Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming drama The Fighter directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams. The album features 15 tracks of the original score by composer Michael Brook. The movie has been getting a lot of positive critical reaction and is considered to be among the main contenders in some of the main categories (including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor) during the upcoming Award season. Check out our previous posting announcing Michael Brook’s involvement in the film. To listen to audio clips and to download the soundtrack, which will be released on December 7, visit Amazon.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Little Fockers’ soundtrack album announced
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming comedy Little Fockers. The album includes the original score by composer Stephen Trask, who has collaborated with the movie’s director Paul Weitz numerous times (In Good Company, American Dreamz, The Vampire’s Assistant). The comedy sequel stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand. In the movie, the Focker and the Byrnes families brace themselves for the arrival of a baby. The album will be released on January 11, 2011, while the movie opens nationwide on December 22. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon.
‘The Tempest’ soundtrack album coming
Zarathustra Records will release a soundtrack album for Julie Taymor’s feature-film adaptation of Shakespeare’s last play The Tempest. The soundtrack for the movie starring Helen Mirren marks the first release of Goldenthal’s music label and will be released on December 14. Goldenthal’s indie-rock driven original score album features vocals by Beth Gibbons (Portishead) and Reeve Carney (Carney, star of SpiderMan: Turn Off The Dark, on Broadway) and musicians Benjamin Curtis (Secret Machines), Page Hamilton (Helmet), Mark Stewart (Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman) as well as the composer himself on keyboards to bring the surreal world of the film alive. To listen to audio clips from the soundtrack, check out Elliott Goldenthal’s Facebook page and visit Amazon to order the album. To find out more about the film to be released on December 10, check out the official movie webpage.
‘True Grit’ soundtrack release announced
Nonesuch Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming western True Grit. The album features selections of the score by composer Carter Burwell, who regularly works with the film’s directors Joel and Ethan Coen. The album will be released on December 21. In the movie starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin and Matt Damon, a tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father’s murderer. To find out more about the movie, which will be released on Christmas Day, check out the official movie webpage. To pre-order the soundtrack CD, visit Amazon.
‘The Tourist’ soundtrack album details
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming movie The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. The album features 21 tracks from James Newton Howard’s score, as well as one track from the original composer on the movie, Gabriel Yared. Check out our previous news article on the movie, as well as the official movie webpage for more information.
Gulliver’s Travels soundtrack album announced
Varese Sarabande Records will release the soundtrack album for the upcoming family adventure film Gulliver’s Travels starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Jason Segel. The album features 18 score tracks by composer Henry Jackman. The soundtrack will be released on December 21, one day before the movie opens in theaters. Check out the movie’s official webpage to find out more about Gulliver’s Travels.
New ‘First Blood’ soundtrack release announced
Intrada Records announced a new 2 disc soundtrack release of Jerry Goldsmith’s score for the 1982 action movie First Blood. In the movie directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Sylvester Stallone, a mentally unstable Vietnam war vet, when abused with a small town’s police force, begins a one man war with it. The album is the first release of the complete score and also includes the original 1982 soundtrack on a second disc. To listen to audio clips and to order the album, check out Intrada’s soundtrack page.
John Williams’ Family Plot soundtrack release announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the first CD release of John Williams’ score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Family Plot. Only the film’s end credits has previously been released. Hitchcock’s last movie stars Bruce Dern and Barbara Harris centers around a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California. The album featuring about an hour of the score is limited to 5000 copies. For audio clips and order details, visit Varese Sarabande.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 19, 2010)
Two movies open wide this weekend:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is already breaking pre-sales records and is expected to beat the opening weekend grosses from the previous films in the series. Alexandre Desplat wrote the score for the movie as the fourth composer in the series. To find out more about the soundtrack which has been released earlier this week, check out our previous news article. For several links to interviews with the composer on the Harry Potter score, click here. Also check out an in depth interview with the composer on the fansite Harry Potter’s Page, which has just been published today.
Tron: Legacy Soundtrack details
Walt Disney Records will release soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi movie Tron: Legacy. The soundtrack set for a December 7 release will include the score for the movie by Daft Punk. The electronic duo assembled a symphony of eighty-five world-class musicians in London and recorded the orchestra at AIR Lyndhurst Studios. The movie about a virtual-world worker who looks to take down the Master Control Program stars Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges and Michael Sheen is coming out on December 17. A number of cues from the score can be heard on Disney’s official movie webpage. For more audio samples, also check out Walt Disney Studio Awards page and the soundtrack’s Facebook page. To watch the music video to Daft Punk’s Derezzed cue from the movie, check out this YouTube link. To listen to audio clips from every track on the album, visit Amazon UK. To pre-order the CD, click here.