The details of the soundtrack album for the monster movie Godzilla have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). The soundtrack will be released on May 13, 2014 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be posted on this page soon. Godzilla is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. The Legendary Pictures production pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. The movie will be released nationwide on May 16 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Alexandre Desplat to Score ‘Godzilla’ Reboot
Legendary Pictures has announced that Alexandre Desplat has been tapped to score the upcoming Godzilla reboot. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters) and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, Richard T. Jones and Ken Watanabe.The movie is said to tell the origin story of Godzilla in contemporary times and “pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence”. Max Borenstein (Seventh Son) and Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) have written the screenplay based on a story by Borenstein and Dave Callaham (The Expendables).