Epic Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius). The album features a selection of songs by the funk band (and the film’s subject) Sly & The Family Stone. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD and vinyl edition will be coming out on May 9 and is now available for pre-order here. Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) is directed by Questlove and examines the life and legacy of the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The movie captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘La Dolce Villa’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film La Dolce Villa. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Caroline Ho (Mother of the Bride, Rap Sh!t). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (All Roads Lead to Rome) below. La Dolce Villa is directed by Mark Waters and stars Scott Foley, Violante Placido, Giuseppe Futia and Maia Reficco. The romantic comedy revolves around a successful businessman who travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter from restoring a crumbling villa, but instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.
‘Hola Frida’ Soundtrack Album Released
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Hola Frida. The album features the film’s original score composed by Laetitia Pansanel-Garric (Pamfir, The Monster of Many Monsters, Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière). Also included is the original title song written by Olivia Ruig & Pansanel-Garric and performed by Ruig. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the song and first score track below. Hola Frida is directed by André Kadi & Karine Vézina and tells a fictionalized story of the childhood adventures of real-life artist Frida Kahlo, growing up in Coyoacán, Mexico City as she overcomes adversity by using her vibrant imagination.
Olivia Dean’s Original Song ‘It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be’ from ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Released
Universal Music Group has released the original song It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be from the romantic comedy Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. The track is co-written (with Matt Hales) and performed by Olivia Dean and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song, which is also included on the album Bridget Jones’s Diary: The Mixtape (to be released his Friday, February 14), after the jump. Also coming out on Friday is a separate album featuring Dustin O’Halloran’s score from the fourth installment of the Bridget Jones series. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is directed by Michael Morris and stars Renée Zellweger, Leo Woodall, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Isla Fisher, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones.
‘Honeymoon Crasher’ Soundtrack Released
Grande Ourse has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original film Honeymoon Crasher (Lune de miel avec ma mère). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Matteo Locasciulli (Weekend in Taipei, Rumba Therapy, Home Sweet Rome!, Champagne, The World Upside Down, We Have a Dream, Inestimable). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Le marriage) after the jump. Honeymoon Crasher is co-written and directed by Nicolas Cuche and stars Michèle Laroque, Julien Frison, Rossy de Palma, Margot Bancilhon, Gilbert Melki and Kad Merad. The comedy follows a young man gets dumped by his fiancée at the altar and is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.
‘Paying for It’ Soundtrack Album Released
Mint Records has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian indie comedy Paying for It. The album features the film’s original music composed by director Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble (aka Lee & Gamble Unlimited). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to Lee’s & Gamble’s “closing credits” track below. Paying for It is co-written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee and stars Dan Beirne, Emily Lê, Andrea Werhun, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Chris Sandiford, Stephen Kalyn, Kris Siddiqi, Sera-Lys McArthur, Scott Thompson and Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll. The movie is based on Chester Brown’s autobiographical 2011 graphic novel and follows an introverted cartoonist who starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Soundtrack Album Details
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music will release the official soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Laura Karpman (American Fiction, The Marvels, Miss Marvel, Paris Can Wait, What If…?, Lovecraft Country, Set It Up). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Captain America: Brave New World is co-written and directed by Julius Onah and stars Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson, Liv Tyler and Harrison Ford. The movie follows Sam as he finds himself in the middle of an international incident after meeting with the newly elected U.S. President and must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot.
‘Holy Cow’ Soundtrack Released
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French coming-of-age drama Holy Cow (Vingt Dieux). The album features the film’s original music composed by Linda Courvoisier & Charlie Courvoisier. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ final track below. Holy Cow is co-written and directed by Louise Courvoisier and stars Clément Faveau, Maïwène Barthélemy, Mathis Bernard, Luna Garret and Dimitry Baudry. The movie revolves around an 18 year old who is thrust into the unexpected role of looking after his younger sister and their failing family farm after the tragic death of his father and assumes even more responsibility when he enters a cash competition for the best Comte cheese made in this western part of the French Alps.
‘Quigley Down Under’ 35th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 western Quigley Down Under directed by Simon Wincer and starring Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo and Alan Rickman. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, The Hunt for Red October, Starship Troopers, RoboCop, For the Love of the Game, The Blue Lagoon, Red Dawn). The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 35th anniversary.
‘Good Bad Things’ Soundtrack Album Released
Ineffable Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy drama Good Bad Things. The album features the songs from the film by artists such as WYO, The Hip Abduction, Trevor Hall, Fishing in Japan, The Elovaters, Little Stranger & others. Also included are five tracks from the movie’s original score composed by Matthew O’Connor. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the first score track below. Good Bad Things is co-written and directed by Shane D. Stanger and stars Danny Kurtzman, Brett Dier, Ryan Whitney, Jessica Parker Kennedy and Timothy Granaderos. The movie follows a young man with muscular dystrophy who steps out of his comfort zone into the world of online dating and goes on a journey of self-acceptance when he meets a dynamic photographer.