Drag City will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese drama Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai). The album features the film’s original music composed by Eiko Ishibashi (Drive My Car, Blade of the Immortal). The soundtrack will be released digitally and on vinyl on June 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition. Evil Does Not Exist is written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and stars Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ayaka Shibutani, Ryuji Kosaka, Hazuki Kikuchi and Hiroyuki Miura. The movie follows a widower who lives a peaceful life with his young daughter in the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, near Tokyo, where they are confronted with a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby that will have a pernicious impact on the community.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘On the Edge’ (‘État Limite’) Soundtrack Released
District 6 Music has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary On the Edge (État limite). The album features the film’s original music composed by Gaël Rakotondrabe (The Wild One, Porto, Other People’s Children). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s Psycho Piano Suite below. On the Edge is directed by Nicolas Peduzzi and centers on Jamal Abdel-Kader, the only psychiatrist in a 400-bed state hospital on the outskirts of Paris. The movie follows the young doctor as he navigates his way from emergency to intensive care, from mentally ill patients to those bedridden by chronic illness.
‘The Roundup: Punishment’ Soundtrack Album Released
142 Music has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean action crime comedy The Roundup: Punishment. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yoon Il-sang (Big Bet). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Beginning) after the jump. The Roundup: Punishment is directed by Heo Myeong-haeng and stars Don Lee, Kim Moo-yul, Park Ji-hwan and Lee Dong-hwi. The fourth installment in The Roundup series follows “Monster Cop” Ma Seok-do who is investigating an illegal online gambling organization and proposes an unexpected alliance as he begins to hunt down the criminals.
‘Brothers’ (‘Frères’) Soundtrack Released
Olivier Casas, Cyril Maurin and Simon Casas have released a soundtrack album for the French drama Brothers (Frères). The album features the trio’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first track (Turning Point) below. Brothers is co-written and directed by Olivier Casas and stars Matthieu Kassovitz and Yvan Attal. The movie follows a successful architect who is finalizing a very big project when he receives a phone call informing him that his brother has suddenly disappeared and sets out on his brother’s trail.
Expanded ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 family sci-fi comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids directed by Joe Johnston and starring Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Jared Rushton and Thomas Brown. The album features the expanded original score from the Walt Disney Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Apollo 11, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Field of Dreams, Aliens), including previously unreleased tracks. Visit Intrada’s official website to order the CD and for more information about the release. The label has previously released the world premiere soundtrack album for the movie as a limited edition CD back in 2009, while Walt Disney Records has released a digital version in 2021.
Colton Dixon’s ‘Rest of My Life’ from Andrew Hyatt’s ‘Sight’ Released
Atlantic Records has released the song Rest of My Life from the biographical drama Sight. The track co-written (with Joshua Murty & Jon Robert Hall) and performed by Colton Dixon and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Sight is co-written and directed by Andrew Hyatt and stars Terry Chen, Greg Kinnear, Danni Wang, Raymond Ma, Bennet Wang, Wai Ching Ho, Jayden Zhang and Fionnula Flanagan.
‘Day Labor’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Chris Bezold (Repeater, Larceny, As Good as Dead, Hustle Down) will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Day Labor. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally this Friday, May 3 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Day Labor is directed by R. Ellis Frazier and stars Amy Johnston, Danny Arroyo, Corin Nemec, Louis Mandylor, Gary Cairns, Chris Ashworth and Kevin Gage. The movie revolves around a Latino American veteran day laborer who finds himself caught in a battle for survival after he is mistakenly dropped off at a private ranch in Texas to be hunted for sport.
‘In the Company of Kings’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary In the Company of Kings. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ade Fenton & Tim Slade (Nails, Angel of Decay, The Head Hunter). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Tuesday, April 30 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. In the Company of Kings is directed by Steve Read, produced by Robert Douglas and follows a fight fan’s journey into the dark heart of American boxing to talk to eight former world champions and those closest to his hero Muhammad Ali.
‘Mamífera’ Soundtrack Released
Bankrobber has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama Mamífera. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joan Pons Villaró. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the the songwriter/composer’s first track (Com les coses quan s’acaben) below. Mamífera is written and directed by Liliana Torres and stars Maria Rodríguez Soto, Enric Auquer, Anna Alarcón, Ruth Llopis, Ann Perelló, Maria Ribera, Amparo Fernández and Anna Bertran. The movie revolves around a 40-year old woman who enjoys a happy life until an unforeseen pregnancy throws her plans into disarray.
Yungblud’s ‘I Was Made for Lovin’ You’ Cover from David Leitch’s ‘The Fall Guy’ Released
Locomotion Recordings & Geffen Records have released the cover version of Kiss’ I Was Made for Lovin’ You from the action comedy The Fall Guy. The track (originally written by Desmond Child, Vincent Poncia & Paul Stanley) produced by Dominic Lewis (who also composed the film’s score) & Chris Greatti and performed by YUNGBLUD is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. A full soundtrack album featuring Lewis’ original score from the movie is expected to be released next week by Back Lot Music. The Fall Guy is directed by David Leitch and stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham and Stephanie Hsu.