22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French drama The Spellbound (Les envoûtés). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Spellbound is co-written and directed by Pascal Bonitzer and stars Nicolas Maury, Anabel Lopez, Iliana Lolic and Josiane Balasko. The movie follows a contributor to a women’s magazine who is sent deep into the Pyrenees to interview an artist who claims his mother appeared to him at the precise moment she died.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ FYC Score Album Released
Walt Disney Pictures has added the score for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to their FYC awards website. The 23-track album featuring music composed by John Williams (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, E.T., Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) is now available to stream here. The content of the official soundtrack album (to be released on December 20) is expected to differ from the FYC promotional release.
‘Hala’ Soundtrack Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age drama Hala. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mandy Hoffman (The Lovers, Terri, I Love Dick). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Apple Music. A release in other digital music stores is expected in 2020. Hala is written and directed by Minhal Baig and stars Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi, Azad Khan and Anna Chlumsky. The movie follows a 17-year-old girl who is navigating the conflicting worlds of her traditional Muslim household and her modern high school.
‘Seberg’ Soundtrack Details
Music.Film Recordings has announced the official soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Seberg. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed, The Babadook, The Mustang, The Snowtown Murders). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 13 and will be available to stream/download here. Seberg is directed by Benedict Andrews and stars Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Vince Vaughn and Anthony Mackie. The movie tells the true story of French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by the FBI because of her support of the civil rights movement and romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal, among others.
Expanded ‘Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1969 comedy Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (aka Monte Carlo or Bust!) directed by Ken Annakin and starring Tony Curtis, Terry-Thomas, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Bourvil, Mireille Darc, Marie Dubois, Lando Buzzanca, Gert Fröbe and Jack Hawkins. The 2-CD set features the complete original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Ron Goodwin (Where Eagles Dare, Squadron 633, Frenzy), including over 45 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included are several versions of the title song by Jimmy Durante. The 50th Anniversary Special Edition soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples.
‘Only the Animals’ (‘Seules les bêtes’) Soundtrack Released
Haut et Court has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes). The album features the film’s original music is composed by Benedikt Schiefer (Invisible Life, Unter dir die Stadt, I Am Guilty). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Only the Animals is directed by Dominik Moll and stars Laure Calamy, Denis Ménochet, Damien Bonnard, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Guy Roger “Bibisse” N’drin. The movie follows a group of five strangers in a remote mountain town who are caught up in a mystery following the disappearance of a woman during a snowstorm.
‘Waves’ Soundtrack Album Released
The Null Corporation has released a soundtrack album for the drama Waves. The album features the film’s original score composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Watchmen, Patriots Day). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Waves is written and directed by Trey Edward Shults and stars Kelvin Harrison, Jr, Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Neal Huff, Clifton Collins, Jr, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Sterling K. Brown.
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+ Series ‘Truth Be Told’ Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Truth Be Told. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, The Defenders, The Star, Almost Christmas). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Apple Music and is expected to be available in other digital music stores next year. Truth Be Told is created by Nichelle Tramble Spellman and stars Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, Lizzy Caplan, Elizabeth Perkins, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Haneefah Wood and Ron Cephas Jones. The drama follows a podcaster as she comes face to face with the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars.
‘Black Christmas’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller Black Christmas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Hold the Dark, The Informer, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Blue Ruin). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Black Christmas is co-written and directed by Sophia Takal and stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead and Carl Elwes. The movie is based on the 1974 cult horror classic of the same title and follows a campus killer who comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood.
‘The Italian Job’ 50th Anniversary Expanded Soundtrack Album Announced
Quartet Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1969 caper comedy The Italian Job directed by Peter Collinson, produced by Michael Deeley and starring Michael Caine and Noël Coward. The album features the expanded original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, The Getaway, Mackenna’s Gold), including the opening credits track On Days Like These sung by Matt Monro and Getta Bloomin’ Move On performed by Self Preservation Society. The 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition will be available to order this coming Monday on the label’s official website and will also be available to purchase on Amazon soon.