Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary O.J.: Made in America. The album features selections from the project’s original music composed by Gary Lionelli (Last Days in Vietnam, Luck). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 17 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. O.J.: Made in America is directed by Ezra Edelman and traces the personal journey of Orenthal James Simpson – from his fame as a football star, to his being accused of murdering his ex-wife, his subsequent acquittal and more. The documentary, which is one of the five nominees in the Documentary Feature category at this year’s Academy Awards, premiered last June on ESPN and was also released in theaters.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Adam Resurrected’ Soundtrack Announced
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2008 drama Adam Resurrected. The album features the film’s original music composed and orchestrated by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, City of Angels, The Lives of Others) who recorded his score at Abbey Road Studios in London. Visit the label’s official website for more information and listen to a 5-minute clip from the score after the jump. Adam Resurrected is directed by Paul Schrader (American Gigolo, Auto Focus) and stars Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe and Derek Jacobi. The movie takes place in the aftermath of World War II and follows a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber as he becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.
Soundtrack Details for ‘March of the Penguins’ Sequel ‘L’Empereur’
Bonne Pioche Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary L’Empereur (aka March of the Penguins 2: The Call). The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (Splice, A Royal Affair, Ombline). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. March of the Penguins 2: The Call is directed by Luc Jacquet (Antarctica: Ice & Sky) who also helmed 2005’s original movie and follows a young penguin who is about to embark on his first journey, driven by the mysterious instinctual call that pushes every penguin when winter comes to leave for an unknown destination.
‘Tanna’ Soundtrack Relased
Lightyear Entertainment has released a soundtrack album for the Australian drama Tanna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover, 99 Homes). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Tanna is directed by Martin Butler & Bentley Dean and stars Marie Wawa, Mungau Dain, Marceline Rofit and Chief Charlie Kahla. The movie, which is one of the five nominees in the Foreign Language Film category at this year’s Academy Awards, tells the story of two young lovers who dared to defy the Vanuatu islanders tradition of arranged marriage and changed the island’s culture as a result.
Mandy Moore’s ‘Wind in My Hair’ from ‘Tangled Before Ever After’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Wind in My Hair from the Disney Channel original movie Tangled Before Ever After. The track is performed by Mandy Moore and written by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Enchanted) and lyricist Glenn Slater (Galavant, Home on the Range) who also wrote the songs for Disney’s Tangled. The song is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Tangled Before Ever After tells the story set the feature film Tangled and the short Tangled Ever After and precedes the new series Tangled: The Series. The movie features the voices of Moore, Zachary Levi, Julie Bowen, Clancey Brown, Eden Espinosa, Jeff Ross, Richard Kind, Jeffrey Tambor and Paul F. Tompkin.
‘The Warrior’s Gate’ Soundtrack Details
EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for the martial arts action adventure epic The Warrior’s Gate. The album features the film’s original music composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Time Machine, The Promise, Rescue Dawn, The Recruit). Also included are songs by Izia, Shirley Bassey, Samsaya, Diplo & Sleepy Tom and Trak Invaders. The soundtrack will be released digitally in the U.S. on March 24, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The album is already available in several Asian markets. The Warrior’s Gate is directed by Matthias Hoene and stars Dave Bautista, Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Uriah Shelton, Francis Ng and Sienna Guillory.
‘Rings’ Soundtrack Released
Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Rings. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Margeson (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Eddie the Eagle, Kick-Ass 2). Hans Zimmer who scored Gore Verbinski’s original The Ring movie serves as the executive music producer. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Rings is directed by F. Javier Gutierrez and stars Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan and Vincent D’Onofrio. The sequel was released last weekend by Paramount Pictures and is now playing in theaters nationwide.
Soundtrack Details for Julie Taymor’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
The details of the soundtrack album for Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Elliot Goldenthal (Frida, Interview with the Vampire, Heat, Batman Forever, Alien 3, Public Enemies). The soundtrack will be released physically on March 17, 2017 by Zarathustra Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Midsummer Night’s Dream starring Tina Benko, Max Casella, David Harewood and Kathryn Hunter is the film version of Taymor’s stage production of Shakespeare’s immortal fantasy filmed at Brooklyn’s Polonsky Center in 2013.
Expanded ‘The Lover’ Score to Be Released
Music Box Records has announced a 25th anniversary soundtrack edition for the 1992 drama The Lover (L’amant) directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates, Seven Years in Tibet) and starring Jane March and Tony Leung. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the movie composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1408, Cold Mountain), including 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. To check out the full album details and to listen to three tracks from the score, visit the label’s official website, where you can also pre-order the limited edition CD.
‘Daguerrotype’ Soundtrack Announced
A soundtrack album has been announced for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s fantasy drama Daguerrotype (Le secret de la chambre noire). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, My Golden Days, The Tree). The soundtrack will be released overseas on February 24, 2017 by Cristal Records. Daguerrotype is co-written and directed by Kurosawa (Pulse, Tokyo Sonata) and stars Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, Olivier Gourmet and Mathieu Amalric. The movie follows an aging photographer whose obsession with an archaic technique draws his young assistant and beautiful daughter into a dark and mysterious world.