Focus Features has published the complete scores of its major awards contenders this season. Among the titles is Gus Van Sant’s drama Promised Land, which features music composed by Danny Elfman. To listen to the score, visit Focus Features’ For Your Consideration website. The film starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver and Frances McDormand also features an original song, Snake Eyes, written by Kenneth A. Pattengale and Joseph Edward Ryan, which is being pushed for awards consideration. No soundtrack release has been announced yet.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 16, 2012)
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the final part in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 directed by Bill Condon and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The film’s music is composed by Carter Burwell. Summit Entertainment, Chop Shop Records and Atlantic Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from and inspired by the film by artists including Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, Green Day and Feist. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring Burwell’s score on November 27. Click here for the full details. Also visit Examiner for an interview with the composer on his work on the film, as well as his official website for his notes and comments on the score.
Opening in limited release is the comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook directed by David O. Russell and starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Jacki Weaver and Chris Tucker. Danny Elfman has composed the film’s score. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack featuring the songs featured in the film by Stevie Wonder, Alabama Shakes, alt-K, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Rare Earth and Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, as well as two tracks by Elfman. Check out our soundtrack announcement for audio clips. Also available is a separate album featuring Elfman’s full score. Audio clips and more information can be checked out here.
‘Anna Karenina’ Soundtrack Details
The track list for the soundtrack release of Joe Wright’s upcoming new film adaptation of Anna Karenina has been revealed. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice). The soundtrack is set to be released in the UK on September 10, 2012 by Decca Classics. UPDATE (September 2, 2012): The album is set to be released in the US on November 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Matthew MacFadyen, Kelly Macdonald and Olivia Williams is opening in the UK next month. Focus Features has set the domestic release for November 16, 2012.
Decca Classics to Release Dario Marianelli’s ‘Anna Karenina’ Soundtrack
Decca Classics will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Joe Wright’s film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dario Marianelli who has received his first Academy Award for his work on the director’s Atonement and also was also honored with another Oscar nomination for Wright’s Pride & Prejudice. The soundtrack will be released on September 1o, 2012 in the UK. A domestic release is expected closer to the film’s US in November. Anna Karenina stars Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Matthew MacFadyen, Kelly Macdonald and Olivia Williams. The film will be released in the UK in September and on November 16, 2012 in the US.
Dario Marianelli to Score Steven Knight’s ‘Hummingbird’
Dario Marianelli has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Hummingbird. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) and stars Jason Statham as an Afghanistan veteran haunted by tragic events of the past who assumes the identity of an upper class Londoner. When his pregnant girlfriend is found dead, he uses his connections in the Chinese mob to find the man responsible Knight has also written the screenplay and Paul Webster (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) who has worked with Marianelli a number of times before is producing the IM Global production.
Dario Marianelli to Reunite with Joe Wright on ‘Anna Karenina’
Dario Marianelli is set to reunite with Joe Wright on the director’s upcoming movie adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina. The movie stars Keira Knightley in the title role, Jude Law as her husband Aleksei Karenin and Aaron Johnson as Count Vronsky. Kelly Macdonald, Emily Watson, Matthew Macfayden, Olivia Williams, Domhnall Gleeson, Alice Vikander and Ruth Wilson are co-starring in the film. Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Empire of the Sun) adapted Tolstoy’s novel for the screen and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Love Actually, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Richard Webster (Atonement, Eastern Promises) are producing the Working Title Films production. Marianelli and Wright have previously collaborated on Pride and Prejudice, The Soloist and Atonement, the latter of which earned the composer his first Academy Award. The director’s most recent film Hanna featured a score by The Chemical Brothers.