Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Hundred-Foot Journey. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Million Dollar Arm). Also included are songs performed by Bollywood music singer Nakash Aziz and mezzo-soprano Solange Merdinian. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 12, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Hundred-Foot Journey is directed by Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules), written by Steven Knight (Locke) and stars Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, Om Puri and Charlotte Le. The movie follows an Indian family who moves to the south of France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin starred French restaurant.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 16, 2014)
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the monster movie Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, The Queen, The Grand Budapest Hotel). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to the entire album on Spotify. Check out our previous article for a video featurette about Desplat’s music. Also click here for a short video interview with the composer at the film’s London premiere.
Also opening wide is the sports drama Million Dollar Arm directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Tom McCarthy and starring Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionnaire, 127 Hours) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s songs and score earlier this week. Click here for the full soundtrack album. Also visit YouTube for a video featurette on the film’s music and TrailerAddict for an interview with Rahman about his work on the film. Also check out another interview with the composer on CBS News.
‘Million Dollar Arm’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama Million Dollar Arm. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Couples Retreat). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version is set to come out on May 19 and is available to order here. Million Dollar Arm is directed by Craig Gillespie, scripted by Tom McCarthy and stars Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. The movie is based on a true story of a real-life sports agent who discovered professional pitchers through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players. The drama will be released nationwide on May 16 by Walt Disney Pictures.
A.R. Rahman to Score ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’
A.R. Rahman has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Hundred-Foot Journey. The film is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal. The movie follows an Indian family who moves to Southern France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin starred French restaurant. Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises) has written the screenplay based based on the bestselling book by Richard Morais. Steven Spielberg is producing the DreamWorks Studios and Participant Media production with Oprah Winfrey and Juliet Blake. Rahman who is best known for his Academy Award-winning music for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, as well as as numerous Bollywood movies has previously scored the drama People Like Us for DreamWorks.
A.R. Rahman to Score ‘Million Dollar Arm’
A.R. Rahman has signed on to score the upcoming sports drama Million Dollar Arm. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night) and stars Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Suraj Sharma, Aasif Mandvi, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. The movie is based on a true story of the real-life sports agent Jeff Bernstein who discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players. Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor, Win Win, The Station Agent) wrote the screenplay. Joe Roth (Oz The Great and Powerful, Alice in Wonderland) is producing the Mayhem Pictures and Roth Films production with Mark Ciardi & Gordon Gray (Secretariat, Miracle, The Rookie).
A.R. Rahman and Tuomas Kantelinen to Score ‘The Seventh Son’
A.R. Rahman and Tuomas Kantelinen have been tapped to score the fantasy action adventure The Seventh Son. The film is directed by Sergei Bodrov and stars Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Antje Traue, Olivia Williams and Djimon Hounsou. The film is based on the young adult series The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney and follows a teen who’s the seventh son of a seventh son, and who learns about wizardry from a forbidding spook. Matt Greenberg (1408), Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond) and Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband) have written the screenplay. Thomas Tull (Pacific Rim), Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Clash of the Titans) and Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes) are producing the Legendary Pictures and Thunder Road Pictures production.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 29, 2012)
Four new movies are opening wide in theaters this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the comedy Ted directed by Seth MacFarlane and starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel McHale. The film’s score is composed by Walter Murphy (Family Guy, American Dad). Universal Republic has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well the original song Everybody Needs a Best Friend performed by Norah Jones and tracks by Queen, Daphne, Hootie and the Blowfish, Rita Coolidge and Tiffany. Check out our previous article for more information and visit ASCAP for an interview with Murphy on his major studio feature scoring debut.
Also opening wide is the dramedy Magic Mike directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Alice Russell, Countre Black, Foreigner, The Unknown, Black Daniel, Cloud Control, Joe Tex, Win Win featuring Blaqstarr and Beth Thornley. To check out audio clips and find out more about the release, visit our soundtrack announcement.
‘People Like Us’ Soundtrack Details
The soundtrack details for the comedy drama People Like Us have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman, as well as two songs by Liz Phair and Michael ‘Nomad’ Ripoll. The soundtrack will be released on June 19, 2012 by Lakeshore Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. People Like Us is directed by Alex Kurtzman and stars Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Pfeiffer and Mark Duplass. The film centers on a man who is directed by his father’s will to deliver $150.000 to his sister he didn’t know he had. The Dreamworks Production will be released on June 29, 2012.
‘World Soundtrack Awards’ Winners Announced
The World Soundtrack Academy announced the winners of the World Soundtrack Awards 2011 at last night’s closing event of the 38th Ghent International Film Festival. Alexandre Desplat was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2011. Hans Zimmer received the award for Best Orginal Film Score of the Year for Inception and Randy Newman was awarded for his song We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 in the Best Original Song Written for Film category. Alex Heffes received the Discovery of the Year Award for The First Grader & The Rite. The Public Choice Award went to A.R. Rahman for the film 127 hours. Among the composers in attendance at the event were Giorgio Moroder who was the recipient of the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as Gabriel Yared, Hans Zimmer, Elliot Goldenthal, Alexandre Desplat, Alex Heffes and Abel Korzeniowski.
A.R. Rahman to Score ‘Welcome to People’
A.R. Rahman has signed on to score the upcoming drama Welcome to People. The film directed by Alex Kurtzman (Fringe, Star Trek) centers on a man who is directed by his father’s will to deliver $150.000 to his sister he didn’t know he had. The movie stars Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Pfeiffer and Mark Duplass. Kurtzman co-wrote the screenplay with his regular writing partner Roberto Orci, as well as Jody Lambert. Kurtzman and Orci also produce alongside Bobby Cohen (Jarhead, Revolutionary Road). Welcome to People is currently in post-production and a release date announcement is expected in the near future.