Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Volontaire. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Volontaire is directed by Hélène Fillières and stars Diane Rouxel, Lambert Wilson and Josiane Balasko. The movie follows a woman who enrolls as a communications officer in the Naval Fusiliers.
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‘White Fang’ Soundtrack Released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature White Fang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration) and performed by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gast Waltzing. Also included is the original song You Will Find a Home by Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A CD version is set to come out next month. White Fang is directed by Alexandre Espigares and features the voices of Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Eddie Spears and Paul Giamatti. The movie is based on Jack London’s classic novel of the same title and chronicles the life of White Fang, a wolf dog who experiences the best and worst of humanity.
‘Eva’ Soundtrack Details
EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for Benoit Jacquot’s psychological thriller Eva. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration) who previously scored the director’s Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid and 3 Hearts. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 7, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. Eva is co-written and directed by Jacquot and stars Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel. The psychological thriller is based on James Hadley Chase’s novel of the same title and centers on a playwright who encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm.
‘Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings’ Soundtrack Released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings (Droles de petites betes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, The Secret of Kells). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings is directed by Antoon Krings & Arnaud Bouron and follows Apollo, a vagabond cricket, as he sets off to start a new life in the magical garden and gets involved with the wrong crowd.
Bruno Coulais Scoring Benoit Jacquot’s ‘Eva’
Bruno Coulais has recently recorded his score for the upcoming French psychological thriller Eva. The film is directed by Benoit Jacquot and stars Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel. The movie is based on James Hadley Chase’s novel of the same name and centers on a playwright who encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm. Jacquot also co-wrote the screenplay with Gilles Tauran (Thieves) for the EuropaCorp, Macassar and Arte France Cinema production.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 30, 2017)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Despicable Me 3 directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda & Eric Guillon and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate and Julie Andrews. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs) and Pharrell Williams wrote the movie’s original songs. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack featuring the songs (click here for more information) and Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack featuring Pereira’s score (click here for the full details).
Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the action comedy Baby Driver written and directed by Edgar Wright and starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza González, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Attack the Block) wrote the film’s original score. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists including Simon & Garfunkel, Blur, Kid Koala, Sky Ferreira, The Beach Boys, T. Rex, Beck, Queen, The Commodores & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Bruno Coulais’ ‘Marie Curie’ Soundtrack to Be Released
A soundtrack album will be released for the biographical drama Marie Curie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Marie Curie is directed by Marie Noelle and stars Karolina Gruszka, Charles Berling, André Wilms, Daniel Olbrychski, Samuel Finzi and Sabin Tambrea. The movie tells the life story of Curie, the first-ever woman to win a Nobel Prize for her achievements in physics in 1903 and who later won another Nobel prize in chemistry in 1911.
‘Never Ever’ (‘À jamais’) Soundtrack Details
A soundtrack album for Benoit Jacquot’s drama Never Ever (À jamais) will be released. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Song of the Sea) who previously collaborated with the director on such movies as Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid and 3 Hearts. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 23, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Never Ever starring Mathieu Amalric, Julia Roy, Jeanne Balibar and Victoria Guerra is based on a novella by Don DeLillo and tells a tale of amour fou between a self-centred filmmaker and a beautiful body artist.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 25, 2016)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Moana directed by Ron Clements & John Musker and featuring the voices of Auli’i Cravelho and Dwayne Johnson. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mancina (Twister, Speed, Tarzan, Brother Bear, Planes). The composer also co-wrote the movie’s original songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) and Opetaia Foa’i. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring score & songs in two different editions. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview and visit YouTube for a video interview with Mancina about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is the romantic thriller Allied directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Daniel Betts, Camille Cottin, August Diehl and Matthew Goode. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as jazz classics by Benny Goodman, Louis Primas & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also visit Film.Music.Media for a recent video interview with Silvestri.
‘Brice 3’ Soundtrack Details
Polydor Records will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy Brice 3. The album features the songs from the movie by lead actor Jean Dujardin, The Bech Boys, Andrew Gold, Carl Douglas, The Trashmen, Jan & Dean, Freddy Meyer & more. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Song of the Sea) who previously scored the 2005 original film Brice De Nice. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 14, 2016. Brice 3 is directed by James Huth and stars Dujardin, Clovis Cornillac, Bruno Salomone and Alban Lenoir. The sequel follows the title character who receives an SOS from his sidekick, Marius and takes the first plane out to Thailand to come to his rescue.