Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy C’est la vie! (Le sens de la fête). The album features the film’s original music composed by jazz musician Avishai Cohen. Also included are songs by Earth Wind & Fire, Cascadeur, Candi Staton & more. The soundtrack is now available digitally in France. A CD version can now be pre-ordered as an import on Amazon. Visit the French iTunes store to listen to audio samples. C’est la vie! is directed by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano (The Intouchables) and stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Macaigne, Eye Haïdara and Suzanne Clément. The movie follows a long-suffering caterer hoping to get through one last, mishap-heavy dinner party.
Category: Film Music Albums
Expanded ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ Soundtrack Announced
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1988 comedy A Fish Called Wanda directed by Charles Crichton and starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the MGM production composed by John Du Prez (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Meaning of Life), including over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included are alternates, unused cues and demos, as well as two unused versions of Wanda’s love song, one performed by Rick Driscoll and the other written and performed by John Cleese. The limited edition soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples.
‘Chasing Trane’ Soundtrack Announced
Universal Music has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Chasing Trane. The album features 11 tracks by the film’s subject, jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 17, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Chasing Trane is directed by John Scheinfeld (The U.S. vs. John Lennon) and explores the global power and impact of Coltrane’s music and reveals the passions, experiences and forces that shaped his life and revolutionary sounds. The documentary was released in select theaters this past April by Abramorama and will air on November 6, 2017 on PBS.
‘Geostorm’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the disaster movie Geostorm. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Genius, Home, Terminator Genisys, Penguins of Madagascar, Megamind). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 13, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Geostorm is directed by Dean Devlin and stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Daniel Wu, Ed Harris and Andy Garcia. The movie takes place after an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatens the planet and the world’s leaders come together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe.
‘Uncertain’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the documentary Uncertain. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, A Ghost Story, The Exorcist, Tumbledown). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Uncertain is directed by Ewan McNicol & Anna Sandilands and centers on the Texas-Louisiana border town of Uncertain, whose residents – all 94 of them – are struggling to save their lake, and livelihood, while three men battle their own demons in search of forgiveness and redemption.
‘Revolt’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Revolt. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Colossal, Happy Death Day, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 13, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Revolt is directed by Joe Miale and stars Lee Pace, Bérénice Marlohe and Jason Flemyng. The movie is set in the war-ravaged African countryside and follows an American soldier and a French foreign aid worker who team up to survive the alien onslaught.
‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature’ Soundtrack Released
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature. The album features the film’s original music composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me series, Minions, The Smurfs, If I Stay). Also included is Luke Edgemon’s song Everybody Get Nuts. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature is directed by Cal Brunker and features the voices of Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Moner, Sebastian Maniscalo and Jackie Chan.
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Patrick Doyle (Sense and Sensibility, Cinderella, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet to the Apes, Thor, Brave). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 3, 2017 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Murder on the Orient Express is based on Agatha Christie’s novels of he same title and stars Branagh, alongside Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Marwan Kenzari and Olivia Colman.
‘Coco’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Pixar’s animated feature Coco have been announced. The album feacures the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Lost, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Also included is the original song Remember Me written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Frozen) and additional original songs by Germaine Franco (Dope) and co-director Adrian Molina. The soundtrack will be released on November 10, 2017 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Coco is directed by Lee Unkrich & Molina and features the voice talent of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Renée Victor.
‘Only the Brave’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action drama Only the Brave. The album features the film’s original music composer by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Allegiant, Straight Outta Compton, Earth to Echo, The Raid: Redemption). The soundtrack willbe released digitally on October 20 and physically on November 17. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The composer also co-wrote an original song, which has already been released as a digital single. Only the Brave is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, James Badge Dale, Taylor Kitsch & Jennifer Connelly. The movie tells the true story of the elite crew of men who battled a wildfire in Prescott, Arizona in June 2013 that claimed the lives of 19 of their members.