BSX Records has released the soundtrack album for the 3D animated family movie The Greatest Miracle. The album includes the original score from the film by Mark McKenzie. The composer incorporated over 100 musicians and performers into the score including an 80 piece orchestra, a choir, a women’s choir, and the acclaimed London boys choir “Libera”. The soundtrack is available on the label’s website, as well as on iTunes, where you also check out audio clips from the album. The Greatest Miracle (El Gran Milagro) is directed by Bruce Morris (Finding Nemo, The Princess and the Frog) and produced by Mexico City-based Pablo Barosso and Claudia Nemer. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin. The album includes the original score from the movie by composer John Williams. The soundtrack is scheduled to come out at the end of October in several international territories and is scheduled to be released in the US on December 13, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon and check out the audio clips from the score below. The Adventures of Tintin stars Simon Pegg, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes and Andy Serkis and follows Tintin and his friends who go off on a treasure hunt when they discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock’s ancestor. Read the rest of this entry »

Alberto Iglesias is the recipient of the Hollywood Film Composer Award at this year’s Hollywood Film Festival for his scores for the John Le Carre film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy and Pedro Almadovar’s The Skin I Live In starring Antonio Banderas. Iglesias will collect his statuette at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton on Oct. 24. Iglesias is having one of his busiest years of his film scoring career to date with three movies being released in 2011 (The Monk being the third one). Read the rest of this entry »

Badly Drawn Boy (aka Damon Gough) has recently recorded his score for the comedy drama Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. The movie based on the memoir of Nick Flynn is adapted for the screen and directed by Paul Weitz (Little Fockers, In Good Company). The film starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dana tells the story of a young writer who takes a job at a homeless shelter in Boston where one night he discovers his long-absent father seeking a bed. Julianne Moore and Olivia Thirlby are co-starring. Weitz is also producing the project with Michael Costigan (Cyrus, Smart People) and Andrew Miano (A Single Man, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist). Read the rest of this entry »

Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack for the 1963 adventure movie Rampage. The album marks the premiere release of the complete score by composer Elmer Bernstein. To listen to audio clips and order the CD, visit Intrada’s online store. Rampage is directed by Phil Karlson and stars Robert Mitchum, Jack Hawkins, Elsa Martinelli and Sabu. In the movie, a German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia

Nathan Barr has been hired to score the upcoming ensemble comedy The Wedding. The movie is written and directed by Justin Zackham (Lights Out, The Bucket List) and stars Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace. The film centers on a long-divorced couple being forced to pretend that they are still happily married at their son’s marriage. Zackham is producing the project with Clay Pecorin, Richard Salvatore, Harry Ufland (Snow Falling on Cedars) and Anthony Katagas (Two Lovers). Read the rest of this entry »

Strategic Marketing Group has released a soundtrack album for the new movie adaptation of War of the Buttons (La guerre des boutons). The album includes the original score by composer Klaus Badelt, which was recorded with the London Metropolitan Orchestra. The soundtrack is currently only available in France, but a domestic release is expected in the near future. To listen to audio clips from the score, check out the French Amazon site. La guerre des boutons is directed by Yann Samuell (Love Me if You Dare, My Sassy Girl) and produced by Matthew Gledhill. The movie tells the classic story of the battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside. Read the rest of this entry »

Sirk Productions has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Severe Clear. The album includes the original score from the film by composer Cliff Martinez. The soundtrack is available digitally on Amazon and iTunes. To listen to clips from all 15 tracks on the album, check out the box after the jump. Severe Clear directed by Kristian Fraga is based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The movie was making the festival rounds in 2009 and will be released on BluRay on October 25, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Norman’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: October 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Mom + Pop Records has announced a soundtrack release for the indie comedy drama Norman. The album includes the original score and songs from the movie by Andrew Bird, as well as a couple of songs from the film by Wolf Parade, the Blow, Richard Swift and Chad VanGaalen. The soundtrack will be released on October 11, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Norman is directed by Jonathan Segal and stars Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Richard Jenkins and Adam Goldberg. Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande has announcd the details for the soundtrack release of the action comedy Tower Heist. The album features the original score by composer Christophe Beck. The soundtrack will be released on November 1, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Tower Heist marks Beck’s and director Brett Ratner’s first collaboration. The movie starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Tea Leoni, Michael Pena, Alan Alda, Gabourey Sidibe, Judd Hirsch and Nina Arianda will be released nationwide on November 4. Read the rest of this entry »