Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Terrence Malick-produced drama The Better Angels. The film’s original music is composed by Hanan Townshend who previously scored Malick’s To the Wonder and also contributed music to The Tree of Life. Also included are the classical pieces featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on December 2. The Better Angels is written and directed by A.J. Edwards and stars Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley and Braydon Denney. The movie centers on the formative years of Abraham Lincoln’s life in the harsh wilderness of Indiana in 1817.
Category: Film Music Albums
Sony Masterworks to Release Alberto Iglesias’ ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Harry Gregson-Williams who previously scored the director’s Kingdom of Heaven also contributed music to the film, but no word yet on if any of his score will be included on the release. The soundtrack will be released on December 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Exodus: Gods and Kings stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley.
‘Interstellar’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi drama Interstellar. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King). The soundtrack will be released in two different versions on November 18, 2014: a Star Wheel Constellation Chart Digipak featuring 16 tracks from the score and a deluxe digital-only version featuring 22 tracks. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. A 28-track Illuminated Star Projection Edition with bonus content, including 30 minutes of music unavailable anywhere else will be coming out later this year (check back on this page for the full details). Interstellar starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine will be released nationwide on November 7 by Paramount Pictures.
‘Repentance’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Repentance. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Kilian (Pitch Perfect, Tsotsi, Revenge of the Green Dragons, Rendition). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 11, 2014 and physically on January 13, 2015. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. Repentance is directed by Philippe Caland and stars Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan and Nicole Ari Parker. The movie follows a life coach who is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client.
‘Beyond the Lights’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the drama Beyond the Lights. The album features the original song Grateful written by Academy Award-nominated songwriter Dianne Warren and performed by Rita Ora. Also included are the other songs from the film by such artists as Mavado feat. Nicki Minaj, Noni feat. Kid Culprit, Birdy, Yuna, India Jean-Jacques, Stacy Barthe & more. The soundtrack will be released on November 10, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Beyond the Lights is written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Richard Colson Baker (“MGK”) and Danny Glover. The movie follows an award-winning artist who is primed for superstardom and nearly ends her life until she is saved by a young police officer.
‘The New Girlfriend’ Soundtrack Details
Cristal Records will release a soundtrack album for Francois Ozon’s French drama The New Girlfriend (Une nouvelle amie). The album features the film’s original music composed by Phillipe Rombi who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Swimming Pool, Angel, Potiche and In the House. The soundtrack will be released overseas on November 3, 2014. The New Girlfriend is written and directed by Ozon and stars Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier and Raphaël Personnaz. The movie centers on a young woman who makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend. The drama premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in French theaters on November 5.
‘The Theory of Everything’ Soundtrack Preview
Audio samples of all tracks from the soundtrack release for the biographical drama The Theory of Everything have been published. The film’s original music is composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson (Prisoners, For Ellen). The soundtrack album will be released on November 4, 2014 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The Theory of Everything is directed by James Marsh and stars Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Lesley Manville, Simon McBurney, Maxine Peake and Harry Lloyd. The movie about the relationship between physicist James Hawkings and Jane Wilde, the arts student fell in love with in the 1960s will be released in select cities on November 7 by Focus Features.
‘I Am Here’ Soundtrack Details
Ash International will release a soundtrack album for the drama I Am Here. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything, Prisoners) & BJ Nilsen. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album is also being released on Vinyl overseas. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. I Am Here is written and directed by Anders Morgenthaler and stars Kim Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare and Sebastian Schipper. The movie follows a successful career woman who finds out she is infertile and whose attempts to adopt lead her to the criminal work of infant prostitution in Eastern Europe.
‘White Bird in a Blizzard’ – Songs from the Film Album Announced
Lakeshore Records has announced a second soundtrack album for the indie drama White Bird in a Blizzard. The release features the songs from the film by Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, Pet Shop Boys, Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Echo and The Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Everything But The Girl, Soft Cell, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Ulrich Schnauss. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 11, 2014 and physically on December 12. As previously reported, the label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd. White Bird in a Blizzard directed by Gregg Araki and starring Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, Gabourey Sidibe, Thomas Jane and Angela Bassett opens in select theaters this weekend and is now also available on VOD.
WaterTower Music to Release Hans Zimmer’s ‘Interstellar’ Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King, The Thin Red Line, Man of Steel) who previously scored the director’s Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy. The soundtrack will be released on November 18, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full details are expected to be revealed after the movie opens on November 7. Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The movie follows a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.