La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 horror sequel Child’s Play 2 directed by John Lafia and starring Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter and Christine Elise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graeme Revell (The Crow, Tomb Raider, Dead Calm, Daredevil, The Siege, Pitch Black). Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Memoirs of an Invisible Man) conducted and orchestrated the score. The CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, marks the sixth title in the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection. The soundtrack will be available to order at 12:00 PST on the label’s official website.
Category: Film Music Albums
Expanded ‘Howard the Duck’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1986 sci-fi adventure comedy Howard the Duck directed by Willard Huyck and starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones and Tim Robbins. The 3-CD set features the expanded original music from the Lucasfilm production composed and conducted by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves). Also included is additional music by Sylvester Levay (Hot Shots!, Cobra), as well as the movie’s original songs produced by Thomas Dolby. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details and to order the soundtrack.
‘Joker’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the thriller Joker. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Hildur Gudnadottir (Chernobyl, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene, Strong Island). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally this Friday, September 27. Click here to download/stream the album. A CD-R version is available to order here. A vinyl edition is set to come out on December 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Joker is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais and Shea Whigham.
‘While at War’ (‘Mientras dure la guerra’) Soundtrack Released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/Argentine war drama While at War (Mientras dure la guerra). The album features the film’s original music composed by director Alejandro Amenábar (The Others, The Sea Inside). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version is also in the works. While at War is co-written and directed by Amenábar and stars Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego, Tito Valverde, Luis Bermejo and Nathalie Poza. The movie set in the first months of the Spanish Civil War and tracks the country’s slide into nearly four decades of fascism under dictator Francisco Franco.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 20, 2019)
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi drama Ad Astra directed by James Gray and starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland. The film’s original music is composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Waltz with Bashir). Deutsche Grammophon has released a digital single featuring a track of the composer’s score (click here for more details). Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Lego Batman Movie) is credited as additional music composer (click here to listen to a track from Balfe’s score).
Also opening wide is the action movie Rambo: Last Blood directed by Adrian Grunberg and starring Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adrianna Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim, Joaquin Cosio and Oscar Jaenada. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians) who has previously scored 2008’s Rambo has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
‘Doom: Annihilation’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action horror movie Doom: Annihilation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Field of Lost Shoes, Hangman, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 27, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Doom: Annihilation is directed by Tony Giglio and stars Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale and Nina Bergman. The movie executive produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura & John Wells is based on the Doom video game franchise and follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it’s been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.
‘Inside Man: Most Wanted’ Soundtrack Released
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the heist thriller Inside Man: Most Wanted. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Witcher, The Mist, Sacred Lies, The Romanoffs, Lying and Stealing). The soundtrack is now available to download and stream on Amazon Music. Inside Man: Most Wanted is directed by MJ Bassett and stars Aml Ameen, Rhea Seehorn, Roxanne McKee, Urs Rechn and Akshay Kumar. The movie follows an NYPD hostage negotiator who forms an unlikely team with an FBI agent to save hostages in a skillfully orchestrated copycat crime at the Federal Reserve Bank, led by a ruthlessly cunning bank robber.
Max Richter’s ‘To the Stars’ from ‘Ad Astra’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Deutsche Grammophon will release the original composition To the Stars from the soundtrack for James Gray’s sci-fi drama Ad Astra. The track is composed by the film’s composer Max Richter (The Leftovers, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Miss Sloane, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir). To the Stars will be released as a digital single tomorrow and will be available to download here. Ad Astra is co-written and directed by Gray and stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland. The movie centers on an astronaut as he travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet.
Soundtrack Album for Orson Oblowitz’s ‘Trepassers’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Trepassers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Snipes (Starry Eyes, Room 237, Rebirth). The soundtrack will be released on September 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Trespassers is directed by Orson Oblowitz and stars Angela Trimbur, Zach Avery, Janel Parrish, Jonathan Howard, Fairuza Balk, Carlo Rota, Sebastian Sozzi and Joey Abril. The movie revolves around two couples who rent a gorgeous house in the desert for an escape from reality – a doomed vacation that quickly escalates into a fight to survive.
‘The Lighthouse’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Robert Eggers’ horror thriller The Lighthouse. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Korven (Cube, The Terror: Infamy, In the Tall Grass, Our House) who previously scored the director’s last feature The Witch. The soundtrack will be released on October 18, 2019. Visit Amazon to order the CD version. A vinyl edition will be released by Sacred Bones Records (check out the vinyl cover art after the jump). The Lighthouse is co-written and directed by Eggers and stars Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe and Valeriia Karaman. The movie tells the story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.