Enka has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese drama Mountain Cry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errera (Shaolin, The Butterfly, The White Storm). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mountain Cry is written and directed by Larry Yang and stars Lang Yueting, Wang Ziyi, Cheng Taishen, Yu Ailei, Guo Jin, Xu Caigen, Zhao Chendong and Li Siying. The movie based on the novel by Ge Shuiping is set in 1980s post-Cultural Revolution era China and revolves around a man who is obliged to look after a mute woman after her husband’s violent death.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Blair Witch’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Blair Witch. The album features the film’s original music composed by director Adam Wingard (The Guest, You’re Next) who makes his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version will released a few weeks later and can be pre-ordered here. Blair Witch is directed by Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and stars James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid and Wes Robinson. The movie follows a group of college students who venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James sister who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch.
‘Silicon Cowboys’ Soundtrack Announced
Little Twig Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Silicon Cowboys. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Hultquist (My Blind Brother, Animals, Full Circle, The First Monday in May). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Silicon Cowboys is directed by Jason Cohen and chronicles the underdog story of Compaq Computer, which took on IBM — the world’s most powerful computer company — in an all-out tech war that shaped the world as we know it.
‘Queen of Katwe’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Mira Nair’s drama Queen of Katwe have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Roots, 11.22.63, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom). Also included is the original song Back to Life by Alicia Keys, as well as tracks by HAB and Young Cardamom, MC Galaxy, A Pass, Bobi Wine, Michael Kiwanuka & more. The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2016 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Queen of Katwe starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o and Madina Nalwanga tells the true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda who became a Woman Candidate Master after her performance at the World Chess Olympiad.
‘Morgan’ Soundtrack Released
Fox Music has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Morgan. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Disconnect, Testament of Youth, Waltz with Bashir, The Congress). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Morgan is directed by Luke Scott and stars Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Giamatti. The movie produced by Ridley Scott centers around corporate troubleshooter who is summoned to a remote research lab to determine whether or not to terminate a genetically-engineered being.
‘Gernika’ (‘Guernica’) Soundtrack Details
Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for the war drama Gernika (Guernica). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (Crimson Peak, The Impossible, The Orphanage, Hercules, Mama). The soundtrack will be released on September 9, 2016. Gernika is directed by Koldo Serra and stars James D’Arcy, Jack Davenport, Maria Valverde, Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson, Alex Garcia, Barbara Goenaga, Burn Gorman and Joachim Assboeck. The movie takes place in 1937 Spain during the Civil War and follows an American journalist who secretly joins forces with a local press-office censor to work against the stringent restrictions that are becoming more common.
Deutsche Grammophon to Release ‘Arrival’ Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama Arrival. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners). Also included is Max Richter’s piece On the Nature of Daylight as featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on November 11, 2016. Check back on this page for the full album details. Arrival is directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. The movie takes place after mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe and follows an elite team – lead by an expert linguist – that is brought together to investigate.
‘The Vessel’ Soundtrack Details
A soundtrack album will be released for the drama The Vessel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, The Better Angels). Also included is the song Despertia performed by Gabriel Ruiz Galindo & Gabriel Luna De La Fuente (feat. Mayte Martín). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 9, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Vessel is written and directed by Julio Quintana and stars Martin Sheen as a Catholic priest in a small Latin American town where a tidal wave destroys a local school packed with children.
‘I.T.’ Soundtrack Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller I.T. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timothy Williams (Sym-Bionic Titanic, Walking with the Enemy, Wild Horses, Diablo). Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead) serves as the movie’s executive music producer and the album’s producer. Also included is the song Girls Cry Boys Lie by Deveraux. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 23, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I.T. is directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, The Omen, A Good Day to Die Hard) and stars Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott and Austin Swift.
‘The Hollars’ Soundtrack Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama The Hollars. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Josh Ritter. Also included are the songs from the movie by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Head and the Heart, The Indigo Girls and Billy Bragg & Wilco. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 9, and physically in a couple of weeks. The Hollars is directed by John Krasinski who also stars in the movie alongside Anna Kendrick, Margo Martindale, Richard Jenkins, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sharlto Copley and Charlie Day. The film follows a New York City artist who returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery.