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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 14, 2011)

Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the remake of Footloose directed by Craig Brewer and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Blake Shelton, Zac Brown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Victoria Justice & Hunter Hayes and Big & Rich. For audio clips and more information about the album, visit our previous article. The film’s score is written by Deborah Lurie and no separate score release has been announced.

Also opening wide is the horror prequel The Thing directed by Matthijs van Heijingen Jr. and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen and Joel Edgerton. Marco Beltrami has written the music for the film. A soundtrack album featuring Beltrami’s score has been released by Varese Sarabande earlier this week. For more information about the album and to listen to audio clips from the release, visit our soundtrack announcement.

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‘Footloose’ Soundtrack announced

Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville have announced the details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming remake of Footloose. The album includes a new version of the title song Footloose performed by country star Blake Shelton. Also featured on the soundtrack are Zac Brown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lissie, Cee Lo Green feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ella Mae Bowen, Victoria Justice & Hunter Hayes and Big & Rich. Check out the complete track list below. None of the film’s score by Deborah Lurie is included on the album. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011. Check out audio clips from the album below and visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. Footloose is directed by Craig Brewer and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. The movie will be released on October 14 by Paramount Pictures.

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Deborah Lurie Scoring ‘Footloose’

Deborah Lurie is writing the score for the upcoming remake of Footloose. The film is directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. The movie is a remake of the 1984 hit film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest. Miles Goodman served as the music adaptor on the original film. The remake is said to focus more on the drama of the original movie about a city kid who moves to a conservative town where dancing and rock music has been banned and less on elaborate musical numbers of the Footloose stage adaptation.

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