Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Maudie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cowboy Junkies member Michael Timmins (Wilby Wonderful, Niagara, Niagara). Also included is Cowboy Junkies’ Something More Besides You, as well as songs by Lisa Hannigan and Mary Margaret O’Hara. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Maudie is directed by Aisling Walsh and stars Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose, Lawrence Barry, Greg Malone, Billy MacLellan, Kari Matchett, Marthe Bernard and David Feehan. The movie charts the unlikely romance between Maud Lewis, a folk artist who blossoms in later life, and the curmudgeonly recluse, Everett.
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Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins to Score ‘Maudie’
Cowboy Junkies member Michael Timmins is composing the original score for the upcoming biographical drama Maudie. The film is directed by Aisling Walsh (Song for a Raggy Boy, Fingersmith) and stars Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kate Ross, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose and Keri Matchett. The movie tells the true story of Maud Lewis, who overcame the physical challenge of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to become one of Canada’s premier folk artists. Sherry White has written the screenplay. Bob Cooper (John Tucker Must Die, Mr. Woodcock) is producing the project with Mary Young Leckie, Mary Sexton and Susan Mullen.