22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Magic Snowflake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robert Marcel Lepage. Also included is the song When Snow Falls Down performed by Rachel Bonneau. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Magic Snowflake is a sequel to Santa’s Apprentice and is once again directed by Luc Vinciguerra and written by Alexandre Reverend. The movie continues the journey of Nicolas who was trained to replace Santa in the first part and experiences a major crisis as he is replaced by a more experienced Santa. To get his job back he must regain the innocence of his childhood. The Gaumont production was released theatrically in France this past November. The Weinstein Company has picked up domestic distribution rights.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Tim’s Vermeer’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Tim’s Vermeer. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Conrad Pope (My Week with Marilyn, Pavilion of Women). The soundtrack will be released digitally January 28, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. A physical version will be coming out on February 18 and is available to pre-order here. Tim’s Vermeer is directed by Teller of Penn & Teller fame and follows Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, as he attempts to solve the mystery of how 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) managed to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography. The movie, which made the short list of 15 features to be considered for a nomination in the Best Documentary category for the Academy Awards, is now playing in select theaters.
‘Justice League: War’ Soundtrack Announced
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the DC Universe original movie Justice League: War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Kliesch (Thundercats, Sofia the First) who previously scored DC’s Superman: Unbound. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Justice League: War is directed by Jay Oliva, scripted by Heath Corson and features the voices of Alan Tudyk as Clark Kent/Superman, Jason O’Mara as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michelle Monaghan as Princess Diana/Wonder Woman. Christopher Gorham as Barry Allen/The Flash, Justin Kirk as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Shemar Moore as Victor Stone/Cyborg and Sean Astin as Shazam/Captain Marvel. The movie will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 4.
‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ Soundtrack Details
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the 3D family action adventure Walking With Dinosaurs. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd). The soundtrack will be released on January 21, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Walking With Dinosaurs is directed by Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook and features the voices of John Leguizamo, Justin Long, Tiya Sircar and Skyler Stone. The movie centers on two brothers looking to follow in their father’s footsteps, which leads them to a showdown with dinosaurs in the Arctic. The BBC Earth production was released last month by 20th Century Fox and is now playing in theaters.
‘Ride Along’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music and Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Ride Along. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Revolution, Identity Thief, Horrible Bosses). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 14, 2014 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be released on January 28 by Varese Sarabande and can be pre-ordered on here. Check out audio clips after the jump. Ride Along is directed by Tim Story and stars Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Laurence Fishburne. The comedy follows a fast-talking guy who joins his girlfriend’s brother, a hot-tempered cop, to patrol the streets of Atlanta and gets entangled in the officer’s latest case. The movie will be released nationwide on January 17 by Universal Pictures.
New ‘The Transformers: The Movie’ Soundtrack Released
Intrada Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 1986 animated feature The Transformers: The Movie directed by Nelson Shin based on the original Transformers television series and featuring the voices of Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta, Jr., Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. The album features the film’s original score composed by Vince DiCola (Rocky VI, Crooked). Also included is the 6-minute demo cue Legacy. The soundtrack marks the first widely available release of the score, which was first available as two very limited “BotCon” editions. To listen to audio clips and for the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD.
‘Le Week-End’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for Roger Michell’s romantic drama Le Week-End. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeremy Sams who previously collaborated with the director on movies including Hyde Park on Hudson, Enduring Love and The Mother. Also included is Nick Drake’s song Pink Moon. The soundtrack is now available overseas and will be released in the U.S. on March 11, 2014. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Le Week-End stars Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan as a young-married middle-class British couple who attempt to reinvigorate their marriage by visiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon. Jeff Goldblum is co-starring in the movie scripted by Hanif Kureishi. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters this spring by Music Box Films.
Expanded ‘Tough Guys Don’t Dance’ Soundtrack Announced
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1987 crime comedy drama Tough Guys Don’t Dance directed by Norman Wailer and starring Ryan O’Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser and Lawrence Tierne. The album features the remastered and expanded score from the film composed by Angelo Badalamenti (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks), including a number of previously unreleased cues. Also included are two songs co-composed with lyricists Danielle Badalamenti and Norman Mailer and performed by Mel and Pam Tillis. For the full album details and to order the limited edition CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
‘RoboCop’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi action adventure RoboCop. The album features the film’s original score composed by Pedro Bromfman (Elite Squad). The soundtrack will be released on February 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. RoboCop is directed by José Padilha and stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Samuel L. Jackson. The remake of the 1987 classic directed by Paul Verhoeven follows a Detroit police office who’s transformed into RoboCop after he’s critically injured in the line of duty. The movie will be released nationwide on February 12, 2014 by Sony Pictures.
WaterTower Music to Release ‘The Lego Movie’ Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature The Lego Movie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The Royal Tenenbaums, Hotel Transylvania) who previously collaborated with directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. The soundtrack will be released on February 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Lego Movie follows an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. The movie features the voice talent of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman. The animated feature will be released nationwide on February 7, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures.