Walt Disney Records will release the original song California Loco from the animated short Inner Workings. The song is written and performed by the film’s composer Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station, Central Intelligence) and features vocals by Este Haim. The track will be released as a digital single tomorrow, December 16 and will be available to download on Amazon. The label has also released Goransson’s original score from the film a weeks ago. Inner Workings is written and directed by Leonardo Matsuda and tells the story of the internal struggle between a man’s pragmatic, logical side and his free-spirited, adventurous half. The short is now playing in theaters nationwide in front of Disney Animation’s feature Moana.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Live by Night’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Ben Affleck’s crime drama Live by Night have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Town, Gone Baby Gone). Also included is the original song Moonshine performed by Foy Vance feat. Kacey Musgraves. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 23, 2016. Live by Night is based on the novel by Denis Lehane (Mystic River) and stars Affleck, Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper. The movie is set in the Prohibition Era and centers around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Soundtrack for Wolfgang Petersen’s ‘Vier gegen die Bank’ to Be Released
Great Escape Records will release a soundtrack album for Wolfgang Petersen’s heist comedy Vier gegen die Bank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Enis Rotthoff (Looks Who’s Back, Stereo, Wetlands, Measuring the World). Jazz musician and trumpet player Till Brönner is featured as a soloist. Also included are the songs featured in the movie by James Brown, The Temptations and Royal Deluxe. The soundtrack will be released in Germany on December 23, 2016. Visit the German Amazon store to listen to audio samples. Vier gegen die Bank marks the first directorial effort of Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Air Force One, Troy, Das Boot) in ten years and his first German project in over three decades.
‘The Bad News Bears’ Trilogy Soundtrack Announced
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for The Bad News Bears trilogy. The 3-CD set features the score from the original 1976 sports comedy directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Walter Matthau & Tatum O’Neal composed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch, Escape from Alcatraz, The Gambler), the music from the 1977 sequel The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training composed by Craig Safan (The Last Starfighter, Cheers) and the score for 1978’s The Bad News Bears Go to Japan composed by Paul Chihara (China Beach, Death Race 2000). The soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon and the label’s website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples.
‘1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines’ Soundtrack Released
Meliam Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish historical adventure drama 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (1898, Los Ultimos de Filipinas). The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, Evil Dead, Risen). The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas. Visit the Spanish Amazon store to listen to audio samples and to check out the track list. 1898, Our Last Men in the Phillippines is directed by Salvador Calvo and stars Luis Tosar, Javier Gutierrez, Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernandez, Carlos Hipolito, Alvaro Cervantes, Ricardo Gomez, Patrick Criado, Emilio Palacios and Miguel Herran.
‘Dalida’ Soundtrack Details
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Dalida. The album features the songs from the movie by the drama’s subject, Dalida. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Jean-Claude Petit (Jean de Florette, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Horseman on the Roof). The soundtrack will be overseas on January 6, 2017 and is now available for -pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list. Dalida is written and directed by Lisa Azuelos (LOL (Laughing Out Loud), Quantum Love) and stars Sveva Alviti in the title role, alongside Riccardo Scamarcio, Vincent Perez, Niels Schneider, Jean-Paul Rouve and Patrick Timsit. The movie tells the life story of the tragic Cairo-born French-Italian popular music diva who committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
‘Young Guns’ Soundtrack Announced
Rusted Wave has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1988 western Young Guns. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anthony Marinelli (15 Minutes, 2 Days in the Valley) and Brian Banks (Internal Affairs). The soundtrack will be released digitally and on vinyl on January 20, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Young Guns is directed by Christopher Cain and stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Terence Stamp, Terry O’Quinn, Casey Siemaszko, Brian Keith and Jack Palance.
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a deluxe soundtrack edition for this year’s sci-fi adventure Star Trek Beyond. The album features the film’s expanded score composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Lost). The 2-CD set is limited to 5000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website. The label has also released the regular soundtrack for the movie earlier this year. Star Trek Beyond is directed by Justin Lin, produced by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella.
‘Ballerina’ Soundtrack Details
Gaumont will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Ballerina. The album features the film’s original score composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, The Recruit, The Promise), as well as the original songs from the movie by Christopher Braide. Also included is Demi Lovato’s Confident. The soundtrack will be released overseas on December 12, 2016. (UPDATE, August, 2017: The album is now available in the U.S. under the title Leap! and can be downloaded on Amazon). Ballerina is directed by Eric Summer & Eric Warin and features the voice talent of Elle Fanning, Maddie Ziegler and Carly Rae Jepsen. The movie is set in 1879 Paris and follows an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and moves to Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
‘Never Ever’ (‘À jamais’) Soundtrack Details
A soundtrack album for Benoit Jacquot’s drama Never Ever (À jamais) will be released. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Song of the Sea) who previously collaborated with the director on such movies as Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid and 3 Hearts. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 23, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Never Ever starring Mathieu Amalric, Julia Roy, Jeanne Balibar and Victoria Guerra is based on a novella by Don DeLillo and tells a tale of amour fou between a self-centred filmmaker and a beautiful body artist.