Sony Music Entertainment NZ has released the original song I Am from Ava DuVernay’s drama Origin. The track co-written (with Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder & Te Kanapu Anasta) and performed by Stan Walker and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Origin is written and directed by DuVernay and stars Aunjanue Ellis, Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Connie Nielsen, Victoria Pedretti, Blair Underwood, Finn Wittrock, Donna Mills, Leonardo Nam, Isha Blaake and Emily Yancy..
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Bustin’ Down the Door’ Soundtrack Album Released
Stuart Michael Thomas (Midnight Bayou, Northern Lights, Blue Smoke) has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2008 documentary Bustin’ Down the Door directed by Jeremy Gosch and narrated by Edward Norton. The album features the composer/guitarist’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to Thomas’ title track after the jump. Bustin’ Down the Door chronicles how a group of young South African and Australian surfers sacrificed everything in the 1970s to create a sport, a culture and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world.
‘Migration’ Soundtrack Album Details
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack for Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature Migration. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Shrek, Solo: A Star Wars Story, United 93, Rio, Happy Feet, Horton Hears a Who!). Also included is the cover of Destiny’s Child’s Survivor (in two different versions) performed by Mon Laferte. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 15. Listen to all score tracks on Universal Pictures’ awards website. Migration is directed by Benjamin Renner and features the voice talent of Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkafina, Keegan-Michael Key, Caspar Jennings, David Mitchell, Tresi Gazal and Danny DeVito. The animated adventure tells the story of a family of ducks who try to convince their overprotective father to embark on the vacation of a lifetime.
Alicia Keys’ ‘Lifeline’ from ‘The Color Purple’ Soundtrack Released
gamma. & WaterTower Music have released the first song from the soundtrack for the new film adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel and the stage musical The Color Purple. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Lifeline written, co-produced (with Tricky Stewart, Marshmello & and TMS) and performed by Alicia Keys. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie performed by cast members Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R. & Halle Bailey, as well as original material inspired by the film by Mary J. Blige, Megan Thee Stallion, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Jorja Smith, Keyshia Cole, Coco Jones, Ciara, Mary Mary & Missy Elliott, will be coming out on December 15.
Raphael Saadiq’s & Kelli-Leigh’s Original Song ‘Miracle’ from ‘Candy Cane Lane’ Released
Lakeshore Records has released the original song Miracle from the Amazon original movie Candy Cane Lane. The track is written by Raphael Saadiq (Lovecraft Country, Insecure, The After Party, Underground, Black Nativity) feat. UK vocalist Kelli-Leigh and is now available to stream/download exclusively on Amazon Music. Also check out the official lyric video below. Columbia Records has previously released two covers from the film performed by Chlöe and a full soundtrack album featuring Marcus Miller’s original score will be coming out next week. Candy Cane Lane is directed by Reginald Hudlin and stars Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Ken Marino, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Robin Thede, Riki Lindhome, Nick Offerman and Stephen Tobolowsky.
‘Good Egg’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Project SmyL will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Good Egg. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nima Fakhrara (Becky, Detroit: Become Human, Lou, The Wrath of Becky, The Signal, Sick). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Good Egg is written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher and stars Yara Martinez, Joel Johnstone, Andrea Londo, Sharinna Allan and Haas Manning. The movie revolves around a warm-hearted high school drama teacher and her husband who – after failed attempts at IVF – are forced to consider an unconventional egg donor scheme that plunges them into a dangerous adventure.
Jon Batiste’s Original Song ‘It Never Went Away’ from Netflix’s ‘American Symphony’ Released
Verve Records and Interscope Records have released the original song It Never Went Away from the Netflix original documentary American Symphony. The track co-written and -produced (with Dan Wilson) and performed by Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning musician/composer Jon Batiste (Soul, The First Wave, She Ball) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. American Symphony is directed by Matthew Heineman and explores a year in the life of Batiste as he attempts to compose a symphony while his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
Expanded ‘Topaz’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1969 spy thriller Topaz directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Karin Dor, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. The album, which is being released as the 18th title of Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the film’s expanded and remastered (and in stereo for the first time) original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost, Doctor Zhivago, Gorillas in the Mist, No Way Out, Witness, Jacob’s Ladder), including previously unreleased music. The CD is limited to 2,000 copies and 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.
World Premiere Release of Henry Mancini’s ‘Moment to Moment’ Score Announced
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1966 psychological thriller Moment to Moment directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman, Sean Garrison, Arthur Hill and Grégoire Aslan. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Thorn Birds, Santa Claus: The Movie, Charade). Also included is the movie’stitle song written by Mancini & Johnny Mercer. The CD, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection is limited to 1,500 copies and is now available to order on La-La Land’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples.
‘Elf Me’ Soundtrack Released
Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Amazon original movie Elf Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michele Braga (Dogman, Shadows, Rose Island), Gabriele Mainetti (They Call Me Jeeg Robot, Freaks Out) & Emanuele Bossi (Strangeness, I Hate Christmas, Luna Park). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Elf Me is directed by YouNuts! and stars Lillo, Federico Ielapi, Giorgio Pasotti, Anna Foglietta, Caterina Guzzanti, Vincenzo Sebastiani, Claudio Santamaria and Giulietta Rebeggiani. The holiday family adventure follows a builder Elf working in Santa’s factory who prefers making bizarre weapons rather than toys and develops a relationship with a shy and peculiar kid from a village in the Italian mountains.