Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack EP for the Argentine historical drama Belén. The 6-track EP features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marilina Bertoldi (of the rock band Connor Questa). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Belén is co-written and directed by Dolores Fonzi and stars Fonzi herself, alongside Camila Plaate, Laura Paredes, Julieta Cardinali and Sergio Prina. The movie, which has been selected as Argentina’s submission in the International Feature category for next year’s Academy Awards, and tells the story of a young woman accused of infanticide, and the bold lawyer who risks everything to take on her highly controversial, precedent-setting case. Read the rest of this entry »

Atlantic Records has released the full soundtrack album for the second season of the Prime Video original animated series Hazbin Hotel. In addition to the previously released songs from Episodes 1-2, Episodes 3-4 and Episodes 5-6, the album includes the songs from the final two episodes of Season 2: Brighter, Live to Live, When I Think About the Future & Hear My Hope written and produced by Sam Haft & Andrew Underberg and performed by the show’s voice cast.The soundtrack is now available digitally (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services) and will be coming out physically this Friday, November 21 (click here to pre-order). Also listen to the new songs after the jump. Hazbin Hotel is created by Vivienne Medrano and stars Erika Henningsen, Alex Brightman, Christian Borle, Keith David, Stephanie Beatriz, Blake Roman, Kimiko Glenn, Amir Talai, Jessica Vosk, Joel Perez and Lilli Cooper. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French period drama Jean Valjean. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Julien (Bye Bye Morons, Delicious, Nothing to HideSecond Round, Saint-Ex, Farewell, Mr. HaffmanSee You Up There). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Jean Valjean is written and directed by Eric Besnard and stars Grégory Gadebois, Bernard Campan, Alexandra Lamy and Isabelle Carré. The movie is based on Victor Hugo’s classic Les Miserables and follows Valjean after he is released from prison after nineteen years of hard labor, violence, and suffering, when he meets a kind bishop whose humanity inspires him to become a better man. Read the rest of this entry »

Composer, conductor, producer, DJ, arranger, singer/songwriter and pianist Steve Hackman is making his feature scoring debut on the new Netflix original film Jingle Bell Heist. The movie is directed by Michael Fimognari (To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You & Always and Forever) and stars Olivia Holt, Connor Swindells, Lucy Punch, Peter Serafinowicz, Poppy Drayton, Natasha Joseph and Michael Salami. The romantic comedy follows a sharp-witted retail worker and a down-on-his-luck repairman who team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexei Aigui (The Truth, I Am Not Your Negro, The Young Karl MarxWild FieldExterminate All the BrutesTest). The soundtrack is now available to stream on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s closing credits track below. Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 is directed by Raoul Peck who interweaves clips, readings from author George Orwell’s diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become. Read the rest of this entry »

David Fleming (Superman, The Last of UsMr. & Mrs. SmithDamsel, The Alto Knights, Jim Henson: Idea Man, Americana) has been tapped to score the upcoming horror comedy Anaconda. The film is directed by Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, That Awkward Moment) and stars Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior and Selton Mello. The movie follows two best friends who head deep into the Amazon to start filming their dream project by remaking their all-time favorite movie: 1997’s Anaconda (scored by Randy Edelman), but things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears. Read the rest of this entry »

Universal Music Latin has released a new soundtrack album for the 2000 Mexican drama Amores Perros directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Vanessa Bauche, Álvaro Guerrero, Jorge Salinas, Humberto Busto and Adriana Barraza. The album features the film’s newly remastered original score composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, The Last of UsBabel, The Book of Life, The Motorcycle DiariesAugust: Osage County), as well as the songs from the movie by artists such as Control Machete, Nacho Pop, Café Tacvba, Julieta Venegas, Titan, Fiebre & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records has announced the first-ever vinyl release of the soundtrack album for Gore Verbinski’s 2003 action adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl starring. The album features the film’s original music composed by Klaus Badelt (The Time Machine, Constantine,  The Recruit, Rescue Dawn, K-19: The WidowmakerPoseidon) and produced by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack will be released on translucent “Black Ice” vinyl this Friday, November 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the original 2003 soundtrack album digitally on CD. Read the rest of this entry »

22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Ablaze (Les Braises). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Auger (Burn Out, Promises, The Eavesdropper). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer title track below. Ablaze is co-written and directed by Thomas Kruithof and stars Virginie Efira, Arieh Worthalter, Mama Prassinos, Justine Lacroix, Pascal Oumaklouf, Loup Pinard and Aude Briant. The movie revolves around a deeply connected couple who face a pivotal moment in their relationship when one’s fervent political activism begins to tear at the fabric of their life. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Prime Video original animated series The Mighty Nein. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Neal Acree (The Legend of Vox MachinaStargate SG-1StarCraft II, World of WarcraftWitchbladeDiablo IIIOverwatch). The music from the first three episodes, including two songs performed by guest stars Anika Noni Rose & Auli’i Cravalho, is already available to stream/download now and the full soundtrack will be released on December 5. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. The label has previously released Acree’s title theme as a digital single last Friday. The Mighty Nein is based on the Critical Role campaign of the same name and features the voice talent of Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray,Travis Willingham and Sam Riegel. The Metapigeon, Titmouse & Amazon MGM Studios production follows a group of outcasts, criminals and misfits as they stumble into saving the continent when an arcane relic capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands. Read the rest of this entry »