Platoon will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Pigeon Tunnel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, The Illusionist, Koyaanisqatsi, Candyman, Kundun, The Fog of War) and Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Boston Strangler, Dynasty). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Pigeon Tunnel is directed by Errol Morris and chronicles the storied life and career of former British spy David Cornwell, better known as author John le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Night Manager, The Constant Gardener) over a six decade-spanning career.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘When It Melts’ Soundtrack Released
Savage has released a soundtrack album for the Belgian/Dutch drama When It Melts (Het smelt). The album features the film’s original score and vocal tracks (performed by Blanche) composed by Bjorn Eriksson (The Broken Circle Breakdown, J. Kessels). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to a score track (Eva) and a vocal track (Shattered) after the jump. When It Melts is co-written and directed by Veerle Baetens and stars Rosa Marchant, Charlotte de Bruyne, Matthijs Meertens, Amber Metdepenningen and Anthony Vyt. The movie follows a woman who returns to her hometown to confront the perpetrators of a sexual assault from her youth.
‘The Other Zoey’ Soundtrack Album Details
Gulfstream Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy The Other Zoey. The album features the film’s original score composed by John Swihart (How I Met Your Mother, Napoleon Dynamite, Switched at Birth, Youth in Revolt, Table 19). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Other Zoey is directed by Sara Zandieh and stars Josephine Langford, Drew Starkey, Archie Renaux, Heather Graham, Andie MacDowell, Patrick Fabian, Mallori Johnson, Christie Lynn Smith and Amalia Yoo. The movie follows a super smart computer major uninterested in romantic love who her life turned upside down when the school’s soccer star gets amnesia and mistakes her for his girlfriend.
Disney’s ‘Wish’ Soundtrack Album Details
The first details of the soundtrack album for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Wish have been revealed. The album features the original songs from the film written by Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Julia Michaels & Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter/musician Benjamin Rice and performed by voice cast members Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Angelique Cabral & others, as well as Michaels herself. Also included are four instrumental versions of the songs. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 22 by Walt Disney Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl editions. A first track (This Wish performed by DeBose) is already available to stream/download now.
‘Chicken for Linda!’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French animated comedy drama Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!). The album features the film’s original score and songs composed by Clément Ducol (Peter Von Kant, Little Tickles, Maestro, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Check out the composer’s title track and the song Un souvenir ou deux (performed by Juliette Armanet) below. Chicken for Linda! is directed by Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach and tells the story of a mother who does everything she can to find a meal of chicken with peppers for her daughter, which reminds the child of the dish her father used to make.
First Song from Disney’s ‘Wish’ Soundtrack Released
Walt Disney Records has released the first song from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Wish. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is This Wish written by Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice & JP Saxe and performed by Ariana DeBose (who stars as 17-old heroine Asha). Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released digitally and physically on November 17 (click here to order the CD version and vinyl edition).
‘A Difficult Year’ Soundtrack Album Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy A Difficult Year (Une année difficile). The album features a selection of the songs from the movie by artists such as Yuri Buenaventura, Jacques Brel, Chick, Jimi Hendrix and Yarol Poupaud, as well as instrumental tracks by GoGo Penguin and Grandbrothers. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD version is also being released overseas and will be available to order as an import here within the next couple of days. A Difficult Year is written and directed by Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache (The Intouchables) and stars Pio Marmaï, Jonathan Cohen, Noémie Merlant and Mathieu Amalric. The movie follows two compulsive spenders who get much more than they bargained for when they try and scam their way out of trouble.
‘Typist Artist Pirate King’ Soundtrack Album Details
Muted Piano will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Typist Artist Pirate King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carly Paradis (The Innocents, The Rising, Whitstable Pearl, Sick Note, Prime Suspect 1973). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Typist Artist Pirate King is written and directed by Carol Morley and stars Kelly Macdonald, Monica Dolan and Gina McKee. The movie is based on the life of forgotten artist Audrey Amiss and centers on the growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for reconciliation.
‘Joan Baez: I Am a Noise’ Soundtrack Album Released
Sarah Lynch (The Dry, The Vanishing Triangle, Vengeance Is Mine) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Joan Baez: I Am a Noise. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Check out the closing titles track after the jump. Joan Baez: I Am a Noise is directed by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle & Karen O’Connor and centers on the legendary folk singer and activist. The movie follows Joan on her farewell tour and delves into her archive, including newly discovered home movies, artwork, diaries, therapy tapes and audio recordings.
‘Rosenstrasse’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2003 German historical drama Rosenstrasse co-written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta and starring Maria Schrader, Katja Riemann and Martin Wuttke. The album features the film’s original music composed, orchestrated and produced by Loek Dikker (The Babysitter, The Fourth Man, Body Parts, Pascali’s Island). Visit the label’s official website to check out audio samples and for more information about the CD release. Rosenstrasse premiered at the 2003 Toronto and Venice Film Festivals and was released in the U.S. the following year by IDP Distribution.