Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Alexander Payne’s upcoming comedy drama Nebraska. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Orton (The Good Girl) of the Californian acoustic chamber music group Tin Hat. The soundtrack is currently set to be released on November 19, 2013. Check back on this page for the full album details. Also check out the film’s first trailer, which features the track New West from Tin Hat’s Foreign Legion record, after the jump. Nebraska is directed by Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, June Squibb and Bob Odenkirk. The movie tells the story of an old man with increasing dementia who goes on a road trip from Montana to Nebraska with one of his sons to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Plush’ Soundtrack EP Released
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack EP for the indie drama Plush. The soundtrack features the original songs from the film performed by actors Emily Browning, Xavier Samuel and Thomas Dekker and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Plush is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Lords of Dogtown, Thirteen), produced by Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) and stars Emily Browning, Cam Gigandet, Frances Fisher, Xavier Samuel, Brandon Jay McLaren and Dawn Ollvieri. The movie follows a rising rock star who finds herself in a spiral after losing her band mate and brother to a drug overdose.
‘Runner Runner’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Runner Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (The Hangover, The Muppets, The Sentinel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 1, 2013 and physically on October 29. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Runner Runner is directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and stars Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper, Oliver Cooper and Ben Schwartz. The movie follows a young man who is cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker and flies to Costa Rica in the hope of reclaiming his losses from the site’s billionaire owner and ends up becoming the corrupt CEO’s right-hand man.
‘Blue Jasmine’ Soundtrack Released
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s comedy drama Blue Jasmine. The album features the songs and jazz pieces from the film by artists including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Conal Fowkes, Julias Block, Stephen Dudas, Trixie Smith and David Chesky. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Blue Jasmine written and directed by Allen stars Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film about a New York socialite who moves into her sister’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again after her marriage to a wealthy businessman falls apart was released this summer by Sony Pictures Classics and is currently playing in theaters.
‘Battle of the Year’ Soundtrack Details
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the dance drama Battle of the Year. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Roots, Chubb Rock, Kool Kojak, Speedometer, Digital Underground, PC’s Ltd. and more. Also included is a suite from the film’s score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Revolution, Identity Thief). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Battle of the Year is directed by Benson Lee and stars Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown. The movie centers on an all-star American b-boy crew that is training to compete in France at the Battle of the Year (BOTY) International Championships. The film will be released nationwide this Friday, September 20 by Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems label.
Henry Mancini’s ‘The White Dawn’ Score Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 adventure drama The White Dawn directed by Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, Henry & June, Rising Sun) and starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms and Lou Gossett, alongside the Eskimo People of the Canadian Arctic. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther). The soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures production is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
‘Muscle Shoals’ Soundtrack Announced
Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Muscle Shoals. The album includes the songs featured in the film by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon, Etta James, Jimmy Hughes, Percy Sledge, and more. The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on September 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Muscle Shoals is directed by Greg “Freddy” Camalier and tells the story of FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, also known as the birthplace of some of rock ‘n’ roll’s and soul’s most iconic songs, located in Muscle Shoals, AL. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures for a domestic release on September 27, 2013, both in theaters and on VOD.
‘Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers’ Soundtrack Details
30 IPS will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Russell. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers is directed by Havana Marking and centers around the Pink Panthers, the formidable Balkan gang that has stolen nearly a billion dollars worth of jewels from boutiques in the world’s most opulent cities, including Geneva, Paris, London, Dubai and Tokyo. The documentary was released in theaters this summer by Music Box Film’s genre arm Doppelganger Releasing and is set to be coming out on DVD on December 3, 2013.
‘Rock the Casbah’ Soundtrack Released
Pathé Production has released a soundtrack album for the French/Moroccan drama Rock the Casbah. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Populaire, Alexandre Aja’s upcoming Horns). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Rock the Casbah is written and directed by Laila Marrakchi and stars Hiam Abbass, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Morjana Alaoui and Omar Sharif. The movie is set in an opulent villa in Tangiers and unfolds over the three days of the rites of mourning dictated by Muslim custom, following the death of a prominent magnate and family patriarch. The drama just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was released in France this past Wednesday, September 11.
‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ Soundtrack Released
La-La Land Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated film Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series). The composer recorded his music with a 30-piece orchestra in Los Angeles. The soundtrack, which is limited to 2000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is directed by Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns), produced by James Tucker (Superman Unbound) and features the voices of Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, Michael B. Jordan, C. Thomas Howell, Nathan Fillion, Ron Perlman, Sam Daly and Kevin Conroy.