Sparks & Shadows has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, DaVinci’s Demons, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), as well as two remixes and two original songs by Young Beautiful in a Hurry written by the band’s Brendan McCreary. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie directed by James Rolfe & Kevin Finn is based on the web series of the same title. The Kickstarter-funded film centers around the mass burial of over 1 million copies of the proclaimed “worst video game of all time”, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. The movie premieres today on VOD.
Category: Film Music Albums
Expanded ‘Gorky Park’ Score by James Horner Released
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1983 crime thriller Gorky Park directed by Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough, Nell, Gorillas in the Mist) based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel and starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy and Joanna Pacula. The album features the film’s expanded score composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart). Als included are a a number of alternate cues and a source cue written by the Academy Award-winning composer for the MGM production. To check out the full album details and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
‘The Boxtrolls’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for LAIKA Studios’ animated feature The Boxtrolls. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, V for Vendetta). The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. The Boxtrolls is directed by Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable and features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan and Simon Pegg. The movie follows a group of monsters who live underneath thestreets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out of the sewers at night to steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses.
‘Gemma Bovery’ Soundtrack Announced
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Gemma Bovery. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers). Also included are tracks by Alice Lewis, Rubin Steiner and Alain Chamfort. The soundtrack will be released on September 8, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Gemma Bovery is directed by Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) and stars Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng and Niels Schneider. The movie is based on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and follows a passionate young Englishwoman whose dull married life in a provincial Norman town steers her towards adultery. The drama will have its world premiere next month at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in France on September 10 with other European markets to follow.
‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the family comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The album features the songs from the film, including the new tracks Hurricane by The Vamps, Best Worst Day by Justine Dorsey, as well as songs by The Narwhals, Charles William and IDK & The Whatevs. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The soundtrack will be released on October 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Alexander is directed by Miguel Arteta (Cedar Rapids, The Good Girl) and stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould, Kerris Dorsey, Megan Mullally, Jennifer Coolidge and Bella Thorne. The movie follows a boy who has a very horrible day and finds out that other people can have them too.
‘Jersey Shore Massacre’ Soundtrack Released
Spy Music Group has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Jersey Shore Massacre. The album features the songs from the film by such artists as Amadeus 3D, Joey Stacked, X-Change, Mr. Wicked, Lucas Prata, Giorgio, Italian Ice, Dreamroca, Kingnyne, Giuseppe D. & more. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Jersey Shore Massacre is written and directed by Paul Tarnopol and stars Danielle Dallacco, Angelica Boccella, Giovanni Roselli, Chris Lazzaro, Ron Jeremy, Sal Governale, Richard Christy and Shawn C. Phillips. The movie follows a tried-and-true Jersey girl and her pals as they sojourn down to the Atlantic coast and become the unsuspecting targets of a deranged killer.
‘Pride’ Soundtrack Details
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Pride. The album features numerous 80s hits from and inspired by the film by such artists as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Bronski Beat, Wham, Pet Shop Boys, King, Soft Cell, Queen, Culture Club, Grace Jones, UB40, Smokey Robinson and more. Also included are three tracks from the movie’s original score composed by Christopher Nightingale The soundtrack will be released overseas on September 15, 2014. Check back on this page for the domestic release date. Pride is directed by Matthew Warchus and stars Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, Joseph Gilgun, George MacKay and Ben Schnetzer. The movie tells the story of a group of gay and lesbian activists who work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
‘Dolphin Tale 2’ Soundtrack Preview
Audio clips from the soundtrack album of the family movie Dolphin Tale 2 have been published. The film’s music is composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Emma, Chocolat). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 9, 2014 and physically on October 7. Click here to pre-order the CD version. Check out our previous article for the full album details and check out the soundtrack preview after the jump. Dolphin Tale 2 directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble, Austin Stowell and Cozi Zuehlsdorff will be released in theaters on September 12.
‘Starred Up’ Soundtrack Released
Good Grace has released a soundtrack album for the prison drama Starred Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Doogan and the movie’s director David Mackenzie. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Starred Up directed by Mackenzie (Young Adam, Perfect Sense) stars Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend. The movie about a a troubled 19-year-old who ends up in the same prison as his father premiered at last year’s Telluride and Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Tribeca Film for domestic distribution. The drama is now available on VOD and is being released in select theaters today, August 27.
Varese Sarabande to Release Steven Price’s ‘Fury’ Score
Varese Sarabande has announced the official soundtrack album for the World War II action drama Fury. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Attack the Block, The World’s End). The soundtrack will be released on October 14, 2014. Check back on this page for the full album details and audio clips. Fury is written and directed by David Ayer and stars Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs and Scott Eastwood. The movie is set in April of 1945 as the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre and follows a battle-hardened army sergeant who commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.