Universal Music has announced Bridget Jones’s Diary: The Mixtape, a new compilation featuring a selection of songs from across the Bridget Jones film franchise. Among the artists featured on the album are Aretha Franklin, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, Geri Halliwell, Barry White, Ellie Goulding, Al Green, Dinah Washington, Chaka Khan, Jamie O’Neal & others. Also included is the original song It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be co-written (with Bastian Langebæk & Max Wolfgang) and performed by Olivia Dean from the latest installment, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (listen to a preview of the track after the jump). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 14 and will also be available as a limited edition 2LP color gatefold and on CD.
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Craig Armstrong’s ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Score to Be Released
Universal Music will release a score album for the romantic comedy sequel Bridget Jones’s Baby. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Me Before You, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, The Incredible Hulk). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film and two tracks from Armstrong’s score has been released last month. Bridget Jones’s Baby directed by Sharon Maguire and starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson is now playing in theaters nationwide.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 16, 2016)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Blair Witch directed by Adam Wingard (The Guest, You’re Next) and starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid and Wes Robinson. Wingard has also composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama Snowden directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage. The film’s original music is composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, World Trade Center) and Adam Peters (Savages) has contributed additional music. Deutsche Grammophon has released a soundtrack album featuring Armstrong’s & Peter’s music (click here for the full details), as well as a separate soundtrack featuring the orchestral score by Armstrong. Check out our previous article for more information.
‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Soundtrack Details
Mercury Records will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Bridget Jones’s Baby. The album features the songs from the film, including the original songs Still Falling for You by Ellie Goulding and Meteorite by Years & Years, as well as tracks by Ed Sheeran, Lily Allen, Annie Lennox, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick & more. Also included are two cues from the movie’s original score composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Me Before You, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet). The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bridget Jones’s Baby is directed by Sharon Maguire and stars Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson.
Craig Armstrong Scoring ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’
Craig Armstrong is composing the original score for the upcoming comedy sequel Bridget Jones’s Baby. The film is directed by Sharon Maguire who previously directed the 2001 original film and stars Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson. The movie follows the title character as she finds herself pregnant and doesn’t know who the father is. Helen Fielding has co-written the screenplay with Thompson and Dan Mazer (Ali G Indahouse, I Give It a Year). Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Love Actually, Atonement, Rush, United 93) and Debra Hayward (Les Miserables) are producing the Working Titles Pictures production.