Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Adrianne Lyne’s 1997 film adaptation of Vladmir Nabokov’s novel Lolita starring Jeremy Irons Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith and Frank Langella. The album features the film’s original music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in America), including 35 minutes of previously unreleased material. To check out audio clips and find out more about the soundtrack release, which is set to be released on December 2, 2013, visit the label’s official website.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘La Marche’ Soundtrack Details
Hamburger Records will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy La Marche. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills). Also included are the songs from the film by such artists as The Mamas & The Papas, Punkin Machine, Suicide and Charles Trenet. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 25, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. La Marche directed by Nabil Ben Yadir and stars Jamel Debbouze, Olivier Gourmet, Hafsia Herzi and Lubna Azabal. The movie is inspired by the events during the “Marche des Beurs” that swept through France in December 1983 to protest against inequality and discrimination in the country.
Jose Gonzalez’s ‘Step Out’ from ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Released
The original song Step Out performed by Jose Gonzalez from Ben Stiller’s upcoming dramedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has been released. The song is composed by the film’s composer Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder) and Craig Wedren (The School of Rock, Role Models). To download the single, visit Amazon. The song is also used in the film’s trailer, which is embedded after the jump. Universal Republic will release a soundtrack album for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty on December 17, 2013 (click here to pre-order the CD). The full album details will be posted on this site soon. The movie starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn and Sean Penn is based on James Thurber’s classic story and follows a day-dreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action.
Maurice Jarre’s ‘Prancer’ Score Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1989 Christmas fantasy family drama Prancer directed by John D. Hancock and starring Sam Elliot, Cloris Leachman and Johnny Galecki. The album features the film’s original score written and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ghost). To order the soundtrack for the MGM production, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full album details.
‘Medora’ Soundtrack Announced
ABCKO Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Medora. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bobby Emmett, as well as tracks by Joe Lapaglia, Harlan, Chris Bathgate and The Press Delete. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Medora is directed by Andrew Cohn & Davy Rothbart and follows four boys from rural Medora, Indiana who fight to end their high school Basketball team’s losing streak as their dwindling town faces the threat of extinction. The movie premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up for domestic distribution by Beachside and Film Buff. The film opened in select theaters this past Friday and will also be released on VOD tomorrow, November 12.
‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom have been revaled. The album features the songs from the film, including the original song Ordinary Love by U2, as well as songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers, Art Blakey, The Special AKA, The Manhattan Brothers and The Havana Singers. The soundtrack will be released on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips below. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Alex Heffes. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is directed by Justin Chadwick and stars Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Zolani Mkiva, Jamie Bartlett, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Deon Lotz and Terry Pheto. The movoe premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in select cities on November 29, 2013 by the Weinstein Company.
‘L’arbitro’ Soundtrack Details
Cinevox Record will release the official soundtrack album for the Italian/Argentinian comedy L’arbitro. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Guerra (The Pursuit of Happiness, Hotel Rwanda). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. L’arbitro is directed by Paolo Zucca and stars Stefano Accorsi, Geppi Cucciari, Marco Messeri, Francesco Pannofino and Benito Urgu. The movie centers on an ambitious soccer referee who ends up handling a crucial match between rival soccer teams of two small Sardinian villages. The comedy was selected pre-opener to the 10th edition of the Critic’s Week Venice Days at this year’s Venice Film Festival and opened in Italy earlier this fall.
‘Mary Poppins’ 50th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for Disney’s classic musical Mary Poppins. The 50th Anniversary Edition features the film’s original songs composed by Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman performed by the movie’s cast. Also included are previously unreleased Sherman Brothers demo recordings. The soundtrack will be released later this month and coincides with the 50th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD release of the film to be released on December 10, 2013. Mary Poppins is directed by Robert Stevenson and stars Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and received 5 awards, including Best Actress and Best Song (Chim Chim Cher-ee).
‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Saving Mr. Banks. The album features the film’s original score composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo). Also included are the songs featured in the film performed by the film’s cast from Disney’s classic film Marry Poppins composed by the movie’s music consultant Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman. The soundtrack will be released as a regular edition and 2-CD deluxe edition, which features a number of demos and original songs from Mary Poppins on December 10, 2013. To pre-order the deluxe edition, visit Amazon. To listen to audio clips from the soundtrack, visit iTunes. Saving Mr. Banks is directed by John Lee Hancock and stars Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths and Kathy Baker.
Varese Sarabande to Release Roque Banos’ ‘Oldboy’ Score
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for Spike Lee’s upcoming mystery thriller Oldboy. The album features the film’s original score composed by Roque Banos (Evil Dead, The Machinist, Sexy Beast). The soundtrack will be released physically on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details will be posted on this site within the next couple of weeks. Oldboy is based on Chan-wook Park’s acclaimed Korean film from 2003 and stars Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. The movie follows an advertising executive who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment.