La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2002 comic book movie Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe and James Franco. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands). The 3-CD set includes the content of the original 2002 score album and two bonus tracks on the first disc and the expanded film score presentation, as well as additional bonus cues on the second and third discs. The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 20th anniversary, is limited to 5,000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website this coming Tuesday, November 29.
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‘Wednesday’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Wednesday. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland) & Chris Bacon (Source Code, Bates Motel, Gnomeo & Juliet). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Wednesday, November 23. Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music services) to stream/download the soundtrack and click here to check out the opening titles sequence featuring Elfman’s main titles theme. Wednesday is is developed by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar based on characters from The Addams Family and stars Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Christina Ricci, Percy Hynes White, Hunter Doohan, Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 20, 2022)
Premiering on Tuesday, November 22, is the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendales created by Robert Siegel and starring Kumail Nanjiani, Murray Bartlett, Annaleigh Ashford, Juliette Lewis, Robin de Jesús, Quentin Plair, Spencer Boldman, Andrew Rannells, Nicola Peltz Beckham and Dan Stevens. The show’s original score is composed by Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska, Runaways). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 8-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, November 23, is the Apple TV+ original series Echo 3 developed by Mark Boal and starring Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, Jessica Ann Collins and Elizabeth Anweis. Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Sinister, The Hurricane, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Shipping News) has composed the show’s original music. Check our our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 10-part drama, which will be available to stream on Apple TV+.
‘White Noise’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film White Noise have been revealed. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron). Also included is a track by Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. As previously reported, Columbia Records has released LCD Soundsystem’s original song new body rhumba as a digital single last month. White Noise is written and directed by Noah Baumbach and stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Alessandro Nivola, André Benjamin, Raffey Cassidy and Jodie Turner-Smith.
Opening Titles Sequence from Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ Released
Netflix has released the opening titles sequence from the streamer’s new original series Wednesday featuring the show’s main title theme composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands). Check out the full sequence after the jump. A soundtrack album featuring the theme and selections of the show’s original score will be released by Lakeshore Records.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 4, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the Japanese anime fantasy adventure One Piece Film: Red is directed by Gorō Taniguchi and starring Mayumi Tanaka, Shuichi Ikeda, Kaori Nazuka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura and Kappei Yamaguchi. The film’s original score is composed by Yasutaka Nakata. Virgin Music has released a soundtrack album featuring songs from the movie performed by Ado. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Crunchyroll release.
Opening semi-wide in a few hundred U.S. theaters today is the British comedy The Estate written and directed by Dean Craig and starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kathleen Turner and Ron Livingston. Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Path, The Magicians, Away, The Looming Tower, I Origins) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie.
Danny Elfman Scoring Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’
Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands) has revealed in a recent interview with iNews that he is composing the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film White Noise. The movie is directed by Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story, The Squid and the Whale) and stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, Alessandro Nivola, André Benjamin, Jodie Turner-Smith and Don Cheadle. The horror comedy is based on Don DeLillo’s epochal postmodern 1985 novel of the same title and follows a professor and father-of-four whose comfortable suburban college town life and marriage to a secretive woman are upended after a horrifying nearby accident creates an airborne toxic event of frightening and unknowable proportions.
‘Aliens, Clowns & Geeks’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Elfmaniac Media will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi comedy Aliens, Clowns & Geeks. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Edward Scissorhands) & Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show!, Harvey Beaks, Jellystone). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this Friday, July 1. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and digital version. Aliens, Clowns & Geeks is written and directed by Richard Elfman and stars Bodhi Elfman, Verne Troyer, Steve Agee, French Stewart, George Wendt, Anastasia Elfman, Malcolm Foster Smith and Rebecca Forsythe. The movie follows an out-of-work actor who stumbles upon key to the universe and is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.
Spoiler Tracks from ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Score to Be Released
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music will release three previously unreleased tracks from the score for Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The full soundtrack album including the previously released 32 tracks and the three “spoiler” tracks composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Nightmare Before Christmas) will also be available to download tomorrow, May 20. The album has previously only been available to stream. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the full soundtrack and listen to the three tracks and check out the track titles after the jump.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 6, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness directed by Sam Raimi and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stühlbarg, Benedict Wong and Rachel McAdams. The film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Marvel production.
Opening in select U.S. theaters today is the French drama Happening (L’événement) co-written (based on Annie Ernaux’s novel) and directed by Audrey Diwan and starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Marcia Romano, Luàna Bajrami, Marcia Romano, Louise Orry Diquero and Louise Chevillotte. Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Scenes from a Marriage, Radioactive, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies) have composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced.