The full details of the soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s feature The Wild Robot have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kris Bowers (Bridgeton, King Richard, Green Book, Secret Invasion, Haunted Mansion, The Color Purple, Dear White People, Space Jam: A New Legacy). Also included is the original song Kiss the Sky co-written and performed by Maren Morris (previously released as a digital single), as well as the end credits song Even When I’m Not by the singer/songwriter. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 27 by Back Lot Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. Waxwork Records will release a vinyl edition. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits. The Wild Robot is written and directed by Chris Sanders and stars Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu, Ving Rhames, Matt Berry and Mark Hamill.
Category: Film Music Albums
Soundtrack Album for Dean Martin Documentary ‘King of Cool’ Released
Sonic Ventures has released a soundtrack album for the documentary King of Cool. The album features the film’s original music composed by Leigh Roberts (This Changes Everything, Casting By, Thank You for Your Service, Davi’s Way). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s main title/opening theme track after the jump. King of Cool is directed by Tom Donahue and centers on Dean Martin, the founding member of the Rat Pack, a multi-talented performer who was part of the number one comedy act in America, a chart-topping singer for over fifty years and one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and on TV. The movie executive produced by Appian Way’s Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson & Phillip Watson features never-before-seen archival footage including from his time with Jerry Lewis, and interviews with friends (Angie Dickinson, Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart & others), family and admirers (RZA, Jon Hamm).
‘Megalopolis’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi drama Megalopolis. The album features the film’s original music composed by Osvaldo Golijov (Youth Without Youth, The Man Who Cried, Twixt, The Oath). Also included are two original songs (My Pledge & No Turning Around) written and performed by Grace VanderWaal who stars as Vesta Sweetwater, as well as additional compositions by Jeremy Flower, Cyro Baptista, Jamey Haddad & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 27. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and click here to check out the project’s music team credits Also listen to Golijov’s first track (New Rome) and both of the songs below. Megalopolis is written and directed by Coppola and stars Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Kathryn Hunter, Laurence Fishburne and Dustin Hoffman.
‘Bolt from the Blue’ Soundtrack Released
Xander Rodzinski (Willow, Dead for a Dollar, Light & Magic) has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi adventure comedy Bolt from the Blue. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the Rodzinski’s title track after the jump. Bolt from the Blue is written and directed by Jack Martin and stars Page Tudyk Gomez, Kevin Michael Martin, Evan Holtzman, Kate Flannery and Matt Walsh. The movie follows an overlooked engineer who is sent to Alaska to scope out an eccentric scientist’s claim that capturing lightning can be a new source of renewable energy and discovers the research center is just one guy and his technology that consists of toys, trash, and duct tape.
‘Killer Heat’ Soundtrack Album Details
Amazon Content Services will release the official soundtrack album for the noir thriller Killer Heat. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Shirley (Creed III, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Bad Trip, The Underdoggs, Fairfax, The Mysterious Benedict Society). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s Killer Heat Suite below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Killer Heat is directed by Philippe Lacôte and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Richard Madden, Abbey Lee, Clare Holman and Bobou Ceesay. The movie is based on Jo Nesbø ‘sshort story The Jealousy Man and follows an American expat in Greece working as a private eye who gets hired to investigate the supposed accidental death of a young shipping magnate on the island of Crete.
‘Weekend in Taipei’ Soundtrack Album Released
Because Music has released a soundtrack album for the action comedy Weekend in Taipei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matteo Locasciulli (Rumba Therapy, Home Sweet Rome!, Champagne, We Have a Dream, Inestimable). Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to two tracks (Joey and Kwang’s Theme & John’s Theme) after the jump. Weekend in Taipei is directed by George Huang, produced by Luc Besson and stars Luke Evans, Gwei Lun Mei, Sung Kang, Wyatt Yang and Pernell Walker. The EuropaCorp production follows a pit-bull DEA agent and a top “Transporter” who – 15 years after they fell in love and were forced to separate – are put on a collision course during a weekend in Taipei.
‘The Sparrow in the Chimney’ Soundtrack Album Released
iMusician & Noi Music Publishing have released a soundtrack album for the Swiss drama The Sparrow in the Chimney (Der Spatz im Kamin). The album features the film’s original music composed by Balz Bachmann (Yalom’s Cure, When We Were Sisters, Hidden Reserves). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s Sparrows Theme below. The Sparrow in the Chimney is written and directed by Ramon Zürcher and stars Maren Eggert, Britta Hammelstein, Luise Heyer, Lea Zoe Voss, Andreas Döhler, Milian Zerzawyand Ilja Bultmann. The movie revolves around two sisters whose reunion at a family gathering reignites old conflicts and deep-seated emotional turmoil.
‘The Chorus’ 20th Anniversary Soundtrack Album Announced
Peermusic France will release a new soundtrack album for the French 2004 musical drama The Chorus (Les Choristes) co-written and directed by Christophe Barratier and starring Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad and Jean-Baptiste Maunier. The album features the newly remastered score from the film composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration, Wolfwalkers, Wendell & Wild, Gemma Bovery) and the choir music performed by Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc, including two new tracks: an English language version of the Academy Award-nominated song Vois sur ton chemin (Children of Oblivion), as well as an instrumental version of In Memoriam (listen to the track after the jump). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. A CD and vinyl edition is also in the works.
‘Pimp My Bride’ Soundtrack Released
BOriginal has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic comedy Pimp My Bride (L’heureuse élue). The album features the film’s original music composed by Maxime Desprez & Michael Tordjman (Babysitting, Momo, Break, Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Do You Do You Saint-Tropez, A Very Bad Friend). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ first track below. Pimp My Bride is directed by Frank Bellocq and stars Camille Lellouche, Gérard Darmon, Lionel Erdogan and Michèle Laroque. The movie follows a young man who finds himself in debt and – in order to have his parents help him out financially – makes them believe he’s getting married to his model friend, but is forced to invite his Uber driver friend instead when she backs out.
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Score Album Details
The full details of the score album for Todd Phillips’ psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Chernobyl, Women Talking, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Tar, Mary Magdalene) who received her first Academy Award for 2019’s original Joker movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 27 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (There Is No Joker) has already been released as a digital single earlier this month. Interscope Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring Lady Gaga’s songs next Friday, October 4 and a companion album by Gaga this Friday. Joker: Folie à Deux is co-written and directed by Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson and Zazie Beetz.