Hillman Grand Records & Def Jam Recordings have released a soundtrack album for the documentary Mr. Soul! The album features the original end title song Show Me Your Soul performed by Lalah Hathaway & the film’s composer Robert Glasper (Miles Ahead, The Photograph) and co-written by Hathaway, Glasper, Muhammad Ayers and director Melissa Haizlip. The track was shortlisted in the Original Song category at this year’s Academy Awards. Also included are other songs from and inspired by the movie by artists such as Donny Hathway, Kool and the Gang, The Delfonics, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Patti Labelle and the Bluebelle & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music stores.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Soundtrack Album Details
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the superhero movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, A Quiet Place, Scream, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, World War Z, Hellboy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 1 and will be available for pre-order here. A CD version is also being released overseas on October 15 and is now available to order as an import on Amazon. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is directed by Andy Serkis and stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, as well as Woody Harrelson as villain Cletus Kasady/Carnage.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Schumacher’ Documentary Released
Feed Me Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary Schumacher. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christian Wilckens & Peter Hinderthür (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Back on Track, Ice Princess Lily). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Schumacher is directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker & Michael Wech and traces an intimate portrait of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher. The movie, which features rare interviews and previously unreleased archive footage, is the only film supported by Schumacher’s family.
‘Margrete – Queen of the North’ Soundtrack Released
OONA Soundtracks and SF Studios have released a soundtrack album for the historical drama Margrete – Queen of the North (Margrete den første). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Morbius, Life, Easy Money, Borg vs. McEnroe, Child 44, Queen of Hearts, I Am Greta). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Margrete – Queen of the North is co-written and directed by Charlotte Sieling and stars Trine Dyrholm, Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Morten Hee Andersen and Paul Blackthorne. The movie centers on Margrete I of Denmark, who is considered the most powerful ruler in Scandinavian history and gathered Denmark, Sweden and Norway into a peaceful union.
‘The Nowhere Inn’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Loma Vista Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy The Nowhere Inn. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) who also co-wrote the movie’s screenplay and serves a producer on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. St. Vincent’s title song is already available to stream/download now. Check out the official music video after the jump. The Nowhere Inn is directed by Bill Benz and stars Clark herself and Carrie Brownstein. The movie follows two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona.
‘Stripes’ 40th Anniversary Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 comedy Stripes directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young and John Candy. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Columbia Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, Airplane, Animal House, Far from Heaven), including around 10 minutes of previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 2,000 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.
‘Blue Velvet’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the label’s titles for Record Store Day Black Friday 2021, including a new soundtrack album for the 1986 thriller Blue Velvet written and directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. The double LP features the content of the original soundtrack album (including the film’s original score composed and conducted by Angelo Badalamenti and songs performed by Bobby Vinton, Bill Doggett, Roy Orbison, Ketty Lester & Julee Cruise) on the first disc and previously unreleased alternate versions, improvisations and experimentations by Badalamenti (released under the title of Lumberton Firewood) on the second disc. Blue Velvet: Deluxe Edition will be released on November 26 and is now available at participating Record Store Day retailers. A CD version is available to order here.
‘Nightbooks’ Soundtrack Album Details
Maisie Music Publishing a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Nightbooks. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, See You Yesterday, Fake Famous, Allen v. Farrow). Also included is CHVRCHES’s cover of Gerard McMahon’s song Cry Little Sister (written for 1987’s The Lost Boys). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Nightbooks is directed by David Yarovesky and stars Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett and Krysten Ritter. The movie is based on J.A. White’s horror-fantasy children’s book of the same title and follows a boy obsessed with scary stories who is trapped in a wicked witch’s magical apartment and must tell a scary story every night to stay alive.
Expanded ‘Glory’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 war drama Glory directed by Edward Zwick and starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the TriStar Pictures production composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Field of Dreams, Aliens, A Beautiful Mind) and performed by The Boys Choir of Harlem and The Hollywood Studio Symphony. The 2-CD set features the score presentation (including previously unreleased music) and source music on the first disc and the remastered original 1989 soundtrack album, as well as additional music on the second disc. The soundtrack is limited to 5,000 copies and will be available to order at noon today on the label’s official website.
First Track from Alexandre Desplat’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Score Released
ABKCO Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Obituary composed the film’s composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs). Also listen to the full track after the jump. The full soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 22. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the double vinyl edition. Also check our previous article for the full album details (updated with track times).