Varese Sarabande has announced the details of The Music of Patrick Doyle: Solo Piano album. The release features highlights from the composer’s film scoring career performed by Doyle himself on the piano. Among the scores featured on the album are Disney’s Cinderella, Mike Newell’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Academy Award-nominated music from Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V, Alfonso Cuaron’s Great Expectations, A Little Princess, Indochine, Nanny McPhee and more. The soundtrack will be released on July 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
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Soundtrack for Pixar’s ‘Lava’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released the music from the Pixar animated short Lava. The single features the original song from the movie composed by the film’s director James Ford Murphy and featuring vocals by Kuana Torres Kahele and Napua Greig. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out an audio sample. Lava tells a story that takes place over millions of years and is inspired by the beauty of tropical islands and the allure of ocean volcanoes. The animated short is being released in front of Pixar’s Inside Out, which opens in theaters nationwide this Friday, July 19.
Expanded ‘Searching for Bobby Fischer’ Score by James Horner Released
La-La Land Records has released a remastered and expanded soundtrack for Paramount Pictures 1993 drama Searching for Bobby Fischer directed by Steven Zaillian and starring Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne and Joan Allen. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13), including previously unreleased music and a number of alternate cues. The soundtrack is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full album details.
Alex Heffes to Score ‘Bastille Day’
Alex Heffes has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Bastille Day. The film is directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Eden Lake) and stars Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly and Jose Garcia. The movie follows a rogue CIA agent who is forced to team with an unsuspecting American con-artist to thwart a terrorist attack on French soil. Andrew Baldwin and John Hodge (Trainspotting, The Beach) have written the screenplay.
Lera Lynn’s ‘The Only Thing Worth Fighting For’ from HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Released
Harvest Records has released the original song The Only Thing Worth Fighting For performed by Lera Lynn from the second season of the HBO original series True Detective. Visit Amazon to download the track, which is featured in the Season 2 teaser trailer. A full soundtrack album for the second season of the show will be released soon and is available for pre-order here. Check back on this page for the full album details. The second season of True Detective created by Nic Pizzolatto is directed by Justin Lin and stars Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, Christopher James Baker, Afemo Omilami, Chris Kerson, James Frain, Lolita Davidovich, W. Early Brown and David Morse.
‘5 Flights Up’ Soundtrack Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama 5 Flights Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Newman (Ice Age, Serenity, The War of the Roses, Anastasia). Also included are three tracks by Max Calo. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the jump. 5 Flights Up is directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Preston and Claire van der Boom. The movie follows a long-married couple during an eventful weekend after they are forced to contemplate selling their beloved Brooklyn apartment.
Eminem to Produce Music for ‘Narc’ TV Series
Deadline is reporting that Eminem is in talks to serve as the music supervisor and write original songs for the Narc television series. The show is based on Joe Carnahan’s 2002 feature starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric as two Detroit police detectives who are investigating the murder of an undercover cop. Carnahan (The Grey, The A-Team) has written the pilot script for the Detroit-set drama. Eminem is also expected to executive produce the Paramount TV production with Carnahan.
‘Paper Towns’ Soundtrack Details
Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of John Green’s bestselling novel Paper Towns. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Santigold, Vampire Weekend, Grouplove, Twin Shadow, Kindness, Vance Joy, Haim, Sam Bruno, The Mountain Goats & more. Also included is a new mix of Lost It To Trying by the film’s composer Son Lux. The soundtrack will be released on July 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Paper Towns is directed by Jake Schreier and stars Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, Austin Abrams, Jaz Sinclair and Justice Smith.
Blake Neely to Score CBS’ ‘Blindspot’
Blake Neely has been hired to score the upcoming NBC drama Blindspot. The show is created by Martin Gero (Stargate: Atlantis, Bored to Death) and stars Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson. The series centers around a beautiful woman, with no memories of her past, who is found naked in Times Square with her body fully covered in intricate tattoos. Greg Berlanti (Everwood, Brothers and Sisters, Life As We Know It) is producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Sarah Schechter (The Flash, The Mysteries of Laura) and Gero.
‘Mustang’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Turkish drama Mustang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Lawless). Also included is a song by Baba Zula. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mustang is directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven and stars Gunes Nezihe Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan and Nihal Koldas. The movie is set in a Black Sea coastal village in modern-day Turkey and follows five orphaned sisters who live with their grandmother, an aunt and an abusive uncle.