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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 9, 2011)

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Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the thriller Contagion directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Cranston and John Hawkes. The film’s music is composed by Cliff Martinez. A soundtrack album featuring the score by Martinez has been released by Watertower Music. Check out our previous article for more information and audio clips from the score. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a lengthy audio interview with the composer talking about his recent work.

Also opening wide is the drama Warrior directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison and Noah Emmerich. The movie’s score is written by Mark Isham. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album including Isham’s score, as well as a song by The National. The digital release is already out and a CD version will be released next Tuesday. For audio clips and more details, visit our soundtrack announcement.

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‘Contagion’ Soundtrack Details

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Watertower Music will be releasing the soundtrack album for the action thriller Contagion. The album includes 20 tracks from the original score by Cliff Martinez. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 6, 2011 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from each track on the release after the jump. Contagion is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Cranston and John Hawkes.

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‘Drive’ Soundtrack Details

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Lakeshore Records has announced the official soundtrack release for the action thriller Drive. The album includes the original score from the film by Cliff Martinez, as well as songs from such artists as Kavinsky & Lovefoxx, The Chromatics, Desire, College feat. Electric Youth and Riziero Ortolani & Rina Ranieri. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 6, 2011 and will receive a physical release a week later. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Drive is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and revolves around a Hollywood stunt drive who moonlights as a getaway driver in L.A.’s criminal underworld. The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaacs. The thriller will be released in theaters on September 16.

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Cliff Martinez Scoring ‘Drive’

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Cliff Martinez has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Drive. The film based on James Sallis’ crime novel of the same name and adapted for the screen by Hossein Amini (the Wings of the Dove, The Four Feathers) revolves around a Hollywood stunt drive who moonlights as a getaway driver in L.A.’s criminal underworld. He finds himself a target after agreeing to aid the ex-con boyfriend of his beautiful neighbor in a job that goes dangerously awry. The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaacs. Drive is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn who is best known for directing the Pusher trilogy and 2008’s action biopic Bronson. FilmDistrict is planning to release the film on September 16, 2011. 

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 18, 2011)

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Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

The sci-fi comedy Paul is directed Greg Mottola and stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Bill Hader and Seth Rogen as the voice of Paul. The film’s original score is composed by David Arnold. A soundtrack release including Arnold’s score, as well as several songs from the movie has already been released in Europe as reported here. The album is scheduled to come out on April 4, 2011 in the US.

Also opening today is Brad Furman’s legal thriller starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy. Lakeshore Records has released two different soundtracks including Cliff Martinez’ original score, as well as a song album. Visit our previous article for details on both albums. Also check out an interview on with composer Cliff Martinez on his work on the film on Film Music Magazine.

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Cliff Martinez to score ‘Contagion’

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Cliff Martinez has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Contagion. The film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!) centers on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. The movie’s cast includes Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Cranston and John Hawkes. Soderbergh and Martinez previously collaborated on such movies as Sex, Lies and Videotape, Kafka, Underneath, The Limey, Traffic and Solaris.

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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Soundtrack announced

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UPDATE (February 25, 2011): Lakeshore Records has also announced a separate soundtrack album featuring songs from the movie. The album includes songs by such artists as Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Marcus, Ari Hest and Gang Starr. To check out the full tracklist, visit Lakeshore Records’ soundtrack page.

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Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer. The album will include the original score by Cliff Martinez. The soundtrack will be released on March 15, 2011.  The film is based on the best-selling novel by Michael Connell and is directed by Brad Furman. The movie’s cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy.

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Remastered ‘Solaris’ soundtrack announced

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La-La-Land Records will release a new and remastered version of Cliff Martinez’ score for Steven Soderbergh’s Solaris. The previous album for the 2002 sci-film starring George Clooney and produced by James Cameron has been out-of-print for a while. The new album will be released on January 18. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon or order directly from La-La-Land Records later this month where the first 100 copies will be autographed by Martinez.

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Cliff Martinez to score ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’

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Cliff Martinez is currently finishing up scoring the upcoming legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer. In the movie, a lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills. The drama stars Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy. Brad Furman directs the movie based on the best-selling novel by Michael Connelly (Blood Work). The Lincoln Lawyer marks Martinez’ first high profile movie project in several years. The Lakeshore/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment production will be released domestically by Lionsgate on March 18.

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