Sony Classical will release a score album for the documentary Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Book of Life, The Motorcycle Diaries, 28 Grams). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon. Universal Music has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Clapton’s songs from the movie. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is directed by Lili Fini Zanuck and takes a look into the life of the legendary 18-time Grammy Award winning guitarist and multi-million selling recording artist.
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Soundtrack Album for ‘Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars. The album features 32 songs spanning Clapton’s long and illustrious career, including five previously unreleased tracks, as well as two alternative mixes made for Eric Clapton’s 1970 debut album. The soundtrack will be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on June 8, 2018 and as a 4-LP set on July 20. The pre-order link will be added to this article within the next few days. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is directed by Lili Fini Zanuck and takes a look into the life of the legendary 18-time Grammy Award winning guitarist and multi-million selling recording artist.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 24, 2017)
Opening nationwide this week is Pixar’s animated feature Coco directed by Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina and featuring the voices of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Renée Victor. The film’s original score is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, The Incredibles). Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Frozen), Germaine Franco (Dope) & Molina contributed original songs to the movie. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring both the songs and score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Playing in front of Coco is Disney Animation’s short Olaf’s Frozen Adventure directed by Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton and featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff. Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, The Muppets, The Peanuts Movie) and Jeff Morrow (Trolls Holiday) have composed the film’s original score and Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson wrote the original songs. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring songs and score. Click here for the full album details.
Gustavo Santaolalla Scoring ‘Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars’
Gustavo Santaolalla has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars. The film is directed by Lili Fini Zanuck (Rush, producer of Driving Miss Daisy and Cocoon) and traces the guitar virtuoso’s career through The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, and his solo years, telling the stories behind hits like For Your Love, Layla, and Tears in Heaven. The movie features extensive archival performances and home movies, which are accompanied by audio interviews with Clapton and people who played central roles in his life, including his grandmother Rose Clapp, George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Ahmet Ertegun and his former wife, Pattie Boyd.