Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack EP for the Jordanian drama Inshallah a Boy. The 4-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Andrew Lancaster (The Turning, The Hunter, I Am You) & Jerry Lane (Theeb). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Inshallah a Boy is directed by Amjad Al Rasheed and stars Mouna Hawa, Seleena Rababah, Yumna Marwan, Hitham Omari and Salwa Nakkara. The movie centers on a widow who pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 6, 2012)
Two movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy American Reunion directed by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg and starring Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Coolidge and Mena Suvari. The film’s score is written by Lyle Workman (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad). Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring two tracks from the composer’s score, as well as the film’s songs by artists including Good Charlotte, Spice Girls, Boyz II Men and Montell Jordan. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and audio clips.
Already in theaters since Wednesday is James Cameron’s Titanic 3D starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film’s Academy Award-winning music is composed by James Horner. Sony Classical has released a new 4-disc anniversary soundtrack edition featuring a newly-remastered version of the original soundtrack, the album Back to Titanic, as well as a disc of period music recorded for the movie by I Salonisti – the five-piece quintet that appears in the film and a new compilation of songs from the early 1900s. Click here for the full album details. Also check out our previous article about the film’s world premiere in London, which featured a live performance of Horner’s score and visit Classic FM for a recent audio interview with the composer about his work on Titanic.