Madison Gate Records will release the official soundtrack album for David O. Russell’s comedy drama American Hustle. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Duke Ellington, Elton John, The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Tom Jones, Jeff Lynne, Chris Stills, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Mayssa Karaa, Wings and Jack Jones. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman who previously scored the director’s Silver Linings Playbook. The soundtrack will be released on December 6, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. American Hustle starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence tells the the story of a brilliant con man who, along with his seductive British partner is forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers. The movie will be released nationwide on December 13, 2013 by Sony Pictures.
Category: Film Music Albums
’47 Ronin’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the martial arts action adventure 47 Ronin. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria). The soundtrack will be released on December 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. 47 Ronin is directed by Carl Rinsch and stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano and Rinko Kikuchi. The film scripted by Chris Morgan (Fast Five) & Hossein Amini (Drive) and produced by Scott Stuber (Ted), Pamela Abdy (Identity Thief) and Eric McLeod (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) follows the 47 Ronin, a band of samurai swordsmen who avenge the death of their master in 18th century Japan. The movie will be released nationwide on December 25, 2013 by Universal Pictures.
‘The Butterfly’s Dream’ Soundtrack Released
Redwood Entertainment has released the soundtrack album for the Turkish drama The Butterfly’s Dream in the United States. The album features the film’s original music composed, arranged and produced by Rahman Altin who was honored with the Public Choice Award at this year’s World Soundtrack Awards ceremony in Ghent for his work on the movie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and is also available physically. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Butterfly’s Dream directed by Yilmaz Ertoğan is set in the 1940s during World War II in the Black Sea city of Zonguldak and tells the story of two poets who both fall sick with tuberculosis and fall in love with the same woman. The movie was released in Turkey this past February and was selected to represent the country as its entry for Best Foreign Language Film for 2014’s Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
‘Drinking Buddies’ Soundtrack Details
Jagjaguwar will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Drinking Buddies. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Richard Swift, Cavucas, Foxygen, Richard Youngs, Plants and Animals, Rubblebucket, Phèdre, Night Beds and Barna Howard. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Drinking Buddies is directed by Joe Swanberg and stars Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston and Anna Kendrick. The movie about a pair of Chicago craft brewery co-workers whose platonic friendship veers toward flirtation premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD this summer by Magnolia Pictures. The comedy will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 3.
Complete ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Soundtrack Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete soundtrack for the 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s directed by Blake Edwards and starring Katherine Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal and Mickey Rooney. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther). The score was previously only available as a re-arranged version on an LP version from RCA. The album also features the Academy Award-winning song Moon River performed by Hepburn, as well as a number of bonus tracks, including alternate versions of the song. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, visit Intrada’s official website.
‘Here Comes the Devil’ Soundtrack Details
Mondo Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Here Comes the Devil. The album features the film’s original score composed by Julio Pillado. Also included are the songs from the film by artists including Braulio & Benita Lam, Joel Alonso & LSD and Knife of Simpson. 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. Here Comes the Devil is written and directed by Adrián García Bogliano and stars Francisco Barreiro, Laura Caro and Alan Martinez. The movie follows the parents of a preteen son and daughter who inexplicably reappear after being lost overnight on a desolate, cave-riddled mountainside after a casual hike became every parent’s nightmare. Magnolia Pictures has picked up domestic distribution rights and will release the Spanish language film in theaters and on VOD on December 13, 2013 through its Magnet label.
‘August: Osage County’ Soundtrack Details
Columbia Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama August: Osage County. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel), as well music by Adam Taylor who scored major parts of the movie. Also included are songs by Bon Iver, Kings of Leon, Eric Clapton, John Fullbright, Billy Squier and JD and the Straight Shot, as well as actor Benedict Cumberbatch who performs a song on screen. The soundtrack will be released on January 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. August: Osage County based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play is directed by John Wells and stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, Julianne Nichols, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin and Dermot Mulroney. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in theaters on December 25, 2013 by the Weinstein Company.
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Soundtrack Preview
WaterTower Music has published the official soundtrack preview for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The album features the film’s original score composed by Howard Shore. As previously announced, the label will release as a regular edition and deluxe edition on December 10, 2013. Click here to pre-order the soundtrack and visit our previous article for the full album details. Audio clips from all tracks on the regular edition are available after the jump. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, John Bell and Jed Brophy will be released nationwide on December 13, 2013 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Wes Anderson Tribute Album Announced
American Laundromat Records has announced a tribute album to director Wes Anderson. The double-CD set, entitled I Saved Latin! features artists such as Black Francis, Mike Watt & the Secondmen, Juliana Hatfield, Joy Zipper, Kristin Hersh, Grand Hallway, Escondido, Elk City, Matt Pond, PHOX, Santah, Tea Cozies, Solvents, William Fitzsimmons and Telekinesis covering songs featured the filmmaker’s features The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Bottle Rocket. The album is set to be released in the spring of 2014. Check out the full album details after the jump.
‘Khumba’ Soundtrack Details
Labelzero will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Khumba. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruce Retief who previously scored last year’s Zambezia for South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studio. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 1, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Khumba marks Triggerfish’s second 3D animated feature and is directed by Anthony Silverston. The movie’s voice talent includes Jake T. Austin, Laurence Fishburne, Annasophia Robb, Liam Neeson and Steve Buscemi. The film follows a half-striped zebra who embarks on a quest for his origins, accompanied by an overprotective wildebeest, narcissistic ostrich and plucky young zebra.