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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 21, 2012)

Five new movies are opening wide this week:

Opening today is the thriller Jack Reacher directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo and Robert Duvall. The film’s music is composed by Joe Kraemer who previously scored the director’s 2000 film The Way of the Gun. La-La Land Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week. The release date for the physical version is set for early January. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Also opening today is the comedy drama This is 40 written and directed by Judd Apatow and starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Segel, Robert Smigel, Charlyne Yi and Albert Brooks. The film’s original score is composed by Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). A soundtrack album featuring one score track by the composer, as well as the film’s songs by artists including Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, Graham Parker and Lindsey Buckingham (all produced by Jon Brion), Wilco and Ryan Adams has been released on Capitol Records. To check out the track list and learn more about the film and music, visit our previous article.

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‘Amour’ Soundtrack Details

The details of the soundtrack album for Michael Haneke’s critically praised drama Amour have been announced. The album includes the classical music featured in the film performed by French pianist Alexandre Tharaud. The soundtrack will be released overseas on September 21, 2012 and in the US on October 12 by Virgin Classics. (UPDATE: December 2012: A physical release is scheduled to be released on January 22, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon). Check out audio clips after the jump. Amour starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert centers on the final months in an elderly Parisian couple’s marriage. The film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d’Or and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for a US theatrical release on December 19, 2012.

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