22D Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Yellowbird (Gus: Petit oiseau, grand voyage). The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliott, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin). Also included are songs by 20syl, Gogol Bordello and Mathilda Homer. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 22, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Yellowbird is directed by Christian De Vita and features the voices of Seth Green, Dakota Fanning, Danny Glover, Jim Rash, Elliott Gould and Christine Baranski. The movie follows an orphan young bird who has never left the nest and is given the responsibility by the elder of the flock to lead a whole family of birds on migration to Africa. The animated feature will be released in France next month. A U.S. release is set for April 7, 2015 by Wrekin Hill Entertainment.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Yellow – 20syl
2. Le début
3. Les saisons
4. Le cours de vol
5. Uma Menina – Gogol Bordello
6. La poursuite
7. Les chats
8. La mort de Darius
9. Spread Your Wings – Mathilda Homer
10. Paris
11. L’hibou
12. Les souris
13. Les doutes
14. Fleck
15. La neige
16. L’arrivée
17. L’Afrique