Rectangle Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic drama Marguerite & Julien. The album features the film’s original music composed by French electronic music producer/DJ Yuksek aka Pierre-Alexandre Busson. Also included are the songs Oh My Love by The Artwoods and Past, Present and Future by The Shangri-Las. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Marguerite & Julien is directed by Valerie Donzelli and stars Anais Demoustier, Jeremie Elkaim, Frederic Pierrot, Aurelia Petit, Raoul Fernandez and Catherine Mouchet. The movie follows two siblings who fall in love with each other and are persecuted by society. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marguerite & Julien’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marguerite & Julien, score, Soundtrack, Yuksek
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 27, 2015)
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Brooke Blair, Craig Armstrong, Creed, JB Dunckel, Jeff Danna, Killing Them Safely, Ludwig Göransson, Mychael Danna, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Summer of Sangaile, Victor Frankenstein, Will Blair
Three new movies opened nationwide this past Wednesday:
Playing in most theaters is the animated feature The Good Dinosaur directed by Peter Sohn and featuring the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Marcus Scribner, A.J. Buckley and Steve Zahn. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Capote) and Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Silent Hill). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit SoundWorks Collection and Trailer Addict for recent video interviews with the Danna brothers about their work on the project.
Also playing nationwide is the sports drama Creed directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad and Anthony Bellews. Ludwig Goransson (Fruitvale Station, Community, We’re the Millers, 30 Minutes or Less) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. In addition, Republic Records has released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Also click here for a video featurette about Goransson’s score. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Dances with Wolves’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dances with Wolves, Dimitri Tiomkin, Giant, John Barry, Kevin Costner, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new expanded and remastered soundtrack album for Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning 1990 drama Dances with Wolves starring Costner, Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene. The album features the film’s Academy Award-winning original music composed and conducted by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Body Heat), including previously unreleased music, alternate cues, as well as radio promotional cuts. To release coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the movie and is limited to 5000 copies. For the full details of the 2-CD set, visit the label’s official Facebook page. The soundtrack will be available on La-La Land Records’ website on December 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Michl Britsch Scoring ‘Trash Fire’
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michl Britsch, Richard Bates Jr., Trash Fire
Michl Britsch is composing the score for the upcoming horror comedy Trash Fire. The film is written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. (Excision) and stars Adrian Grenier, Angela Trimbur, Fionnula Flanagan, AnnaLynne McCord, Matthew Gray Gubler, Sally Kirkland, Ray Santiago, Ezra Buzzington and Molly McCool. The movie follows a man who is forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies, deceit and murder. David Lawson Jr. (Spring), Lawrence Mattis (Saint John of Las Vegas, Mr. Right), Matt Smith and Makan Delrahim are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Braveheart’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Braveheart, James Horner, Mel Gibson, score, Soundtrack, The Pagemaster
La-La Land Records has announced a new expanded and remastered soundtrack release for Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning 1995 drama Braveheart starring Gibson himself, as well as Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The album coincides with the 20th Anniversary of the movie and features the film’s original music composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) who received an Oscar nomination for his score. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 3000 copies, features previously unreleased music, as well as source music tracks and additional alternate cues. The album will be available to order this coming Tuesday, December 1, on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J.J. Abrams, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The track list of the soundtrack album for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has appeared on international Amazon stores. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Williams (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2015 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is directed by J.J. Abrams and stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, Soundtrack
Republic Records and Fox Music have announced the details of the soundtrack album for the family movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. The album features the songs from the film, including cover versions of Uptown Funk, Turn Down For What, as well as a collaboration with Redfoo. Also included is Thomas Rhett’s South Side, Sheppard’s hit song Geronimo and The Score’s Oh My Love. The soundtrack will be released on December 11, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip is directed by Walt Becker and stars Jason Lee, Tony Hale, Kimberly Williamss-Paisley, Bella Thorne, Justin Long, Josh Green Matthew Gray Gubler, Anna Faris, Jesse McCartney, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting and Christina Applegate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Fencer’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gert Wilden Jr., score, Soundtrack, The Fencer
Königskinder Music will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Fencer (Miekkailija). The album features the film’s original music composed by Gert Wilden Jr.. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Fencer is directed by Klaus Härö and marks the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language category at the next Academy Awards. The movie starring Lembit Ulfsak, Mart Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Ann-Lisett Rebane, Piret Kalda and Liisa Koppel tells the true story of Endel Nelis, an Estonian Fencing coach who established a school in the Soviet 1950s that still trains fencers to this day. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deutschland 83’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Deutschland 83, Reinhold Heil, score, Soundtrack, SundanceTV
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the SundanceTV original series Deutschland 83. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Reinhold Heil (Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas, Helix, Legends, The International). The soundtrack is now available digitally in Germany and a CD release is set for next month. The album will be released in the U.S. on December 11 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Deutschland 83 is created by Anna & Joerg Winger and stars Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. The series follows a 24-year-old East Germany native who is sent to the west as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service to gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score Brad Bird’s ‘The Incredibles 2’
Posted: November 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles, The Incredibles 2
Brad Bird announced today on Twitter that Michael Giacchino has signed on to compose the music for Pixar’s upcoming sequel The Incredibles 2. The composer was previously attached and expected to score the film given his involvement in the original movie, as well as Bird’s other last three features, Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Tomorrowland. No plot details and casting announcements have been made yet for the sequel. The project will mark Giacchino’s sixth project for Pixar Animation Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
