Studio Ghibli will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Earwig and the Witch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Satoshi Takebe (From Up on Poppy Hill, The Adventures of Super Monkey, Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Earwig and the Witch is directed by Goro Miyazaki and features the voices of Richard E. Grant, Kacey Musgraves and Dan Stevens. The movie is based on the children’s novel by Diana Wynne Jones and follows the title character whose life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in and she is forced to live with a selfish witch and discovers a world of spells and potions.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘The Guest Room’ (‘La Stanza’) Soundtrack Released
Sony/ATV Music Publishing have released a soundtrack album for the Italian psychological thriller The Guest Room (La Stanza). The album features the film’s original music composed by Giorgio Giampà (Time Share, La profezia dell’armadillo, Cacciatore – The Hunter). Also included is the song New Kind performed by Gyda Valtýsdottir. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. The Guest Room is co-written and directed by Stefano Lodovichi and stars Guido Caprino, Camilla Filippi, Edoardo Pesce and Romeo Pellegrini. The movie follows a stranger who knocks on the door of an apartment where a broken-hearted woman is about to take her own life.
‘Becoming Bond’ Soundtrack Released
Next Station Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Becoming Bond. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Piscitello (No Place on Earth, Mike Wallace Is Here, Too Funny to Fail, Memory Games). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Becoming Bond is directed by Josh Greenbaum and tells the true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, despite having never acted a day in his life.
‘Flannery’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Perseverance Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Flannery. The album features the film’s original score composed by Miriam Cutler (RBG, The Hunting Ground, Love, Gilda, Ethel, Dark Money). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 5, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Flannery is directed by Elizabeth Coffman & Mark Bosco and centers on the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists. The movie includes conversations with those who knew her and those inspired by her (Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams & others), as well as newly discovered personal letters and her own published words (read by Mary Steenburgen), original animations and music.
‘The Dry’ Soundtrack Album Released
Decca Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian crime thriller The Dry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, Nancy, Photograph, Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack. The Dry is co-written and directed by Robert Connolly and stars Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell and John Polson. The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Jane Harper and centers on a cop who returns to his hometown to face the demons of his past after his childhood friend dies in a murder-suicide.
‘The Shade Shepherd’ Soundtrack to Be Released
A soundtrack album will be released for the dramatic thriller The Shade Shepherd. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonny Mendez. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 31 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Shade Shepherd is co-written and directed by Chris Faulisi and stars Jordon Hodges, Randy Spence, Caroline Newton and Brett Baker. The movie is set in the late 80s and revolves around a shrink who helps his older junkie brother flee to Canada to escape a murder charge.
‘Rust Creek’ Soundtrack Album Released
Lunacy Productions has released a soundtrack album for the survival thriller Rust Creek. The album features the film’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Birth of the Dragon, Cartel Land, Warrior, Sea of Shadows). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Rust Creek is directed by Jen McGowan and stars Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Micah Hauptman, Sean O’Bryan, Daniel R. Hill, John Marshall Jones and Jeremy Glazer. The movie centers on an ambitious, overachieving college senior who gets lost deep in the frozen Kentucky woods while on her way to a job interview and finds herself pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws.
John Powell – Film Suites Vol. 1 Album Released
John Powell and 5 Cat Studios have released a new album featuring nine suites from some of the composer’s score best known scores. Among the titles are How to Train Your Dragon (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination) and its first sequel, The Bourne Identity, Chicken Run, X-Men: The Last Stand, Two Weeks Notice, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Endurance. The music was newly recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra and The Philharmonia Voices and conducted by José Serebrier. John Powell – Film Suites, Volume 1 is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and other digital music stores.
‘Surviving Christmas with the Relatives’ Soundtrack Released
Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the British holiday comedy Surviving Christmas with the Relatives. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hugo de Chaire (Crooked House, Capsule). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Surviving Christmas with the Relatives is written and directed by James Dearden and stars Julian Ovenden, Gemma Whelan, Joely Richardson, Michael Landes, Sally Phillips, Patricia Hodge and Ronni Ancona. The movie follows two sisters who come together for Christmas, when ancient sibling rivalries flare-up to sabotage the hope for a season of good will.
‘The Big Hit’ (‘Un triomphe’) Soundtrack Released
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Big Hit (Un triomphe). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, I Am Not an Easy Man, Pearl, Sound of Noise). Also included Nina Simone’s song I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Big Hit is directed by Emmanuel Courcol and stars Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Pierre Lottin, Wabinlé Nabié, Sofian Khammes, Alexandre Medvedev, Saïd Benchnafa, Marina Hands and Laurent Stocker. The movie follows a past-his-prime actor who attempts to give drama lessons to a group of prisoners preparing a staging of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.