Decca Records has announced a soundtrack album for Illumination’s animated comedy Minions: The Rise of Gru. The album is produced by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff features the new track Turn Up the Sunshine by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala (to be released as a digital single on May 20), St. Vincent’s cover of Lipps Inc’s Funkytown, H.E.R.’s rendition of Sly and The Family Stone’s Dance to the Music, Bleachers’ version of John Lennon’s Instant Karma! and Phoebe Bridgers’ interpretation of The Carpenters’ 1972 Goodbye to Love, as well as the Minions’ performance of Simon & Garfunkel’s Cecilia. Also included is a score suite by the film’s composer Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Smurfs, The Angry Birds Movie). The soundtrack will be released digitally, on 3-panel CD digipack, standard black double LP, yellow & blue splattered double LP, yellow cassette and a limited-edition picture disc on July 1. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl editions.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Oliver’s World’ Soundtrack Released
Ernie Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish coming-of-age comedy drama Oliver’s World (El Universo de Óliver). The album features the film’s original music composed by Julio de la Rosa (Smoke & Mirrors, Juan of the Dead, Sara’s Notebook, Unit 7, The Plague). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Oliver’s World is directed by Alexis Morante and stars María León, Juan Diego, Ruth Gabriel, Salva Reina, Rubén Fulgencio and Luna Berroa. The movie is set in the winter of 1984 and tells the story of a boy who is used to find refuge in his imagination and turns to his grandfather to deal with his problems.
New Soundtrack Album for John Frankenheimer’s ‘Seconds’ Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1966 horror/sci-di drama Seconds directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Will Geer and John Randolph. The album features the remastered, restored and (slightly) expanded original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Papillon, Basic Instinct, L.A. Confidential, Poltergeist), as well as the source music for the movie’s cocktail sequence. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details and to order the CD version, which is limited to 1,000 copies.
‘My Name Is Lopez’ Soundtrack Album Released
James Peter Moffatt (House of Cardin, Mansfield 66/67) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary My Name Is Lopez. The album features the composer’s original score from the film, as well as the songs from the movie and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. My Name Is Lopez is directed by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes and centers on Trinidad Trini Lopez III who was born in Dallas as the son of undocumented Mexican immigrants and fought his way out of the ghetto with a guitar to become a true American rock and roll legend and one of the first Latino rock stars.
‘Tenor’ Soundtrack Released
Firestep has released a soundtrack album for the French musical comedy Tenor. The album features the film’s original score composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, The Mystery of Henri Pick, My Son, Zarafa, The Kitchen Brigade). Also included are the songs from the movie performed by beatboxing world champion and lead actor MB14. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Tenor is co-written and directed by Claude Zidi Jr. and stars MB14 and Michèle Laroque. The movie tells the story of a talented young underdog who rises from suburban streets to the grand stage of the Paris Opéra.
‘Pleasure’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records has announced the worldwide release of the soundtrack album for the drama Pleasure. The album features the film’s original score composed by Karl Frid (Wild Nights with Emily, Crimes of Passion: Death of a Loved One, Alena, Citizen Schein). The soundtrack, which has already been available in several international territories since last fall, will be released in the U.S. and other markets next Friday, May 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Confutatis and Hard to the Core) are available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Pleasure is written and directed by Ninja Thyberg and stars Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Chris Cock, Evelyn Claire, Dana Dearmond and Kendra Spade. The movie revolves around a newcomer in the Los Angeles porn industry who embarks on a mission to become the best at any cost.
‘Have You Heard About Greg?’ Soundtrack Released
MovieScore Media’s Reality Bytes has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Have You Heard About Greg?. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timothy Williams (Brightburn, Finding You, Walking with the Enemy, Wild Horses), Chad Cannon (American Factory, Paper Lanterns, Devil’s Tree: Rooted Evil) and Jesse Carmichael. Also included is Chris Mann’s “anthem for Alzheimer’s disease” Remember Me. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Have You Heard About Greg is directed by Steven Ecclesine and centers on the terrifying disease of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia and shines a light on issues that affect half of Americans over the age of 55.
Doja Cat’s Song ‘Vegas’ from Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ Released
Kemosabe Records & RCA Records have released the first song from the soundtrack for the biographical drama Elvis. The track, entitled Vegas, produced by Yeti Beats & Rogét Chahayed and featuring a sample of Hound Dog written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller (and later covered by Elvis Presley) is co-written and performed by Doja Cat and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. A full soundtrack album for the movie is expected to be announced soon. Elvis is directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Austin Butler in the title role, alongside Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Xavier Samuel and Natasha Bassett.
‘Black Site’ Soundtrack Album Details
Music.Film Recordings & Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Black Site. The album features the film’s original score composed by Patrick Savage feat. Holeg Spies (The Human Centipede, The Outsider, Hex, Shadowland). Also included is the song White Light by Sean Hinds, Dominic Lewis & Rama Parwata. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Black Site is directed by Sophia Banks and stars Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney. The movie follows a group of officers in a top-secret military black site who must fight for their lives in a cat-and-mouse game against a brilliant detainee who escapes capture and begins picking them off one-by-one.
‘Family Camp’ Soundtrack Album Released
Provident Label Group has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based comedy Family Camp. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nicholas Poss (Agnes, Climate of the Hunter). Also included are songs by Rhett Walker, Ben Kilgore, Kansas and Caleb + Kelsey. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Family Camp is directed by Brian Cates and stars Tommy Woodward, Eddie James, Allyn Baker, Robert Amaya, Gigi Orsillo, Heather Land and Mark Christopher Lawrence. The movie follows two seemingly polar-opposite families who are assigned to share the same cabin for an eventful week at church camp.