ENKA has released a soundtrack album for the French/Japanese crime thriller The Serpent’s Path (Le Chemin du Serpent). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errèra (Raging Fire, Hidden Man,Shaolin, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, My Night, Adoring, Mountain Cry). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Serpent’s Path is co-written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and stars Damien Bonnard, Shibasaki Ko, Mathieu Almaric and Grégoire Colin. The movie is based on Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same title and follows a mysterious woman who teams up with a man who is seeking revenge after his daughter was killed to kidnap members of an criminal organization and torture them to find out what really happened.
Category: Film Music Albums
Expanded ‘The Fifth Cord’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1971 Italian thriller The Fifth Cord (Giornata nera per l’ariete) co-written and directed by Luigi Bazzoni and starring Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Edmund Purdon, Princess Ira Von Fürstenberg, Pamela Tiffin and Agostina Belli. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso, The Hateful Eight), including previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 500 copies and includes the complete score on the first disc and the remastered original soundtrack album, as well as alternate tracks on the second disc, 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.
‘The Child Who Measured the World’ Soundtrack Released
Editions Musicales François has released a soundtrack album for the French drama The Child Who Measured the World (L’enfant qui mesurait le monde). The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyril Morin (Samsara, The Syrian Bride, Borgia, Last Film Show, Sira, Angry Indian Godesses). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles track below. The Child Who Measured the World is directed by Takis Candilis and stars Bernard Campan, Maria Apostolakea, Fotinì Peluso and Raphaël Brottier. The movie follows a property developer of Greek origin who finds his life turned upside down when he learns of the death of his daughter and discovers that he is the grandfather of a 9-year-old boy on the autism spectrum.
‘Otto by Otto’ Soundtrack Released
Noisy Miner has released a soundtrack album for the Australian documentary Otto by Otto. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stefan Gregory (The Dig, The Rooster, Cottontail). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Quite Fun) after the jump. Otto by Otto is directed by Gracie Otto and centers on her father, Barry Otto, whose career in Australian theater, film and television has spanned more than 50 years. The movie explores Gracie’s relationship with her father, in the twilight of his life and career, as she tries to capture his memories before his memory disappears.
‘The Sugarland Express’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 crime drama The Sugarland Express directed by Steven Spielberg (who made his theatrical feature directorial debut on the project) and starring Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton and Michael Sacks. The album, which is being released released as part of the Universal Studios Film Music Classics Collection, features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler’s List, Catch Me If You Can, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The CD, which is limited to 5,000 copies, 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. A vinyl edition is also in the works.
Diplo’s & Oliver Tree’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’ Title Song Released
Columbia Records has released the title song for the new Netflix original animated film Ultramn: Rising. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is ULTRAMAN performed by Diplo (who also co-wrote the track with Jamison Baken & Jorge Alfonzo) & Oliver Tree. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. As previously reported, Netflix Music has released a full soundtrack album featuring Scot Stafford’s score from the movie, while Atlantic Records has released the original song No Better by Alicia Creti as a digital single last week.
‘Treasure’ Soundtrack Album Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the German/French comedy drama Treasure. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz (Copying Beethoven, In Darkness,Quo Vadis, Aida?, Rosemary’s Baby, In the Rearview) and Mary Komasa (Cracow Monsters, Charlatan). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Treasure is directed by Julia von Heinz and stars Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry and Zbigniew Zamachowski. The movie based on Lily Brett’s bestselling novel Too Many Men is set in 1990s Poland after the fall of the Iron Curtain and follows an American music journalist and her father, a stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland.
Pharrell Williams’ Original Song ‘Double Life’ from ‘Despicable Me 4’ Released
Columbia Records has released the original song Double Life from Illumination Entertainment’s feature Despicable Me 4. The track is written and performed by Pharrell Williams and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album for the movie. Despicable Me 4 is directed by Chris Renaud and features the voice talent of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Miranda Cosgrove, Chloe Fineman, Renaud himself, Steve Coogan, Madison Polan and Dana Gaier.
‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1’ Soundtrack Album Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the western epic Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, Elf, Draft Day, The Princess Diaries, Hocus Pocus) and performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main title theme below. Horizon: An American Saga is co-written and directed by Kevin Costner and stars Costner himself, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt, Danny Huston, Tim Guinee, Colin Cunningham, Scott Haze, Tom Payne, Michael Rooker, Abbey Lee, Will Patton, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jamie Campbell Bower, Angus Macfadyen, Glynn Turman and Giovanni Ribisi.
‘Inside Out 2’ Soundtrack Album Details
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Pixar Animation Studios’ sequel Inside Out 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Datzman (Carl’s Date, Alcatraz, Dug Days). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. Click here for the project’s music team credits. The label has previously released the soundtrack for the original 2015 movie featuring music by Michael Giacchino whose themes are used in the sequel and who also co-produced the new score. Inside Out 2 is directed by Kelsey Mann and features the voices of Amy Poehler, Lewis Black, Maya Hawke, Phyllis Smith, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Ayo Edebiri, Paul Walter Hauser, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Lilimar, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kensington Tallman, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green and Grace Lui.