Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for Allen Hughes’ crime thriller Broken City. The album features the film’s original score composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network), Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross who previously worked with the director on The Book of Eli and the TV series Touching Evil. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next week. Broken City stars Mark Wahlberg as a Brooklyn detective who is hired by a powerful politician, played by Russell Crowe, to identify his wife’s lover, who is subsequently found and killed. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler, Barry Pepper, Natalie Martinez, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Chambers, James Ransone and Griffin Dunne are co-starring. The movie will be released nationwide on January 18, 2013 by 20th Century Fox.
Category: Film Music Albums
Soundtrack for ‘Smash’ Musical ‘Bombshell’ Announced
Columbia Records will release the soundtrack for Bombshell, the musical within NBC’s hit show Smash. The album features 22 original songs that make up the Broadway-caliber cast recording of the musical. The songs composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on the Bombshell soundtrack span both seasons of Smash. The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. A previous soundtrack album featuring songs from the first season has been released last spring. Smash starring Katherine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Debra Messing, Tom Levitt, Christian Borle and Anjelica Huston has been nominated for several Emmy Awards (including two nods for the music) and is up for Best Comedy/Musical at this year’s Golden Globe Awards. The first season of the musical show has just been released on DVD earlier this week. The second season of the series will premiere on Tuesday, February 5 on NBC.
‘Storage 24’ Soundtrack Announced
MovieScoreMedia’s Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Storage 24. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christian Henson (The Devil’s Double, Severance, Hysteria). The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Storage 24 is directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Huges and Laura Haddock. The film follows a group of people who become trapped inside a storage facility with a highly unwelcome guest.
Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete ‘Congo’ Score Released
Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack release of the complete score for Frank Marshall’s 1995 adventure movie Congo based on the novel by Michael Crichton and starring Laura Linney and Dylan Walsh. The album features the film’s score composed by Jerry Goldsmith, including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. In addition to Goldsmith’s score, the soundtrack also includes the track Villagers Chant written by James Newton Howard & Lebo M. The soundtrack is now available to order on Intrada’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
‘Parker’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller Parker. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Buckley (The Town, The Forbidden Kingdom). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2013 and physically on January 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Parker is directed by Taylor Hackford and stars Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte and Michael Chicklis. The movie is based on the bestselling novels by Donald E. Westlake and follows a professional thief who is double crosses by his team on his latest heist. The thriller will be released on January 25 by FilmDistrict.
‘The Best Offer’ Soundtrack Details
WMI Italy will release a soundtrack album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s drama The Best Offer (La migliore offerta). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Cinema Paradiso and The Legend of 1900. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on January 8, 2013. No word yet on a domestic release. The Best Offer is written and directed by Tornatore and stars Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks and Donald Sutherland. The film revolves around a loveless elderly man who intersects with an astute young man and a mysterious woman in a South Tyrol setting.
‘Chinese Zodiac’ Soundtrack Released
Roc Music Studios has released a soundtrack album for Jackie Chan’s action film Chinese Zodiac aka CZ12. The album features the film’s score composed by Roc Chen. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. None of co-composer Nathan Wang’s music is featured on the release. Chinese Zodiac is written, directed and produced by Jackie Chan who also stars in the film as Asian Hawk, a role he previsouly played in Armour of God and Operation Condor, who attempts to search out the twelve mystical bronze sculpture heads of animals in the Chinese zodiac. Oliver Platt, Steven Dasz and Caitlin Dechell are co-starring in the film, which opened in Hong Kong and China last month.
‘Mama’ Soundtrack Details
Quartet Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the supernatural thriller Mama. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Devil). (UPDATE: January 14, 2013):The soundtrack has been released digitally and is now available on Amazon and iTunes. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. A physical album is coming out overseas on January 16 and is available for pre-order on the label’s official website. Mama directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nellsse follows a couple faced with the challenge of raising two children that were left alone in the forest for 5 years. The film executive produced by Guillermo del Toro will be released on January 18, 2013 by Universal Pictures.
‘Atlas Shrugged: Part II’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album for the drama Atlas Shrugged: Part II has recently been released digitally. The album features the film’s score composed by Chris Bacon (Source Code, Gnomeo & Juliet). The album is now available digitally on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Atlas Shrugged: Part II directed by John Putch is the second part in a proposed trilogy adapting Ayn Rand’s 1957 classic novel and stars Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe and Esai Morales. The movie opened in theaters this past October and will be released on BluRay and DVD later this year.
‘Promised Land’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album for Gus Van Sant’s drama Promised Land. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Good Will Hunting, Milk and To Die For. Also included is the original song, Snake Eyes, written and performed by The Milk Carton Kids (Kenneth A. Pattengale and Joseph Edward Ryan). The soundtrack is now available on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Promised Land starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver and Frances McDormand follows a corporate salesman who has his life turned around when he arrives in a rural town with his sales partner.