Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1998 psychological thriller Safe House co-written and directed by Eric Steven Stahl and starring Patrick Stewart, Kimberly Williams, Héctor Elizondo, Craig Shoemaker, Joy Kilpatrick and Julia Vera. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rebels & The Bad Batch, CSI: Miami, Narcos: Mexico, Hell on Wheels, Peacemaker, Dark Winds, Titans, Doom Patrol). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition CD-R on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find more about the release. A digital version is also expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘We Were Dangerous’ Soundtrack EP Released
Piki Island Limited has released a soundtrack EP for the New Zealand drama We Were Dangerous. The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Cam Ballantyne (Nude Tuesday, James & Isey). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Escape) after the jump. We Were Dangerous is directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu and stars Erana James, Rima Te Wiata, Nathalie Morris and Manaia Hall. The movie executive produced by Taika Waititi tells the story of a trio of delinquent schoolgirls railing against the colonial system in 1950s New Zealand.
‘The Fabulous Four’ Soundtrack Album Details
Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the comedy The Fabulous Four. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Shine, Australia, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, The Railway Man, Sanctum). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end credit suite after the jump. The Fabulous Four is directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and stars Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The movie follows three life-long friends as they travel to Key West, Florida to be bridesmaids in a wedding of their college girlfriend, where their sisterhoods are rekindled and the past rises up again in all its glory.
‘Dìdi’ Soundtrack Album Details
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the coming-of-age comedy drama Dìdi. The album features the film’s original score composed by Giosuè Greco (Welcome to Wrexham, Let the Right One In, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, Not Going Quietly, Big Man on Campus). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Mondo is expected to release a vinyl edition. Listen to the composer’s title track below. Dìdi is written and directed by Sean Wang and stars Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen and Chang Li Hua. The movie is set in 2008 and follows a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy during the last month of summer before high school begins as he learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
‘Norbert(a)’ Soundtrack Album Released
La Cupula Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama Norbert(a). The album features the film’s original music composed by Arnau Bataller (The Vault, A Perfect Day, [REC] 4: Apocalypse, Wake Up, Killer Book Club, Prey, The Chosen). 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. Norbert(a) is directed by Sonia Escolano (who also wrote the screenplay) & Belén López Albert and stars Luis Bermejo, Adriana Ozores, Mariona Terés and María Romanillos. The movie centers on a seemingly normal married couple with a secret: at night, the husband dresses up as a woman and carries out small-scale robberies, while the wife waits for him in the getaway car.
‘Two to One’ (‘Zwei zu Eins’) Soundtrack Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the German comedy Two to One (Zwei zu Eins). The album features the film’s original music composed by Hannah von Hübbenet (Charité) & Amaury Laurent Bernier (Totem, Elli and Her Monster Team, Princess Emmy, Atomic Puppet). Also included are songs by The Dead South, William Fitzsimmons, Brown Bird and Sir Simon. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Jetzt habt ihr den Salat) below. Two to One is written and directed by Natja Brunckhorst and stars Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ursula Werner and Peter Kurth. The movie is based on a true story and follows a group of clever East Germans as they seize the chaotic post-GDR era in 1990 to retrieve hidden millions from an underground vault.
Premiere Vinyl Edition of Randy Newman’s ‘Pleasantville’ Score Announced
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl release of the score to the 1998 fantasy comedy drama Pleasantville written and directed by Gary Ross and starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Don Knotts and J. T. Walsh. The 2-LP deluxe edition features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Randy Newman (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., The Princess and the Frog, A Bug’s Life, Marriage Story, Avalon, Cars) and will be available on Red, White and Blue swirl vinyl in North America, while the international edition is pressed on Translucent Tan vinyl. The soundtrack will be released on September 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. The 2-LP gatefold package includes a brand-new illustration by artist Sim Sim on the cover.
‘Dear Paris’ (‘Paradis Paris’) Soundtrack Released
Vito Films & Studiocanal have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Dear Paris (Paradis Paris). The album features the film’s original score composed by Pascal Lengagne (Overdrive, Haute Couture, Fahim, Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan, Thank You for Calling), as well as additional music by Mathieu Lengagne. Also included is the original song Ça va aller co-written and performed by Gwendal Marimoutou (listen to the track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Dear Paris is directed by Marjane Satrapi and stars Monica Bellucci, Ben Aldridge, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega, Rossy de Palma, Roschdy Zem, Gwendal Marimoutou, Alex Lutz, Charline Balu-Emane, Martina Garcia, Thomas Bernier and Romeo Grialou. The movie is set in the titular city, where four different characters confront death only to embrace life once again.
‘The Unknown Country’ Soundtrack Album Released
Gardener Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Unknown Country. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexis Marsh & Sam Jones (Animal Kingdom, We’ll Never Have Paris, Next Gen, Equity, Lila & Eve), as well additional music by Neil Halstead. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Unknown Country is co-written and directed by Morrisa Maltz and stars Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Richard Ray Whitman, Devin Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Jazmine Bearkiller Shangreaux and Scott Stample. The movie follows a grief-stricken woman who is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin’s wedding in South Dakota, where she reconnects with her family and retraces a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph.
‘QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man’ Soundtrack Album Released
Carlo Siliotto (The Punisher, Miracles from Heaven, Under the Same Moon, Fluke, Nomad: The Warrior) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man. The album features the composer’s original score from the and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Golden Man) after the jump. QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man is directed by Igor Lopatonok and explores the challenges, difficulties and misconceptions in being the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence through the obstacles faced in reconstructing a nation from scratch still suffering from the Soviet traumas of the 20th Century.