Film Music Reporter

Milan Records has announced an English language version of the soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature Belle. The album features the film’s score and vocal tracks written by Taisei Iwasaki, Ludvig Forssell and Yuta Bandoh, including the previously unreleased English versions of vocal tracks originally performed in Japanese, newly recorded in English by Kylie McNeill who stars in the title role in the English dubbed version of the film. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 14 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A medley of select vocal tracks from the album is embedded after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the Japanese version of the songs last summer when the movie opened in Japan. Check out our previous article for the track list. Belle is directed by Mamoru Hosoda and also stars Paul Castro Jr.,  Chace Crawford, Jessica DiCicco, Brandon Engman, Manny Jacinto, Hunter Schafer and Cristina Vee Valenzuela. tells the story of a 17-year-old high school student as she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet, where she is a world-famous singer. The film will be released in U.S. IMAX and regular theaters (in both English and Japanese versions) on January 14 by GKIDS.