Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia) recently recorded his score for the animated feature Escape from Planet Earth. The composer’s music was recorded with at 100 piece orchestra and choir at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out a video featuring footage from the sessions after the jump. Zigman’s first score for an animated film is now available on Sony Classical. Visit our previous article for the full soundtrack details and audio clips. Escape from Planet Earth directed by Cal Brunker and featuring the voices of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson was released last weekend by the Weinstein Company and is now playing nationwide.
Tag: Escape from Planet Earth
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 15, 2013)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller sequel A Good Day to Die Hard directed by John Moore 
and starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream) who previously scored the last film in the series, Live Free or Die Hard. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement. For a recent interview with Beltrami about his work on the film and his other recent projects, visit Film Music Magazine.
Also opening wide is the romantic drama/thriller Safe Haven directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders and Noah Lomax. The film’s original score is composed by Deborah Lurie who previously worked with Hallstrom on the Nicholas Sparks adaptation Dear John and An Unfinished Life. A soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs, as well as one score track has been released by Relativity Music Group and Republic Records. Check out our previous article for the full details. Relativity has also released a separate soundtrack featuring Lurie’s score. For audio clips and more information, click here.
‘Escape from Planet Earth’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Escape from Planet Earth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia). The composer recorded his score with a 100 piece orchestra and choir at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack has recently been released digitally and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Escape from Planet Earth is directed by Cal Brunker and features the voice talent of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson. The film is set on the planet Baab, where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population. The animated movie will be released on February 15 by the Weinstein Company.
Aaron Zigman Scoring ‘Escape from Planet Earth’
Aaron Zigman is scoring the upcoming animated 3D family comedy Escape From Planet Earth. The film is directed by Cal Brunker and features the voice talent of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson. The movie is set on the planet Baab, where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population. Brunker has written the script with Bob Barlen based on a screenplay by Tony Leech & Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked!). Luke Carroll and Catherine Winder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) are producing the Rainmaker Entertainment production and Harvey and Bob Weinstein are executive producing.