Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the French racing drama Faster (Rapide). The album features the film’s original music composed by Etienne Forget (The Last Journey of Paul W.R., Missions, Victor Hugo – Enemy of the State, AKA, Hero Corp, The Forest). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Faster is co-written and directed by Morgan S. Dalibert and stars Paola Locatelli, Alban Lenoir, Rik Kleve and Tchéky Karyo. The movie follows a young woman who dreams of winning the Formula 1 championship, but sees no way to break into the male-dominated sports, when she finds an unexpected mentor in a washed-up former driver while simultaneously falling in love with her fiercest rival.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2011)
Four new movies are opening wide over Thanksgiving weekend:
Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled features songs and score by Alan Menken. Check out our previous article announcing the soundtrack album. A short video interview on the score has been uploaded on YouTube. To listen to lenghty audio interviews with Menken talking about his work on Tangled, visit Film Music Magazine’s On the Score and WDW Radio. Entertainment Weekly also featured an in depth interview with the composer worth checking out. Also check out a short interview Menken did with The Wall Street Journal, as well as a recent article about Menken on LA Times’ Music Blog.
‘Faster’ soundtrack album announced
Lakeshore Records has announced a digital release of the upcoming soundtrack to the action thriller Faster starring Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. The album will be released on November 23 and features the score by composer Clint Mansell, as well as songs by Iggy Pop, The Heavy among others.
11/18/10 Update: Check out the Faster soundtrack page on MySpace for audio clips from the soundtrack.
Clint Mansell going ‘Faster’
Clint Mansell is currently scoring the upcoming action thriller Faster. The movie directed by George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor, Notorious) is starring Dwayne Johnson, Maggie Grace, Jennifer Carpenter, Tom Berenger, Carla Gugino and Billy Bob Thornton. In the film, an ex-con sets out to avenge his brother’s death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. The movie marks the third release of CBS Films and is scheduled to come out on November 24.