Category: Film Music Albums

Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 22, 2011)

April 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Aaron Zigman, African Cats, Gregoire Hetzel, Incendies, James Newton Howard, Jeff Grace, Jon Spurney, Jordin Sparks, Madea's Big Happy Family, Meek's Cutoff, Nicholas Hooper, Philip Miller, The Bang Bang Club, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Water for Elephants

Three new movies are opening wide this Easter weekend:

The period drama Water for Elephants directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook features music by James Newton Howard. A soundtrack album including the original score, as well as a couple of songs from the film has been released by Sony Masterworks. Check out our soundtrack announcement for audio clips and more information on the album and the movie.

Also opening wide is Tyler Perry’s comedy Madea’s Big Happy Family starring Perry himself, as well as Loretta Devine and Bow Wow. The film’s score is by Aaron Zigman as announced earlier this year. While Tyler Perry’s movies usually get a soundtrack album, no release has been announced so far.

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‘These Amazing Shadows’ Soundtrack announced

April 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: score, Soundtrack, These Amazing Shadows

Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary These Amazing Shadows. The album includes the original score by Peter Golub (The Great Debaters, Frozen River, Countdown to Zero). The music was recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra last fall. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 12, 2011. To listen to a few tracks from the score, visit Peter Golub’s official website and watch the film’s end credits sequence below. These Amazing Shadows is directed by Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton and tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film. The talent interviewed for the documentary includes Rob Reiner, John Waters, Leonard Maltin, Gale Anne Hurd, John Singleton, Tim Roth and Wayne Wang.

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Soundtrack Details

April 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 7 comments

Tags: Eric Whitacre, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer, On Stranger Tides, Pirates 4, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rodrigo y Gabriela, score, Soundtrack

Film Music Reporter has received the track list of the soundtrack for the adventure sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The album features 11 tracks of the original score by Hans Zimmer and Rodrigo y Gabriela, as well as a number of remixes by electronic music artists Photek, Static Avenger, Ki:Theory and Adam Freeland. Also credited on the album is Eric Whitacre (who joined the music team as reported here) and composer Geoff Zanelli. There have also been two new cover arts circulating online (check out our previous article for the original one and see below for the other alternate cover). To pre-order the album, which will be released on May 17, 2011, visit Amazon. Check out the full track list after the jump.

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‘The Tree of Life’ Soundtrack Details

April 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Alexandre Desplat, score, Soundtrack, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. The album includes 13 tracks of Alexandre Desplat’s original score. As reported earlier, the soundtrack is set for a release on May 24, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. The Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn centers on a son and his complicated relationship with his father. The movie is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and is opening in the US on May 24, 2011.

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Bruce Broughton’s ‘Stay Tuned’ Score released

April 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Bruce Broughton, Fred Karlin, Ravagers, Stay Tuned

Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release of the 1992 action fantasy film Stay Tuned. The music is composed by Bruce Broughton. The album is limited to 1500 copies and is divided in two sections including the original orchestral score, as well as four “imaginary TV suites” from the TV spots featured in the movie. To listen to audio clips and order the CD, visit Amazon or Intrada’s online store. Stay Tuned directed by Peter Hyams stars John Ritter, Pam Dawber and Jeffrey Jones and centers on a husband and wife who are sucked into a hellish TV and have to survive a gauntlet of twisted versions of TV shows they find themselves in.

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Expanded ‘First Knight’ Score released

April 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Christopher Lennertz, First Knight, Jerry Goldsmith, Medal of Honor, Michael Giacchino, Ramin Djawadi

Earlier this week, La-La Land Records has released an expanded soundtrack album of Jerry Goldsmith’s score for First Knight. The album comes in a 2 disc-set featuring the film’s score, the original 1995 album version and 7 alternate tracks not used in the film. The music has been expanded over the original soundtrack album by more than an hour. Limited to 5000 copies, the 2 CD presentation is now available to order on La-La Land Records’ website, where the album also can be previewed with several audio clips. First Knight is directed by Jerry Zucker and stars Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond.

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‘Bridesmaids’ Soundtrack announced

April 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Bridesmaids, Michael Andrews, Soundtrack

Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack release for the comedy Bridesmaids. The album features one score track by composer Michael Andrews, as well as several songs from the movie. Artists on the soundtrack include Wilson Phillips, Blondie, Fiona Apple, Kate Nash and Hole. The album will be released on May 10, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the soundtrack below. Bridesmaids directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow stars Kirsten Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm. The comedy is opening in theaters on May 13.

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Deborah Lurie Scoring ‘Footloose’

April 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Craig Brewer, Deborah Lurie, Footloose, Prom, Soundtrack

Deborah Lurie is writing the score for the upcoming remake of Footloose. The film is directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. The movie is a remake of the 1984 hit film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest. Miles Goodman served as the music adaptor on the original film. The remake is said to focus more on the drama of the original movie about a city kid who moves to a conservative town where dancing and rock music has been banned and less on elaborate musical numbers of the Footloose stage adaptation.

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‘Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil’ Soundtrack announced

April 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Hood Vs. Evil, Hoodwinked Too, Murray Gold, score, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records has announced a score soundtrack release for the animated film Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil. The album includes the original score by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood) and will be released digitally on April 26, 2011 and on CD on May 17. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon. Hoodwinked Too is directed by Mike Disa and features the voice talent of Glenn Close, Cheech and Chong, Hayden Panetierre, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Martin Short, Brad Garrett and Joan Cusack. The movie is the sequel to the 2005 animated hit film Hoodwinked and will be released on April 29 by the Weinstein Company.

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‘Monte Carlo’ Soundtrack Album Coming

April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack

UPDATE (June 1, 2011): The soundtrack is now available to pre-order on Amazon.

The first trailer of the upcoming teen comedy Monte Carlo recently surfaced online. A closer look to the trailer’s credits reveals that a soundtrack album for the film will be released by Varese Sarabande Records. Given the label’s relationship with composer Michael Giacchino, we expect the album to feature the original score from the movie. Monte Carlo tells the story of a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris with one girl’s future stepsister, where one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, which leads the girls to find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo. The movie stars Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell. The film reunites Giacchino with director Tom Bezucha who previosuly worked with the composer on the holiday drama The Family Stone.

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