Label Zero recently released Klaus Badelt’s score to the French comedy L’arnacoeur (Heartbreakers). The movie about two siblings who are running a business designed to break up relationships, when they are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The movie stars Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis. The movies comes out this week in France. No domestic release date has been announced yet. Badelt’s score is available as a download-only release on Amazon (click the link for sound clips). The album contains 22 tracks of Badelt’s score for about 30 minutes of music. To watch a video from the recordings sessions with the London Metropolitan Orchestra, check out this YouTube link.
Category: Film Music Albums
Morricone’s White Dog score released
Film Score Monthly has announced their newest CD release: Ennio Morricone’s score the 1982 drama White Dog. In the movie, a trainer is attempting to reprogram a vicious dog who’s been trained to attack and kill people with black skin. The movie directed by Samuel Fuller (Shark!, The Big Red One) stars Kristy McNichol. The movie was only recently released on DVD and was virtually unseen before in the US. Film Score Monthly’s premiere CD release is limited to 3000 copies and features the complete score. To find out more about the album, listen to audio clips and order the CD, visit Film Score Monthly’s CD page.
Kick-Ass soundtrack status
Polydor Records has announced that they will release the soundtrack to the comic book adaptation Kick-Ass on March 29 in Europe. A release date in the US has not been announced, but is expected to follow shortly. The soundtrack will feature a number of songs featured in the movie, as well as a track from Ennio Morricone’s For a Few Dollars More. The album also includes several quotes from the film’s characters. Film Music Reporter has learned that there are plans to release a separate score CD later on. The film’s composers are Ilan Eshkeri, Marius DeVries, Henry Jackman and John Murphy and the movie will be released on April 16 by Lionsgate. Composer Marius DeVries also serves as producer of the soundtrack CD along with David Reid. The album mixes punk rock from The Dickies and New York Dolls with Sparks’ alt pop alongside The Prodigy, Primal Scream and Brit-Award newcomer Ellie Goulding, all topped off by the King himself Elvis Presley. The soundtrack will also launch Taylor Momsen’s (Gossip Girl) new post-grunge band The Pretty Reckless.
Here’s the tracklisting of the soundtrack CD:
Nanny McPhee soundtrack details
Varese Sarabande Records has added details on James Newton Howard’s score for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang coming out in Europe later this month and state-side in August. The album features 24 tracks of the score amounting to almost an hour of music. Please note that Varese Sarabande has changed the cover art since the previous announcement of the score release. To listen to clips from the album, check out Varese’s international distributor page Colosseum.
Schifrin CD Box Set announced
Film Score Monthly has announced a new 5 CD box set for Lalo Schifrin scores from the 60’s. The set limited to 2000 copies includes his score for The Cincinnati Kid (1965) starring Steve McQueen and directed by Norman Jewison, featuring a song based on the main theme performed by Ray Charles. In addition, the set includes Schifrin’s first Hollywood score to the adventure movie Rhino! (1964), his jazz score for the film noir Once a Thief (1965) starring Alain Delon and Jack Palance, as well as his scores for the international espionage movies The Venetian Affair (1967) and Sol Madrid (1968). Finally, one disc is devoted to bonus tracks from Schifrin’s other MGM scores from the period, including such TV projects as Medical Center and The Mask of Sheba. To find out more about the CD set and to listen to clips from the scores, check out Film Score Monthly’s CD page or Screen Archives.
Clash of the Titans soundtrack coming
WaterTower Music has announced that they will release Ramin Djawadi’s score for Clash of the Titans on March 30. In the movie starring Sam Worthington, Liams Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, the mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens. Clash of the Titans is directed by Louis Lettier (The Incredible Hulk) and will be released on April 2. Djawadi and his crew recently finished recording the score in London. Tracklisting and details on the score will be announced shortly.
Silvestri’s Dutch score released
La-La-Land Records announced the world premiere release of Alan Silvestri’s score for the 1991 comedy Dutch. The John Hughes produced movie stars Ed O’Neill, Ethan Embry and JoBeth Williams. The CD is limited to 1200 copies and can be ordered at the label’s webpage where you can also listen to clips from the score.
Here’s the tracklisting:
The Blind Side score released
Watertower Records recently released Carter Burwell’s score for the drama The Blind Side. The Oscar-nominated movie has been in theaters since last November and has grossed more than $250 Mio. at the domestic box office. On Sunday, Sandra Bullock was awarded for her lead performance with an Academy Award. The soundtrack album is currently only available as a download-only release, but Watertower Records is planning to release a CD on March 23. The album contains 19 tracks and almost 30 minutes from Burwell’s score, as well as four songs from the movie. To listen to clips from the soundtrack and download the entire album, check out Amazon.
The Bounty Hunter score album announced
George Fenton’s score for the romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter will be released on March 16 by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The movie is directed by regular Fenton collaborater Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama, Ever After, Fool’s Gold) and stars Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The movie will be released in theaters on March 19.
Here’s the tracklisting of the album:
Season of the Witch score album announced
Relativity Media Soundtracks has announced to release Atli Örvarsson’s score for the fantasy adventure Season of the Witch. The album is scheduled to come out on March 16 and features about 50 minutes of Örvarsson’s music. In the movie directed by Dominic Sena (Swordfish, Gone in 60 Seconds), 14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. Season of the Witch stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee. Lionsgate will release the movie later this year.