The details of the soundtrack album for Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of the stage musical Les Misérables have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg and with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and performed by cast members including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Colm Wilkinson and Sacha Baron Cohen. Also included is the new original song Suddenly composed by Schonberg and featuring lyrics by Alain Boublil. Anne Dudley (The Crying Game, The Full Monty) serves as the film’s music producer. The soundtrack will be released on December 25, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also download the album and listen to audio clips. Les Misérables will be released on December 25 by Universal Pictures.
Category: Film Music Albums
‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for Roger Michell’s period comedy drama Hyde Park on Hudson. The album features the film’s score composed by Jeremy Sams (Enduring Love, The Mother). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Hyde Park on Hudson stars Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Eleanor Bron and Olivia Williams and follows President Roosevelt and his wife as they host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York. The movie opens today, December 7 in select cities.
Walt Disney Records to Release Christophe Beck’s ‘Paperman’ Score
Walt Disney Records will release the score for Disney’s animated short Paperman. The music is composed by Christophe Beck (The Muppets, The Hangover). The one-track single will be released digitally on December 18, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Paperman directed by John Kahrs and produced by John Lasseter follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. The black-and-white animated short is currently playing in theaters nationwide in front of Disney’s Wreck-It-Ralph and is among the 10 shorts up for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film category.
‘Not Fade Away’ Soundtrack Details
ABKCO Records will release a soundtrack album for David Chase’s drama Not Fade Away. The album features the songs from the film by such artists as James Brown, The Rolling Stones, The Twylight Zones, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, The Sex Pistols and The Rascals. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 18, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Not Fade Away written and directed by Chase (The Sopranos) stars James Gandolfini, John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett and Christopher McDonald. The film is set in 1964 and follows three best friends from the suburbs of New Jersey who decide to form a rock band. The movie will be released in select cities on December 21, 2012.
‘Zambezia’ Soundtrack Released
Triggerfish has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Zambezia. The album features the film’s original large-orchestral score composed by Bruce Retief, which was recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Also included are original songs by Zolani Mohani and Gang of Instrumentals. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Zambezia is directed by Wayne Thornley and features the voice talent of Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy and Samuel L. Jackson. The South African animated film follows a young flying daredevil falcon who leaves to join the Hurricane defense flyers. The movie is among the 21 animated features submitted for the Best Animated Film category at the Academy Awards and has opened in several international territories.
‘Any Day Now’ Score Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the indie drama Any Day Now. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joey Newman (The Middle). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. As previously reported, the label is also releasing a separate soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs. Any Day Now directed by Travis Fine and starring Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher and Chris Mulkey follows a gay couple who takes in a teenager with Down syndrome. The movie will be released in select cities on December 14, 2012 by Music Box Films.
‘Django Unchained’ Soundtrack Details
The Weinstein Company, Quentin Tarantino and Loma Vista Recordings have announced the details of the soundtrack release for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. The album features new original tracks, including 100 Black Coffins by Rick Ross and produced by and featuring Jamie Foxx, Who Did That To You? by John Legend, Ancora Qui by Honorary Academy Award-winning composer Ennio Morricone and Elisa, and the duet Freedom performed by Anthony Hamilton and Elayna Boynton. Also included is existing music used in the film, including tracks by Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, Luis Bacalov and Riz Ortolani. The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, 
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson.
‘Ludwig II’ Soundtrack Details
Bavaria Sonor Mediathek will release a soundtrack album for the German/Austrian costume drama Ludwig II. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline) who recorded his music with the Munich Radio Orchestra. Also featured are some of the classical pieces featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released in Germany on December 21, 2012. To listen to audio clips, click here. Ludwig II is directed by Peter Sehr (Love the Hard Way) and Marie Noelle and follows the life of the Bavarian king. The movie’s cast includes Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Uwe Ochsenknecht and Edgar Selge who portrays Richard Wagner. Ludwig II is set to be released in Germany on December 26, 2012 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
‘West of Memphis’ Soundtrack Announced
Sony Legacy will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary West of Memphis. The album features music from and inspired by the film, including a cover of Pink Floyd’s Mother performed by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Satellite by Eddie Vedder, as well as songs by artists including Lucinda Williams, Band of Horses, Patti Smith, Citizen Cope, Tonto’s Giant Nuts featuring Johnny Depp. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, as well as excerpts from Damien Echols’ letters from death row recited by Henry Rollins and Johnny Depp over the score. West of Memphis: Voices for Justice will be released physically on January 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. West of Memphis directed by Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil), produced by Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh (The Lord of the Rings), Lorri Davis and Damien Echols centers on the wrongful conviction case of three Arkansas teenagers who were found guilty in 1994 of the ritual murder of three eight-year-old boy.
‘The Fitzgerald Family Christmas’ Soundtrack Released
Bathing Suit Music has released a soundtrack album for Edward Burns’ indie comedy drama The Fitzgerald Family Christmas. The album features the film’s original score composed by P.T. Walkley who has previously worked together with Burns on such films as Newlyweds, The Groomsmen, Purple Violets and Nice Guy Johnny. Also included are the songs featured in the movie by artists including Michael Aarons, Christopher Jackson, Frannybird and The Traces. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Fitzgerald Family Christmas is written and directed by Burns who also stars in the film alongside Connie Britton, Noah Emmerich, Kerry Bishé, Heather Burns, Dara Coleman, Brian D’Arcy James, Marsha Dietlein Bennett, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Anita Gillette.