Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1969 sports drama Downhill Racer directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler, Jim McMullan, Kathleen Crowley and Dabney Coleman. The album features the original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins (12 Angry Men, The Hustler, This Property Is Condemned, Lilith), including the composer’s full score, music not used in the movie, source cues & more. The 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.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Mrs. Lowry & Son’ Soundtrack Details
Decca Gold will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Mrs. Lowry & Son. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Love Actually, Romeo + Juliet). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 27 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Mrs. Lowry & Son is directed by Adrian Noble (The Importance of Being Earnest) and stars Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave. The movie examines the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry, who was famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century and his mother, Elizabeth.
Deleted Song ‘Desert Moon’ from ‘Aladdin’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released the unused song Desert Moon written for Disney’s live-action adaptation of Aladdin. The song is written by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and features lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen). The song, which is featured in a deleted scene on the movie’s home video release, is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. The label has released a full soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie, as well as Menken’s score earlier this year. Aladdin directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen and Numan Acar will be released on VOD August 27 and will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on September 10.
‘Oh, Mercy!’ (‘Roubaix, une lumière’) Soundtrack Released
Why Not Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller Oh Mercy! (Roubaix, une lumière). The album features the film’s original music composed by Gregoire Hetzel (Incendies, Summertime, Ismael’s Ghosts, The Midwife). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Oh Mercy! is written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin and stars Roschdy Zem, Antoine Reinartz, Léa Seydoux and Sara Forestier. The movie is set in the director’s native town of Roubaix in northern France and tells the true story of a crime in which two women murdered an elderly woman.
‘Remember Me’ Soundtrack Released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Remember Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Gaigne (The Giant, The Olive Tree, Flowers) and performed by The Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A limited edition CD version is available to order on the label’s official website. Remember Me is directed by Martin Rosete and stars Bruce Dern, Caroline Sihol, Serena Kennedy and Brian Cox. The movie follows an aging theatre critic who, after learning that the love of his youth has Alzheimer’s, fakes his way into her senior living community in order to find a way to make her remember him.
‘The Tomorrow Man’ Soundtrack Released
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama The Tomorrow Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, Dynasty, Designated Survivor). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Tomorrow Man is directed by Noble Jones and stars John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher and Eve Harlow. The movie centers on the relationship between a man who spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come and a woman who spends her life shopping for things she may never use.
‘Angel Has Fallen’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller Angel Has Fallen. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, Jason Bourne, The Forbidden Kingdom, Papillon, The Nice Guys). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 23 and will be available to download and stream here. Angel Has Fallen is directed by Ric Roman Waugh and stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Piper Perabo, Nick Nolte and Danny Huston. The movie is the follow-up to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen & 2016’s London Has Fallen and follows Mike Banning as he becomes the target of a terrorist attack, this time while mid-flight on Air Force One.
Christopher Lennertz’s ‘UglyDolls’ Score to Be Released
Sony Classical will release a score album for the animated feature UglyDolls. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Agent Carter, Ride Along). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 23 and will be available to download/stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Atlantic Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie, most of which were written by Lennertz & Glenn Slater. UglyDolls is directed by Kelly Asbury and features the voice talent of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Bebe Rexha, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes, Emma Roberts, Wang Leehom and Gabriel Iglesias.
‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Soundtrack Details
Universal Music will release the official soundtrack album for the movie adaptation of Downton Abbey. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Lunn (The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, Jamestown, Shetland) who received two Emmy Awards for his work on the Downton Abbey TV series. The soundtrack will be released on September 13. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Downton Abbey is directed by Michael Engler, written by Julian Fellowes and stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Haig, Geraldine James, Robert James-Collier, Simon Jones, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunto and Penelope Wilton.
Soundtrack Albums for Netflix’s ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Announced
Music.Film Recordings has announced two soundtrack albums for The Jim Henson Company’s Netflix original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The Volume 1 soundtrack features selections of the original music from the show composed by Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and the Volume 2 soundtrack features music by Pemberton and Samuel Sim (Awake, The Halcyon, Home Fires). Both Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 albums will be released digitally on August 30. CD versions will be coming out on November 15 (click here to order Vol. 1 and click here to order Vol. 2). The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance directed by Louis Leterrier is a prequel to the classic 1982 feature (scored by Trevor Jones), and follows three young Gelflings as they inspire a rebellion against the cruel emperor when they discover a horrifying secret.