B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller The Price to Pay (La guerre des prix). The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Grossmann (La damnée, Les Livreurs). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. The Price to Pay is co-written and directed by Anthony Dechaux and stars Ana Girardot, Olivier Gourmet, Julien Frison, Aurelia Petit and Jonas Bloquet. The movie follows a dairy specialist from Normandy who gets thrust into a world of ruthless corporate negotiations when she accepts a job at a major retail chain’s central purchasing office in Paris that challenges her values.
Category: Film Music Albums
U.S. Girls’ Theme Song from ‘Dead Lover’ Released
4AD has released the theme song from the Canadian horror comedy Dead Lover. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is You’ve Got Everything – But a Smile co-written (with Jack Lawrence) and performed by U.S. Girls (aka Meg Remy). Also check out the official music video after the jump. Dead Lover is co-written and directed by Grace Glowicki and stars Glowicki herself, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz and Lowen Morrow. The movie follows a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses and finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea.
‘Wicked: For Good’ Cast & Filmmaker Commentary Soundtrack Album Released
Republic Records & Verve Music Group have released a new version of the soundtrack album for the movie musical Wicked: For Good. The album features all the songs from the film written by Stephen Schwartz, as well as commentary tracks for each song. Participants include Schwartz himself, director Jon M. Chu, executive music producer Stephen Oremus, as well as stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater & Jeff Goldblum. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album, a sing-along version, as well as John Powell’s & Schwartz’s score album in various formats.
‘The Land of Sometimes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Land of Sometimes. The album features the film’s original score composed by Terry Davies (Play Without Words, Tiddler, The Scarecrows’ Wedding, Revolting Rhymes, The Car Man). Also included are the movie’s original songs track by Academy Award winner Tim Rice (The Lion King, Aladdin, Evita) & Pete Hobbs and performed by the project’s voice cast, including the title track, which has previously been released as a digital single earlier this month. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a score track and several of the songs after the jump. The Land of Sometimes is directed by Leon Joosen and stars Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter,Alisha Weir, Andrei Shen, Mel Brooks, Terry Jones, Asa Butterfield and Jessica Henwick.
‘Bitter Christmas’ Soundtrack Released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad). Thew album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant Gardener, Volver, The Kite Runner, Parallel Mothers, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Room Next Door, The Skin I Live In). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track after the jump. A CD version is expected to be announced soon. Bitter Christmas is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and stars Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Carmen Machi and Rossy de Palma. The movie follows an advertising director who doesn’t give herself time to mourn her mother’s absence after her death and decides to travel to the island of Lanzarote accompanied by her friend.
‘Under Suspicion’ Score Album Released
Binary Acoustics has released the world premiere score album for the 2000 thriller Under Suspicion directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane and Monica Bellucci. The album features the film’s original score composed by BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster, Driven, Go!, Catch and Release, Solace). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks after the jump. EMI Records has previously released the original 2000 soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie.
‘Forbidden Fruits’ Score Album Details
Waxwork Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Forbidden Fruits. The album features the film’s original score composed by Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Time Cut, Werewolves Within, Sting). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. A vinyl edition is also expected. Forbidden Fruits is co-written and directed by Meredith Alloway and stars Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Lola Tung, Gabrielle Union and Emma Chamberlain. The movie revolves around a young woman who leads a secret witch cult at the Free Eden mall store, when a new hire starts to question their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends.
‘Police Flash 80’ Soundtrack EP Released
Pathé Films has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Police Flash 80. The 6-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Alexis Rault (The Swallows of Kabul, Being 17, Memories, Meet the Leroys, No Signal!. Golden Years). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Police Flash 80 is directed by Jean-Baptiste Saurel and stars François Damiens, Audrey Lamy, Xavier Lacaille, Brahim Bouhlel, Thomas Ngijol and Yan Tual. The movie is set in 1980s Paris and follows a police officer who is propelled to the head of a new unit after his partners gets killed in action and has to team up with young recruits who will challenge his old habits.
‘They Will Kill You’ Soundtrack Album Details
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the action/horror comedy They Will Kill You. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Griselda, Dept. Q, Ezra, Chupa, Just Beyond). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 20 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s end credits suite below. A vinyl edition is expected to be released by Waxwork Records. They Will Kill You is co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov and stars Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, Paterson Joseph and Patricia Arquette. The movie revolves a woman who must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s twisted, mysterious death-trap, before becoming their next offering.
Carter Burwell Scoring Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’
Composer Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, True Grit, Twilight, The Blind Side, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, Anomalisa, Three Kings) is reteaming with director Martin McDonagh on the upcoming comedy drama Wild Horse Nine. The film is written and directed by McDonagh and stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Tom Waits, Ailín Salas and Parker Posey. The movie takes place shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup and follows two CIA agents who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island, where a newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.