Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama The Last Circus. The album includes the original score by composer Roque Banos (The Machinist, the upcoming Intruders) performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. Also featured on the soundtrack is a rendition of Raphael’s Balada de la Trompet, The soundtrack will be released on August 16, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. The Last Circus is written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and centers on a “happy” clown who is forcibly recruited to serve in the Spanish Civil War, where he massacres an entire platoon with a machete still in costume. The movie will be released in theaters on August 19 by Magnet Releasing. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Circus’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: August 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack, The Last Circus
Klaus Badelt Scoring ‘The Oranges’
Posted: August 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asterix and Obelix, God Save Britannia, Intouchables, Klaus Badelt, The Oranges, War of the Buttons
Klaus Badelt is the composer of the upcoming indie dark comedy The Oranges. The movie is directed by Julian Farino (Entourage) and stars Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener, Adam Brody, Alia Shawkat, Allison Janney and Oliver Platt. The film centers on a man who begins an affair with the daughter of the family who lives across the street. Ian Helfer and Jay Reiss wrote the project’s screenplay. Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Leslie Urdang & Dean Vanech (Rabbit Hole, Beginners) are producing. Badelt previously worked with Bregman on last year’s comedy The Extra Man starring Kevin Kline. The Oranges is set to premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release Thomas Newman’s ‘The Help’ Score
Posted: August 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Help, Thomas Newman
Varese Sarabande has announced a score release for the upcoming drama The Help. The film’s music is composed by Thomas Newman. The soundtrack will be released on September 13, 2011. The album is now available for pre-order on Amazon. More details including cover art and track list will be posted on this page within the next few weeks. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie has already been released on Geffen/Interscope Records. Check out our previous article for the full details including audio clips. The Help is directed by Tate Taylor and stars Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel and Cicely Tyson. The movie based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett about the conflicted and complex relationships between Southern women and their housekeepers at the beginning of the civil rights movement will be released in theaters on August 12. Read the rest of this entry »
Anton Sanko to Score ‘The Possession’
Posted: August 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anton Sanko, Dibbuk Box, Ole Bornedal, The Possession
Anton Sanko has signed on to score next year’s horror thriller The Possession. The movie directed by Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, I Am Dina) stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a recently divorced father whose youngest daughter becomes strangely connected to an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. As the daughter’s behavior becomes more erratic, the father senses a dark presence building until he discovers that the box was built to contain a dibbuk – a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host. Kyra Sedgwick, Grant Show and Madison Davenport are co-starring in the film which was originally entitled Dibbuk Box. Sam Raimi and Bob Tapert are producing via Ghost House Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Warrior’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Isham, score, Soundtrack, Warrior
Lakeshore Records has announced the details for the soundtrack release for the upcoming action drama Warrior. The album includes the film’s original score by composer Mark Isham, as well as the song About Today by The National. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 30, 2011 and on CD on September 13. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Also check out the audio clips from all tracks on the soundtrack below. Warrior is directed by Gavin O’Connor (Miracle, Pride and Glory) and centers on the youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer who is trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament. The film stars Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison and Noah Emmerich. Read the rest of this entry »
Universal Republic to release ‘The Hunger Games’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, score, Soundtrack, T Bone Burnett, The Hunger Games
Lionsgate has announced today that Universal Republic will be releasing a number of different soundtrack albums for next year’s The Hunger Games. Most notably, the label is planning a release of the film’s score by Danny Elfman and T Bone Burnett. In addition, Universal Republic will also release a series of companion recordings that will feature new songs directly influenced by the themes and subject matter of The Hunger Games, all recorded by some of music’s most successful and acclaimed artists. The film’s Executive Music Producer and co-composer T-Bone Burnett will produce many of these recordings, and will oversee all production. Check out Lionsgate’s press release after the jump and check back on this page for updates over the next couple of months. The Hunger Games is directed by Gary Ross and stars Jennifer Lawrence as a young woman selected to represent her district in a televised fight to the death. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: August 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All the Time in the World, Carl Thiel, Robert Rodriguez, score, Soundtrack, Spy Kids 4
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming family movie Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World in 4D. The album includes the movie’s original score composed by Carl Thiel and Robert Rodriguez. The soundtrack will be released on August 16, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from each track on the album below. Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World is written, directed and produced by Rodriguez and stars Jessica Alba as a mother who returns to her old profession as a retired spy in order to prevent a villain bent on stopping time. The movie co-stars Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven, Ricky Gervais, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Danny Trejo and Antonio Banderas. The film will be released on August 19. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias’ ‘Le moine’ Soundtrack released
Posted: August 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Le moine, score, Soundtrack, The Monk
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the French/Spanish co-production Le moine (The Monk). The album includes the film’s original score composed by Alberto Iglesias who is having a busy year with two potential Award contenders, including the John Le Carre adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Pedro Almadovar’s The Skin I Live In coming out later this year. The music for Le Moine is performed by The London Session Orchestra and the Metro Voices. The soundtrack is now available to order from Europe on Quartet Records’ website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The album is also available in the US from Screen Archives. Le moine directed by Dominik Moll is an adaptation of the classic 1796 Gothic novel by Mathew Gregory Lewis and centers around Capucin Ambrosio, a pious, well-respected monk in Spain and his violent downfall. The movie stars stars Vincent Cassel and Geraldine Chaplin. The thriller was released in France last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fright Night’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fright Night, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has revealed the soundtrack details for the horror comedy Fright Night. As previously reported, the album contains the original score by composer Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man). The release date for the soundtrack has been pushed back two weeks since our last update and is now set for August 30, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Fright Night is directed by Craig Gillespie and stars Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Please, David Tennant and Toni Collette. The remake of the 1985 film about a teenager who discovers his new next-door neighbor is a vampire will be released in theaters on August 19. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drive’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Cliff Martinez, Drive, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced the official soundtrack release for the action thriller Drive. The album includes the original score from the film by Cliff Martinez, as well as songs from such artists as Kavinsky & Lovefoxx, The Chromatics, Desire, College feat. Electric Youth and Riziero Ortolani & Rina Ranieri. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 6, 2011 and will receive a physical release a week later. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Drive is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and revolves around a Hollywood stunt drive who moonlights as a getaway driver in L.A.’s criminal underworld. The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaacs. The thriller will be released in theaters on September 16. Read the rest of this entry »
