Milan Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Damsels in Distress. The album features the original score from the movie composed by Mark Suozzo (American Splendor, The Nanny Diaries) and Adam Schlesinger (Music & Lyrics), as well as a number of songs featured in the film. The soundtrack will be released on April 10, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Damsels in Distress is written and directed by Whit Stillman and stars Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore and Hugo Becker. The comedy about a trio of beautiful girls who set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university by helping severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select cities on April 6 by Sony Pictures Classics.
Category: Film Music Albums
Chris Bacon to Score NBC’s ‘Smash’
Chris Bacon has been chosen by Smash executive producer and composer Marc Shaiman to write the underscore for this season’s remaining episodes of the musical show. Shaiman has written the series’ underscore himself for the first six episodes and Bacon has taken over scoring duties with episode 7 (The Workshop), which premiered last night. Shaiman and Scott Wittman continue to write the show’s original songs. Since our last update, several new songs have been released digitally, including the Shaiman- & Wittman-penned original songs The 20th Century Fox Mambo (performed by Katherine McPhee), I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn’t Love to Howl (performed by Megan Hilty), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (performed by Hilty and Will Chase), Let’s Be Bad (performed by Hilty) and History Is Made at Night (performed by Hilty and Chase), as well cover versions of It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World (performed by McPhee), A Song for You (performed by Chase), Crazy Dreams (performed by Hilty), Call Me (performed by McPhee), Grenade (performed by Chase) and I Haven’t Met You Yet (performed by Nick Jones).
‘American Reunion’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the upcoming comedy sequel American Reunion. The album features two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Lyle Workman (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad), as well as the movie’s songs by artists including Good Charlotte, Cobra Starship, Stooshe, Pop Levi, The Blue Van, Kopek, Spice Girls, Boyz II Men and Montell Jordan. The soundtrack will be released on April 3, 2012 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the release after the jump. American Reunion directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg reunites the stars of the original 1999 American Pie hit movie, including Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Coolidge and Mena Suvari.
Basil Poledouris’ and Hans Zimmer’s ‘White Fang’ Scores Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for Walt Disney Pictures’ 1991 drama White Fang based on the story by Jack London, directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer and James Remar. The album includes both scores written for the film. Disc 1 features the original music by Basil Poledouris who is given primary credit in the finished film. Disc 2 includes almost an hour of the original score written by Hans Zimmer, much of it also featured in the film. To listen to audio clips and pre-order the 2-disc set, visit Intrada’s online store.
‘The Raid: Redemption’ Soundtrack Announced
Mike Shinoda has announced on his official website that a soundtrack album for the Indonesian martial arts action film The Raid: Redemption will be released this week. The album features the film’s original score written by the Linkin Park member and Joseph Trapanese (who is best known for his collaboration with Daft Punk on Tron:Legacy), as well as the song Razors.Out featuring vocals by Chino from Deftones. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 20, 2012 and is available to download on iTunes. A CD version is coming out next month and is available to pre-order exclusively on the official soundtrack website, where you can also check out audio previews of the score. The Raid: Redemption is directed by Gareth Huw Evans and centers on a SWAT team that infiltrates and attempts to take over an apartment complex acting as a safe house for a drug lord. Sony Pictures Classics will release the film this Friday, March 23 in select cities and a nationwide release is planned for April 13.
‘Spartacus: Vengeance’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Starz action series Spartacus: Vengeance. The album includes selections of the original score from the show composed by Joseph LoDuca, as well as from last year’s prequel series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena on a second disc. The soundtrack will be released on April 3, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Spartacus: Vengeance starring Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Peter Mensah and Katrina Law follows Spartacus and his gladiator rebellion on the heels of the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus as they begin to strike fear into the heart of the Roman Republic. The last couple of episodes of the season are currently airing every Friday night on Starz.
Watertower Music to Release Danny Elfman’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Soundtrack
Watertower Music will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Tim Burton’s supernatural comedy drama Dark Shadows. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be released on May 8, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details and audio clips. Dark Shadows based on the classic ABC TV show stars Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins who is forced to deal with monsters, ghosts and other supernatural creatures. Chloe Moretz, Thomas McDonell, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcoate and Eva Green are co-starring. Warner Bros. Pictures. will release the film on May 11.
‘Days of Grace’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Mexican thriller Days of Grace (Dias de gracia). The album features the film’s music by a number of top composers, including Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Atticus Ross (The Social Network) and Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers). Also included is a cover version of the classic song Summertime performed by actress Scarlett Johansson and produced and arranged by Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack fame and Tim Goldsworthy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 10, 2012. The CD version will be coming out on May 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Days of Grace directed by Everardo Gout is set in Mexico City and weaves together three kidnappings that take place during the soccer World Cup tournaments in 2002, ’06 and ’10. The 2002 segment is scored by Cave & Warren, the 2006 segment by Atticus & Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli) and the 2010 segment features music by Umebayashi.
‘The Raven’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group will be releasing the official soundtrack album for The Raven. The album features the original score from the movie written by Spanish composer Lucas Vidal (Vanishing on 7th Street, the upcoming The Cold Light of Day) who recently has been nominated in the Breakout Composer of the Year category by the International Film Music Critics Association. Sony Classical is releasing the soundtrack overseas on April 2, 2012 and Relativity Music has set an April 24 release date for the domestic release (click here to download the album). Audio clips can be checked out below. The Raven is directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and stars John Cusack, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. The movie about the final days of author/poet Edgar Allan Poe has just been released in a few European markets, including the UK this past weekend and will be arriving in US theaters on April 27, 2012.
‘The Lucky One’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack for the romance The Lucky One have been revealed. The album features the film’s songs by artists including Jules Larson, Correatown, Joshua Radin, Early Winters, Voxhaul Broadcast, A Fine Frenzy, Mayfield, Ponderosa, Terrance Simien, Hilmar and Brandi Carlile. The soundtrack will be released on April 17, 2012 by Watertower Music, both digitally and as an Amazon on demand CD-R. None of Mark Isham’s original score from the movie is included on the album. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out below. The Lucky One based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) is directed by Scott Hicks and stars Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner. The drama will be released nationwide on April 20, 2012.