BMG has released a soundtrack album for Stanley Tucci’s biographical drama Final Portrait. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evan Lurie (Lonesome Jim, Jack Goes Boating) who has previously scored Tucci’s Joe Gould’s Secret and Blind Date. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Final Portrait is written and directed by Tucci and stars Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub, Sylvie Testud and Clémence Poésy. The movie, which centers on Swiss painter/sculptor Alberto Giacometti, premiered at last year’s Berlin Film Festival and was released in U.S. theaters earlier this year by Sony Pictures Classics.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 23, 2018)
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim Uprising directed by Steven S. DeKnight and starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Adria Arjona and Charlie Day. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, 12 Strong, Terminator Genisys, Genius, The Crown). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Wizkid, DJ Shadow and Anderson .Paak. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Sherlock Gnomes directed by John Stevenson and featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas, Stephen Merchant, Mary J. Blige and Johnny Depp. Chris Bacon (Source Code, Bates Motel) who previously co-scored Gnomeo & Juliet has composed the film’s original score. Elton John has composed new songs for the project, including the track Stronger Than I Ever Was, which is performed by Mary J. Blige. No word yet on a soundtrack release.
Evan Lurie Scoring Stanley Tucci’s ‘Final Portrait’
Evan Lurie is reteaming with actor/director Stanley Tucci on the upcoming drama Final Portrait. The film is written and directed by Tucci and stars Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub, James Faulkner and Sylvie Testud. The movie is based on James Lord’s book A Giacometti Portrait and centers on Swiss painter-sculptor Alberto Giacometti who died in 1966 and is best remembered for his stark and surrealistic sculptures. Gail Egan (A Most Wanted Man, A Little Chaos, Our Kind of Traitor), Nik Bower and Ilann Girard (Lebanon) are producing the project.