Warner Bros. Records will release a soundtrack album for Jason Reitman’s drama Labor Day. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rolfe Kent (Sideways, The Wedding Crashers, Election) who previously scored the director’s features Thank You for Smoking, Up in the Air and Young Adult. Also included are the songs from the film performed by Arlo Guthrie and Vashti Bunyan, as well as classical guitar pieces by Andrés Segovia and Shin-ichi Fukuda. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be coming out on January 28 and is available to order here. Labor Day starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg and Tobey Maguire follows a mother and son who encounter a man on a shopping trip who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The drama will receive an Academy Awards-qualifying theatrical run in Los Angeles later this year and is set to be released nationwide on January 31, 2014 by Paramount Pictures.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Oldboy’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for Spike Lee’s mystery thriller Oldboy. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Roque Banos (The Machinist, Evil Dead, Sexy Beast). The soundtrack will be released physically on January 14, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out our previous article to listen to three full tracks from the score. Oldboy is based on the acclaimed Korean film from 2003 directed by Chan-wook Park and stars Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. The movie follows an alcoholic advertising executive who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement before he is released and embarks on an mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment. The movie was released last week by FilmDistrict and is now playing in theaters.
‘The Physician’ Soundtrack Announced
Colosseum Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Physician (Der Medicus). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel (Love in Thoughts, Young Goethe in Love). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 13, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Physician is directed by Philipp Stolzl (North Face, Erased) and stars Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard, Emma Rigby, Tom Payne and Oliver Martinez. The movie based on the bestselling novel by Noah Gordon is set in Persia in the 11th Century and follows a surgeon’s apprentice who disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians. The film will be released in Germany on December 25, 2013 by Universal Pictures.
‘The House of Magic’ Soundtrack Details
Studiocanal will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature The House of Magic (Le Manoir Magique). The album features the film’s original score composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Game of Thrones, Iron Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The House of Magic is directed by Ben Stassen and Jeremy Degruson and follows an abandoned young cat who seeking shelter from a storm and stumbles into a strange house owned by an old magician and inhabited by an array of automatons and gizmos. The movie is produced by nWave Pictures, for which Djawadi has previously scored the features Fly Me to the Moon 3D, A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure and its sequel and African Safari 3D.
‘Big Bad Wolves’ Soundtrack Announced
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the Israeli thriller Big Bad Wolves. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Nemesis Game). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Big Bad Wolves is written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan and Dov Glickman. The movie centers on a series of murders that puts the lives of three men on a collision course – the father of the latest victim, a vigilante police detective and the main suspect in the killings. The thriller premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was picked for up for domestic distribution by Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing label.
‘Police Academy’ Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1984 comedy classic Police Academy directed by Hugh Wilson and starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Kim Cattrall and G.W. Bailey. The album features the complete score from the film composed by Robert Folk (Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls, Tremors, Nothing to Lose). Also included as a bonus track is El Bimbo performed by Jean-Marc Dompierre and His Orchestra and used in the movie for the film’s Blue Oyster Bar. The soundtrack for the Warner Bros. Pictures production is limited to 3000 copies and will be available to order on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 on La-La Land Records’ official website.
Varese Sarabande to Release Patrick Doyle’s ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Score
Varese Sarabande Records will release the soundtrack album for Kenneth Branagh’s action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. The album features the film’s original score composed by Patrick Doyle (Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) who regularly works with the director. The soundtrack is expected to be released ahead of the film’s opening on January 17, 2014. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Check back on this page for the full album details. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy stars Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, as well as Branagh himself.
‘Jewtopia’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Jewtopia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Wang (The Game Plan, She’s the Man, Rumble in the Bronx). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jewtopia is directed by Bryan Fogel and stars Ivan Sergei, Joel David Moore, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Arnold, Jon Lovitz, Nicollette Sheridan, Peter Stormare, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Wendie Malick and Rita Wilson. The movie centers on two childhood friends from different families who reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish so he can woo a beautiful woman. The film opened in select theaters this past September when it also premiered on VOD and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 11, 2014.
‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ Soundtrack Announced
Republic Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. The album features the songs featured in the film performed by the movie’s characters such as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland and Champ Kind, including a cover version of Christopher Cross’s Ride Like The Wind by Burgundy and Robin Thicke, as well as original songs composed by the film’s composers Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau. Also featured are a number of classic songs by artists including Neil Diamond, Hot Chocolate and Kenny Loggins. The soundtrack will be released on December 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is directed by Adam McKay and stars Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, James Marsden and Kristen Wiig.
‘Kill Your Darlings’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Kill Your Darlings. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret, Joshua). Also included are three tracks featured in the film by vocalist Catherine Russell accompanied by Grammy winner Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kill Your Darlings is directed by John Krokidas and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Cross and Elizabeth Olsen. The film tells the story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is currently playing in select theaters.