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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 23, 2011)

Six movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend. Three movies already opened on Wednesday and two films will be receiving a wide release on Christmas Day.

Among the December 21 releases is the thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard and Joely Richardson. The film’s music is written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Reznor’s label Null Records has released a number of different soundtrack editions, including a 6-track sampler, which can be downloaded for free on the label’s website. Check out our previous article for the full details. Also visit the Wall Street Journal for an article about the composer’s second score for Fincher.

Also already out in wide release is Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin produced by Peter Jackson and starring Simon Pegg, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes and Andy Serkis. John Williams has written the music for the animated film. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released by Sony Classical. For audio clips and more information about the album, visit our soundtrack announcement.

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‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Soundtrack Details

The details of the soundtrack album for Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close have been revealed. The album includes 18 tracks from the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat. As previously announced, the soundtrack is scheduled to be released on CD on January 17, 2012 by WaterTower Music. The album has been released digitally this week and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, John Goodman, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright and Max von Sydow will be released in select theaters on December 25 and nationwide on January 20.

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‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Soundtrack Announced

WaterTower Music will be releasing the soundtrack album for the drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which marks the last major movie of the year for which no soundtrack announcement had been made yet (visit our upcoming soundtracks section for a full listing of the soundtracks coming out in the next couple of weeks). The album includes the original score from the movie composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat and will be released on January 17, 2011. The composer recently finished recording around 80 minutes of music that he wrote in less than one month after coming in as a replacement for Nico Muhly. Check back on this page for the full details and audio clips of the soundtrack within the next couple of weeks.

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Alexandre Desplat to Reunite with Florent Emilio Siri on ‘Cloclo’

Alexandre Desplat is set to reunite with director Florent Emilio Siri on the upcoming biographical drama Cloclo. The composer has scored all of the director’s previous features, including the Bruce Willis-starring thriller Hostage, the crime thriller The Nest and most recently, the historical drama L’ennemi intime. Cloclo stars Jérémie Renier as French singer Claude François who was a star of “chanson française” in the 1960 and 70s and died in a tragic accident in 1978, at the age of 39. Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini, Ana Girardot, Joséphine Japy and Robert Knepper who plays Frank Sinatra are co-starring in the drama. Julien Rappeneau (The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch) has written the screenplay and Cyril Colbeau-Justin & Jean-Baptiste Dupont (36th Precint, Point Blank) are producing the project.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’

Alexandre Desplat has been tapped to score the upcoming drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He is taking over scoring duties from composer Nico Muhly who was originally attached to the project with his name even credited on the film’s poster and in the first trailer. The movie is directed by Academy Award nominated director Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader) and stars Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, newcomer Thomas Horn, John Goodman, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright and Max von Sydow. The film is based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer is adapted for the screen by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump) and produced by Scott Rudin (The Social Network). The drama tells the story of a nine-year-old boy who searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

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Nico Muhly Scoring ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’

Nico Muhly is currently scoring the upcoming drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The project reunites the composer with director Stephen Daldry, for whom he previously scored the Academy Award-nominated 2008 drama The Reader starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close stars Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright and Max von Sydow. The movie is based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer and centers on a 9-year-old boy who finds a key in a vase that belongs to his father – who perished in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks – and searches to find the lock that goes with it.

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