Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the live-action remake of Disney’s Aladdin. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) has composed the original score for the film, which also features the songs from the 1992 animated classic written by Menken and featuring lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, as well as new songs written by Menken and featuring lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land). The soundtrack will be released on May 22 (digitally) and May 24 (physically) (pushed back from the original listed release date of May 10) and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Rocketman’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Interscope Records will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Rocketman. The album features the classic Elton John songs from the movie performed by lead actor Targon Egerton who stars as the singer/songwriter, as well as other cast members. Also included is the original song (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again written by John & Bernie Taupin and performed by John & Egerton. The soundtrack will be released on May 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (CD version) and here (digital version) Check out the music video for a track, Rocket Man, after the jump. Rocketman is directed by Dexter Fletcher and also stars Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Gemma Jones and Bryce Dallas Howard. The musical drama will be released in theaters nationwide on May 31 by Paramount Pictures.
‘El Chicano’ Soundtrack Released
Locash Records has released a soundtrack album for the superhero thriller El Chicano. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mitch Lee. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. El Chicano is directed by Ben Hernandez Bray and stars Raúl Castillo, Aimee Garcia, Jose Pablo Cantillo, David Castañeda, Marco Rodríguez, Sal Lopez, Marlene Forte, Kate del Castillo and George Lopez. The movie co-written by Joe Carnahan and produced by Frank Grillo follows an L.A.P.D. detective who is assigned a case investigating a vicious cartel and uncovers links to his brother’s supposed suicide and resurrects the masked street legend El Chicano.
‘At the Heart of Gold’ Soundtrack Album Details
Little Twig Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal. The album features the film’s original music composed by Drum & Lace (The First Monday in May, The Gospel According to Andre) and Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Animals, A.X.L.). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 3 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. At the Heart of Gold is directed by Erin Lee Carr and reveals a dangerous system that prioritized winning over everything else, including protecting young female athletes.
Soundtrack Album for Josh Lobo’s ‘I Trapped the Devil’ Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller I Trapped the Devil. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Lovett (The Signal, The Ritual, The Wind, Black Rock, Synchronicity). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. I Trapped the Devil is written and directed by Josh Lobo and stars AJ Bowen, Jocelin Donahue, Scott Poythress, Susan Burke, Chris Sullivan, Rowan Russell and Josh Marrott. The movie follows a man and his wife who show up unannounced at the home of his estranged brother to celebrate the holidays, but instead they are greeted with a man who is being held hostage in the basement.
‘Crypto’ Soundtrack Released
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Crypto. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Detroit: Become Human, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Crypto is directed by John Stalberg Jr. and stars Beau Knapp, Alexis Bledel, Luke Hemsworth, Jeremie Harris, Jill Hennessy, Malaya Rivera Drew, Vincent Kartheiser and Kurt Russell. The movie follows a Wall Street banker as he connects a small-town art gallery to a global conspiracy.
‘Little White Lies 2’ (‘Nous finirons ensemble’) Soundtrack Released
Idol & L’R du Trésor have released a soundtrack album for Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies sequel Nous finirons ensemble. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as Them, Boney M. Bryan Ferry, Cyndi Lauper, Nena, Curtiss Maldoon, Nina Simone, Donna Summer, The Four Tops, Esther Phillips & others. The soundtrack is now available digitally and physically overseas. Visit the French iTunes store to listen to audio samples. Nous finirons ensemble is co-written and directed by Canet and stars François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte, Benoît Magimel, Pascale Arbillot, Clémentine Baert, Valérie Bonneton and José Garcia.
‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Biggest Little Farm. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Carnivale, Ugly Betty, Appaloosa, Pollock). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 10, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be available to order here. The Biggest Little Farm is directed by John Chester and follows two dreamers and their beloved dog when they make a choice that takes them out of their tiny L.A. apartment and into the countryside to build one of the most diverse farms of its kind in complete coexistence with nature.
‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the monster movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day, Outlander, Colossal). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 24, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out on June 7 and is available for pre-order here. Listen to two tracks from the album, including Serj Tankian’s cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s classic song Godzilla orchestrated by McCreary, after the jump. Godzilla: King of the Monsters is directed by Mike Dougherty and stars Vera Farmiga, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Thomas Middleditch, Charles Dance and Aisha Hinds.
‘Echo in the Canyon’ Soundtrack Album Announced
BMG has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Echo in the Canyon. The album features music from and inspired by the film, including songs by The Byrds, The Mamas & The Papas and more, as interpreted by artists from the film including Fiona Apple, Beck, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, as well as a special performance of the Monkees’ She with Josh Homme. A first track, Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos’ cover of Go Where You Wanna Go, is already available to download here. The full soundtrack will be released digitally on May 24 and is now available for pre-order here. Echo in the Canyon is directed by Andrew Slater and celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound.