundtrack for the new Pixar Animation Studios short Bao. The film’s original music is composed by Toby Chu (Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, Covert Affairs, Unforgettable, Burn Notice, Henchmen). The soundtrack is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Bao is directed by Domee Shi and follows an empty-nesting Chinese mom who gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life and must come to terms with the bittersweet revelation that nothing stays cute and small forever. The animated short is being released in theaters nationwide today in front of Pixar’s latest feature Incredibles 2.
‘Leave No Trace’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Leave No Trace. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Out of the Furnace, Locke, Last Chance Harvey, Little Men). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 29, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Leave No Trace is directed by Debra Granik and stars Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober and Dale Dickey. The movie follows a father and his thirteen year-old daughter who are living in an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
‘The Housemaid’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Vietnamese gothic horror romance The Housemaid. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jerome Leroy (The Throwaways, One Christmas Eve). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Housemaid is directed by Derek Nguyen and stars Nhung Kate, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, Phi Phung, Kien An and Rosie Fellner. The movie tells the story of an orphaned country girl named who gets hired to be a housemaid at a haunted French rubber plantation and awakens the vengeful ghost of the landowner’s dead wife.
Pinar Toprak to Score ‘Captain Marvel’
Pinar Toprak has announced that she is set to score Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel. The film is directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Bowen (Half Nelson, Mississippi Grind) and stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, Mckenna Grace, Clark Gregg and Jude Law. The movie follows the title character as she turns into one of the galaxy’s mightiest heroes after the Earth is caught in the center of an intergalactic conflict between two alien worlds.
‘Puzzle’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Puzzle. Thea album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Transparent, Like Crazy, Equals). Also included is the original song Horizons co-written by the composer and performed by Ane Brun. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 27, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Puzzle is directed by Marc Turtletaub and stars Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman, Bubba Weiler, Austin Abrams and Liv Hewson. The movie revolves around a housewife whose life takes a turn when she enters the world of competitive jigsaw puzzling.