Warner Music Italy will release a soundtrack album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s drama Correspondence (La Corrispodenza). The album features the film’s original music composed and arranged by Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight, The Mission, Days of Heaven) who previously collaborated with the director on such movies as Cinema Paradiso, Malena and The Legend of 1900. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Correspondence is written and directed by Tornatore and stars Jeremy Irons & Olga Kurylenko. The movie centers on the love affair between a professor and a younger PhD student who takes excessive risks in her paid work as a stuntwoman.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Dad’s Army’ Soundtrack Details
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Dad’s Army. The album features the film’s original music composed by Charlie Mole (Mr. Selfridge, Othello, An Ideal Husband, The Importance Of Being Earnest). Also included is Bud Flanagan’s Dad’s Army TV theme Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler, as well as Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade. The soundtrack will be released on February 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dad’s Army is directed by Oliver Parker and stars Toby Jones, Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy, Tom Courtenay, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Blake Harrison, Danny Mays, Bill Paterson and Sarah Lancashire. The movie based on the British TV series of the same title is set in 1944 as World War II is reaching its climax and follows the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon dealing with a visiting female journalist and a German spy.
‘Band of Robbers’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album for the caper comedy Band of Robbers has been released. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joel P West (Short Term 12, Grandma). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Band of Robbers is written and directed by Aaron & Adam Nee and stars Kyle Gallner, Matthew Gray Gubler, Melissa Benoist, Hannibal Buress, Eric Christian Olsen, Stephen Lang, Daniel Mora, as well as Adam Nee himself. The movie is a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s iconic books and imagines the author’s infamous young heroes Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer as grown men in current day.
’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’ Soundtrack Details
Paramount Pictures will release a soundtrack album for Michael Bay’s action drama 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Home, Penguins of Madagascar, The Bible). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a sample from the composer’s score after the jump. 13 Hours stars John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, Domicnic Fumusa, Max Martini, James Badge Dale, Toby Stephens, Matt Letscher, David Denman, David Costabile and David Giuntoli. The movie is based on the book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi and centers on the six members of a security team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi from an attack of Islamist militants on September 11, 2012 – the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
‘Embrace of the Serpent’ Soundtrack Announced
Plaza Major Company will release a soundtrack album for Embrace of the Serpent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nascuy Linares. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Embrace of the Serpent is directed by Ciro Guerra and centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The drama, which was Columbia’s entry for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards, premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and will be released in select U.S. theaters on February 12 by Oscilloscope Labaratories.
‘Fifty Shades of Black’ Soundtrack Details
IM Global will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Fifty Shades of Black. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Skrilla Kones feat. Icy Black, Mr. Classic, Jordyn Kane, Love Kelli, Leo Soul feat. West West, Gorgeous George and chief waKiL. Also included is a suite from the movie’s original score composed by Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies, Obsessed, The Last Ship, When a Stranger Calls). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Fifty Shades of Black is directed by Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) and stars Marlon Wayans, Kalli Hawk, Affion Crockett, Fred Willard, Mike Epps, Andrew Bachelor, Jane Seymour and Florence Henderson.
‘Burnt’ Score Album Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the drama Burnt. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, Foxcatcher, (500) Days of Summer, The Age of Adaline, The Way, Way Back). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film, as well as four tracks from the composer’s score. Burnt is directed by John Wells (August: Osage County, The Company Men) and stars Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson, Alicia Vikander, Matthew Rhys and Lily James.
Roger Neill to Score Mike Mills’ ’20th Century Women’
Roger Neill is reuniting with director Mike Mills on the upcoming drama 20th Century Women. The film is written and directed by Mills and stars Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning and Billy Crudup. The movie is set in 1979 Santa Barbara and follows a mother who is trying her best to raise her teenage son while looking for answers from two other remarkable women in her life. Megan Ellison (Her, American Hustle, Foxcatcher) is producing the project for her Annapurna Pictures company, alongside Anne Carey (Mr. Holmes, Adventureland, The American) for Archer Gray and Youree Henley (The Bling Ring).
‘The Boy and the Beast’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature The Boy and the Beast. The album features the film’s original music composed by Masakatsu Takagi. The soundtrack will be released in the U.S. on March 4, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Boy and the Beast is directed by Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars) who previously collaborated with the composer on Wolf Children. The movie follows a lonely Japanese boy who slips into an alternate universe where he is raised by a bear-man, Kumatetsu, who fights for a living and trains him in the art of fighting over the years. The animated film received an Academy Awards-qualifying release in 2015 and will be released in select theaters later this year by FUNimation Entertainment.
Milan Records to Release ‘Deadpool’ Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comic book adaptation Deadpool. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Mass, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Divergent). Also included are songs by DMX, Wham!, and Salt-N-Pepa. The soundtrack will be released digitally next month and the physical release is set for March 4, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Check back on this page for the full album details. Deadpool is directed by Tim Miller and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein and Brianna Hildebrand. The movie based on the Marvel Comics character from the X-Men will be released nationwide on February 12, 2016 by 20th Century Fox.