Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Nickel Boys. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Honey Boy, Causeway, Fresh, Aloha, Together, Together, Charm City Kings, Dawson City: Frozen Time) & Scott Alario (Hale County This Morning, This Evening). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first two tracks below. Nickel Boys is co-written and directed by RaMell Ross and stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Fred Hechinger, Hamish Linklater, Daveed Diggs and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Colson Whitehead and follows an idealistic high schooler whose aims of attending college are upended when racist law officials falsely accuse him of a crime and he gets sent to an abusive reformatory school, where he forms a friendship and strikes up an alliance with another teen.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘The Return’ Soundtrack Album Details
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Return. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Manchurian Candidate, Never Let Me Go, One Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 6. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Return is co-written and directed by Uberto Pasolini and stars Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria and Ángela Molina. The movie is based on Homer’s ancient classic The Odyssey and follows King Odysseus as he washes up on the shores of Ithaca 20 years after he left his kingdom and finds his beloved wife Penelope hounded by suitors vying to be king, and his son Telemachus facing death at the hands of these suitors, who see him as merely an obstacle to their pursuit of the kingdom.
‘And Their Children After Them’ Soundtrack Released
L’R Du Tresor has released a soundtrack album for the French coming-of-age drama And Their Children After Them (Leurs enfants après eux). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amaury Chabauty (Murder Party, Year of the Shark, The Dreamer, Teddy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s “epilogue” track below. And Their Children After Them is written and directed by Ludovic Boukherma & Zoran Boukherma and stars Paul Kircher, Angélina Woreth, Sayyid El Alami, Gilles Lellouche, Ludivine Sagnier and Louis Memmi. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Nicolas Mathieu takes place over the course of four summers in the early 1990s and follows three teenagers growing up in a former steel town in Northern France as their destinies intersect, collide and intertwine, amid dreams of escaping the town.
‘A Mistake’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Intrada Records will release a soundtrack album for the medical drama A Mistake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Operative, Ghost Stories, The Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally next Tuesday, December 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A Mistake is written and directed by Christine Jeffs and stars Elizabeth Banks, Simon McBurney, Mickey Sumner and Rena Owen. The movie follows an expert surgeon who finds herself in a difficult situation when ehe makes a fateful decision during a routine surgery by allowing her young colleague to take charge of a delicate procedure.
Expanded ‘Supercell’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the disaster thriller Supercell co-written and directed by Herbert James Winterstern and stars Alec Baldwin, Skeet Ulrich, Anne Heche, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Daniel Diemer and Anjul Nigam.. The album features the film’s original score composed by Corey Wallace (Artik, Siberia, F*** Marry Kill, Cursed Friends, Valley of Bones) and performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, including previously unreleased music, as well as an unused demo cue and a “pre-production arrangement” of the composer’s main theme. The soundtrack CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has previously released the original digital soundtrack album last year.
New Recording of Dimitri Tiomkin’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ Score Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1958 adventure drama The Old Man and the Sea directed by John Sturges, written by Peter Viertel based on Ernest Hemingway’s novella of the same name title and starring Spencer Tracy. The album features a new recording of the film’s complete original score composed by Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Alamo, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Giant, The Guns of Navarone) and performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Richard Kaufman. Tiomkin won his fourth Academy Award for his score. Visit the label’s official website for more information about the 2-CD set and to check out audio samples.
‘The Marching Band’ Soundtrack Released
Plaza Mayor Company has released for the French comedy drama The Marching Band (En fanfare). The album features the film’s original music composed by Michel Petrossian (And the Party Goes On). 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 below. The Marching Band is co-written and directed by Emmanuel Courcol and stars Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin and Sarah Suco. The movie follows an internationally renowned conductor who learns that he was adopted and discovers the existence of a younger brother who works in a school cafeteria and plays the trombone in a marching band.
Expanded ‘Out of Africa’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 romantic drama Out of Africa directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer. The album features the complete original score from the film composed and conducted by John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Somewhere in Time, Moonraker, Body Heat, Mary, Queen of Scots), including previously unreleased music, as well as alternate tracks and source cues. The composer received his fourth Academy Award for his score for the movie. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. MCA Records has previously released the 1985 original soundtrack album, while Varese Sarabande has released a re-recording featuring additional tracks in 1997.
Expanded ‘Phantasm’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Waxwork Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1979 sci-fi/horror cult classic Phantasm written and directed by Don Coscarelli and starring Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister and Kathy Lester. The album features the premiere release of the film’s complete original score composed by Fred Myrow (Soylent Green, Scarecrow, Hour of the Assassin, Survival Quest) and Malcolm Seagrave, previously unrleased cues from the score recordings sessions, as well as the newly remastered original 1979 score album. The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 45th anniversary, is now available as a triple LP set on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more information about the release.
‘Queens of Drama’ Soundtrack Released
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French musical comedy drama Queens of Drama (Les reines du drame). The album features the film’s original score composed by Pierre Desprats (Olga, Rouge, She Is Conann, The Wild Boys, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, Perfect Nanny), as well as the movie’s songs written by Rebeka Warrior, Mona Soyoc, Desprats himself & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the first two score tracks and several songs after the jump. Queens of Drama is co-written and directed by Alexis Langlois and stars Louiza Aura, Gio Ventura, Alma Jodorowsky, Bilal Hassani, Asia Argento, Nana Benamer, Thomas Poitevin, Dustin Muchuvitz and Raya Martigny.