The full details of the official soundtrack album for Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Randy Newman (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, Avalon, Parenthood, Awakenings, The Princess and the Frog) who previously scored the director’s last feature The Meyerowitz Stories. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 8 by Lakeshore Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, two tracks from the soundtrack are available as digital singles. Marriage Story is written and directed by Baumbach and stars Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Merritt Wever, Azhy Robertson, Alan Alda and Kyle Bornheimer.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Queen & Slim’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the drama Queen & Slim have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film by artists such as Lauryn Hill, Megan The Stallion, Lil Baby, Vince Staples, Syd, Roy Ayers, Bilal & Raphael Saadiq, Mike Jones & others. Also included is a track from the movie’s original score by Blood Orange (aka Devonté Hynes). The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on November 15 by Motown Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (CD version) and here (digital version). As previously reported, a first track (by Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG) has already been released. Queen & Slim is directed by Melina Matsoukas, written by Lena Waithe and stars Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith.
‘Instinct’ Soundtrack Released
Riva Media Records has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch drama Instinct. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ella van der Woude (Take Me Somewhere Nice, Stranger in Paradise). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Instinct is directed by Halina Reijn and stars Carice van Houten and Marwan Kenzari. The movie, which has been selected as the Dutch entry for the Best International Feature Film at next year’s Academy Awards, follows a veteran female psychologist who begins a position at a secure men’s rehab facility and meets a charismatic, manipulative patient with a violent history of sexual assault.
‘Official Secrets’ Soundtrack Released
BMG has released a soundtrack album for Gavin Hood’s political thriller Official Secrets. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian who have previously co-scored the director’s features Tsotsi, Rendition and Eye in the Sky. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio clips. Official Secrets is co-written and directed by Hood and stars Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma and Rhys Ifans. The movie tells the true story of British Intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who, during the immediate run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U.S.-U.K. illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council.
‘Spell’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Milan Records/Sony Music Masterworks have announced a soundtrack album for the comedic thriller Spell. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fall Out Boy member Patrick Stump (Gnome Alone, Changeland). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stump also contributed a new ballad, Deep Blue Love, which is already available to download here. Spell is directed by Brendan Walter and stars Barak Hardley, Jackie Tohn, Magnús Jónsson and Birna Rún Eiríksdóttir. The movie follows an American illustrator who embarks on a journey across the isolated Icelandic countryside, only to become drawn into a supernatural world of ancient runes and secrets – unless it’s all in his head.
‘Earthquake Bird’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Earthquake Bird. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Waves, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (Triple 9, Broken City). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Earthquake Bird is directed by Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice, Colette) and stars Alicia Vikander, Naoki Kobayashi and Riley Keough. The movie produced by Ridley Scott is set in 1989 Tokyo and follows an enigmatic expat haunted by a painful past who is suspected of killing her friend who’s gone missing in the wake of their love triangle with a local photographer.
‘Looking for Alaska’ Score Album Released
Paramount Music has released a score album for the Hulu limited series Looking for Alaska. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways, The Royals). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Milan Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the drama. Looking for Alaska is developed by Josh Schwartz based on the best-selling novel of the same title by John Green and stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons.
Expanded ‘Minority Report’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi thriller Minority Report starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton. The album features the expanded and remastered score from the movie composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Schindler’s List), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The 2-CD set is limited to 3,500 copies and is available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples.
‘Eli’ Soundtrack Details
Sparks & Shadows will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Eli. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day, Outlander). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 18 and will be available to download here. Eli is directed by Ciaran Foy and stars Charlie Shotwell, Lili Taylor, Kelly Reilly, Sadie Sink and Max Martini. The movie centers on an 11-year-old boy with a debilitating illness who checks into an isolated clinic to undergo experimental therapy.
Soundtrack Album for James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’ to Be Released
Deutsche Grammophon will release a full soundtrack album for James Gray’s sci-drama Ad Astra. The album features the film’s original score composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Miss Sloane, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir), as well as additional music by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, Genius) and Nils Frahm. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio clips. A CD version is available for pre-order here. A track from Richter’s score has previously been released as a digital single when the movie opened in theaters last month. Ad Astra is co-written and directed by Gray and stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland.