Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1995 drama Apollo 13 directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise and Kathleen Quinlan. The album features the original music from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens) who received an Academy Award nomination for his score. The 2-CD set features the composer’s complete score on the first disc and the content of the FYC promotional release, which was released in 1995, on the second disc. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 2, 2011)
Three new movies are opening wide this Labor Day weekend:
Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the horror thriller Shark Night 3D directed by David R. Ellis and starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Donal Logue, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore. The movie’s score is written by Graeme Revell. A soundtrack album featuring Revell’s music has been released earlier this week by Cutting Edge. To find out more about the album and listen to audio clips from the release, visit our soundtrack announcement.
Already in theater since Wednesday is the political thriller The Debt directed by John Madden and starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson. The composer of the film is Thomas Newman. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album including Newman’s score digitally earlier this week. The full details and audio clips can be checked out in our previous article. Silva Screen Records will also be releasing a physical CD of the soundtrack overseas.