Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the drama Shine. The album features the songs from the movie performed by artists including Fania, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Willie Colin, Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 5 (click here to download) and physically on November 16. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Shine is co-written and directed by Anthony Nardolillo and stars Jorge Burgos, Gilbert Saldivar, Kimberli Flores, Jadi Collado, Alysia Reiner and David Zayas. The movie centers on two Puerto Rican brothers from New York’s Spanish Harlem and the street’s best Salsa dancers who are separated after a tragedy only to reunite years later on opposing sides of gentrification.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘A Private War’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the drama A Private War. The album features the film’s original score composed by H. Scott Salinas (Cartel Land, Birth of the Dragon, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Square). Also included is the original song Requiem for a Private War written and performed by Annie Lennox and co-produced by Salinas. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 2, 2018 and physically the following week. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A Private War is directed by Matthew Heineman and stars Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci and Tom Hollander. The movie is based on Marie Brenner’s 2012 Vanity Fair story Marie Colvin’s Private War and chronicles the life of the late American-born British war reporter Marie Colvin.
‘Capernaum’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the Lebanese drama Capernaum. The album features the film’s original music composed by Khaled Mouzanar (Where Do We Go Now?, Caramel). The soundtrack will be released on October 12, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Capernaum is written and directed by Nadine Labaki and stars Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef and Cedra Izam. The movie, which has been selected as Lebanese’s entry for the next Academy Awards, revolves around a 12-year-old boy in a fictitious Middle Eastern village who sues his parents for bringing him into a world of such suffering.
Milan Records to Release ‘Widows’ Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Steve McQueen’s heist thriller Widows. Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dunkirk, Pirates of the Caribbean) who previously composed the music for the director’s 12 Years a Slave has composed the film’s original score. Also expected to be included are the songs from the film. As previously reported, Sade has contributed the original song The Big Unknown to the movie. The soundtrack is set to be be released physically on November 23, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Rob Simonsen’s ‘Chu & Blossom’ Score to Be Released
A soundtrack album will be released for the 2014 indie coming-of-age comedy Chu & Blossom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Foxcatcher, Nerve, Tully, The Spectacular Now, The Front Runner, (500) Days of Summer). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 12, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Chu & Blossom is directed by Charles Chu & Gavin Kellyand stars Chu himself, alongside Ryan O’Nan, Caitlin Stasey, Alan Cumming, Richard Kind, Melanie Lynskey, Chris Marquette, Annie Potts and Mercedes Ruehl. The movie centers on the unlikely brotherhood between a pensive, awkwardly tall Korean foreign exchange student and a militant performance artist, both trapped together in a small town
‘American Fable’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the fantasy thriller American Fable. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gingger Shankar (Circumstance, Viper Club, Heartbeats, AWOL). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. American Fable is directed by Anne Hamilton and stars Peyton Kennedy, Kip Pardue, Zuleikha Robinson, Gavin MacIntosh, Rusty Schwimmer, Marci Miller and Richard Schiff. The movie is set in the 1980s rural Midwest where an imaginative girl is forced to choose between protecting her family’s secret and saving a man’s life.
‘306 Hollywood’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary 306 Hollywood. The album features the film’s original music composed by Troy Herion (The Dog). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 5, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 306 Hollywood is directed by Elan & Jonathan Bogarín and follows the filmmakers as they undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in New York this past weekend.
Milan Records to Release ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Coen Brothers’ western anthology movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The directors’ regular composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, True Grit, Twilight, Carol, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri) has composed the film’s original score. The album, which is expected to feature both the score and songs from the movie, will be released digitally and physically on November 16, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details.
‘Chasing the Blues’ Soundtrack Released
Propelr Music has released as soundtrack album for the comedy drama Chasing the Blues. The album features the film’s original songs performed by Jonathon Linaberry, aka The Bones of J.R. Jones. Also included are tracks by Peg Leg Howell, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Sylvester Weaver, Cecil Otter and Mississippi John Hurt. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Chasing the Blues is co-written and directed by Scott Smith and stars Grant Rosenmeyer, Ronald L. Conner, Jon Lovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Chelsea Tavares and Anna Maria Horsford. The movie follows two rival record collectors as they conspire against each other to dupe an old lady out of a rare but cursed blues record, O Death Where Is Thy Sting?.
‘Redcon-1’ Soundtrack Released
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the British horror thriller Redcon-1. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Arber (I Am Bolt, Scott and Sid, My Name Is Lenny). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Redcon-1 is directed by Chee Keong Cheung and stars Katarina Waters, Mark Strange, Carlos Gallardo, Akira Koieyama, Oris Erhuero, Martyn Ford, Joshua Dickinson and Michael Sheehan. The movie follows a team of soldiers must battle through a zombie filled Britain in a race against time to find a cure. The thriller just opened this weekend in theaters in the UK.