Milan Records has released a soundtrack EP for the French comedy drama Whatever It Takes (Ceux qui comptent). The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Just the Three of Us, Mars Express, Pearl, I Am Not an Easy Man) and lead actor Pierre Lottin. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the score below. Whatever It Takes is written and directed by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti and also stars Sandrine Kiberlain, Louise Labèque, Alexis Rosenstiehl and Alma Ngoc. The movie follows a stubborn single man in his thirties who has shut himself off from the world, when hen he meets and forms an unlikely relationship with a mother of three kids.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 3, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy The Fall Guy directed by David Leitch and starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, The Man in the High Castle, Violent Night, Spirited, Money Monster). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (and songs), as well as tracks performed by Yungblud & Blake Shelton today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Tarot writtan and directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg and starring Harriet Slater, Jacob Batalon, Adain Bradley and Avantika. Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Malignant, Insidious, The Unholy, The Curse of La Llorona, Annabelle) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Screen Gems production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.
‘Mars Express’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Mars Express. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Just the Three of Us, Pearl, I Am Not an Easy Man) & Philippe Monthaye. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. A vinyl edition is also being released this week and is available to order on Amazon. Listen to the composers’ title track below. Mars Express co-written and directed by Jérémie Périn is set in the near future and revolves around a private detective and her android partner who are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker and descend deep into the underbelly of Mars’ capital city.
‘The Big Hit’ (‘Un triomphe’) Soundtrack Released
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Big Hit (Un triomphe). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, I Am Not an Easy Man, Pearl, Sound of Noise). Also included Nina Simone’s song I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Big Hit is directed by Emmanuel Courcol and stars Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Pierre Lottin, Wabinlé Nabié, Sofian Khammes, Alexandre Medvedev, Saïd Benchnafa, Marina Hands and Laurent Stocker. The movie follows a past-his-prime actor who attempts to give drama lessons to a group of prisoners preparing a staging of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.
‘Just the Three of Us’ (‘Qui m’aime me suive!’) Soundtrack Released
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Just the Three of Us (Qui m’aime me suive!). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Pearl, I Am Not an Easy Man). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Just the Three of Us is directed by José Alcala and stars Daniel Auteuil, Catherine Frot and Bernard Le Coq. The movie follows a man on a mission to get his wife back after she leaves him for another man.
Soundtrack Album for Elsa Amiel’s ‘Pearl’ to Be Released
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the French/Swiss drama Pearl. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, I Am Not an Easy Man, Sound of Noise). The soundtrack will be released on January 25, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Pearl is co-written and directed by Elsa Amiel and stars Julia Fory, Peter Mullan, Vidal Arzoni, Arieh Worthalter and Agata Buzek. The movie follows a female bodybuilder just before the most important competition of her career when her ex-boyfriend shows up with the 6-year-old son she has not seen in years.
‘I Am Not an Easy Man’ Soundtrack Relased
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original movie I Am Not an Easy Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Sound of Noise, Sparrow). Also included are songs by Isaac Delusion, Lo-Fang, Ruppert Pupkin, Shaka Ponk & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. I Am Not an Easy Man is directed by Eleonore Pourriat and stars Vincent Elbaz, Marie-Sophie Ferdane and Pierre Benezit. The romantic comedy follows a shameless chauvinist who gets a taste of his own medicine when he wakes up in a world dominated by women and locks horns with a powerful female author.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 30, 2013)
Three new movies are opening wide this week:
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the thriller Closed Circuit directed by John Crowley and starring Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Riz Ahmed, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Anne-Marie Duff, Ciarán Hinds and Julia Stiles. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, more information about the movie and to listen to audio clips.
Opening wide today is the concert documentary One Direction: This Is Us directed by Morgan Spurlock about the British/Irish boy band One Direction, consisting of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. Simon Franglen who collaborated with James Horner on his scores for Avatar, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Karate Kid has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been released, but the songs featured in the film are available on the band’s records. To learn more about the documentary, which is being released by Sony Pictures, visit the official movie website.