Film Music Reporter

Decca Music will release a soundtrack album for Dustin Hoffman’s comedy drama Quartet. The album features selections from the film’s original score composed by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice), as well as the classical pieces featured in the movie by composers including Giuseppe Fortunino, Francesco Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini and Franz Joseph Haydn. The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The cover art and audio clips will be added to this article within the next few weeks. Quartet starring Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon and Pauline Collins follows a group retired Opera singers who annually put on a concert to celebrate Verdis birthday. The movie premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released on December 28, 2012 by the Weinstein Company.

Here’s the track list of the album:

1. Act 1: Libiamo Ne Lieti Calici [Brindisi] [La Traviata] [Instrumental]
2. Wilfs Descent
3. An Sylvia
4. La Donna e Mobile [Rigoletto] [Instrumental]
5. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring [The Mikado]
6. Jean Arrives
7. The Swan [Carnival Of The Animals]
8. So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret [The Mikado]
9. Minuet & Trio from String Quartet
10. Not Upset
11. Symphony 100, Military 3, Menuet
12. Sunrise Quartet 1. Allegro Con Spirito
13. Sunrise Quartet 2. Adagio
14. Sunrise Quartet 3. Menuetto: Allegro
15. Sunrise Quartet 4. Finale: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
16. Tit Willow [The Mikado]
17. Caro Nome [Rigoletto / Act 1]
18. Are You Havin Any Fun?
19. Ah! qual colpo inaspettato! [Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 2]
20. Over My Dead Body
21. Toccata and Fugue in D minor
22. Libiamo Ne Lieti Calici
23. Vissi D Arte
24. Bella Figlia Dell Amore