Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the score album for the 2002 romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama directed by Andy Tennant and starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart and Candice Bergen. The album features the original score from the Touchstone Pictures production composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, The Blue Planet, Hitch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The album has previously been released as a (now out-of-print) CD edition in early 2003.
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George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’
Composer George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch) is reuniting with director Ken Loach on the upcoming drama The Old Oak. The film starring Dave Turner, Ebla Mari and Debbie Honeywood centers on the owner of a pub threatened with closure after the arrival of Syrian refugees, when he meets and strikes an unexpected friendship with a Syrian woman. Paul Laverty (The Olive Tree, Yuli) wrote the screenplay. Rebecca O’Brien (You Were Not Really Here, Sorry We Missed You) is producing the project for Sixteen Films.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 16, 2023)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Waco: The Aftermath created by Drew Dowdle & John Erick Dowdle and starring Michael Shannon, John Leguizamo, J. Smith Cameron, Giovanni Ribisi, Keean Johnson, David Costabile, John Hoogenakker and Abbey Lee. The show’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, The First Purge, Midnight Mass, Oculus, The Midnight Mass). Click here to learn more about the 5-part drama, which will air Sundays on Showtime and will be be available for Showtime subscribers every Friday.
Premiering on Thursday, April 20, is the comedy Quasi directed Kevin Heffernan and starring Heffernan himself, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter and Adrianne Palicki. Jason Akana (Tacoma FD) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more about the Searchlight Pictures production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
‘Wild Isles’ Episode ‘Ocean’ Soundtrack Album Released
Shogun Music has released the fifth soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s fifth and final episode, entitled Ocean, composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Dangerous Liaisons, Anna and the King, Gandhi, Hitch, You’ve Got Mail). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composer’s score from the first four episodes (Our Precious Isles, Woodland, Grassland & Freshwater) over the last couple of weeks. Wild Isles presented by Sir David Attenborough and executive produced by Alastair Fothergrill just finished its series run in the UK last night on BBC One.
‘Wild Isles’ Episode ‘Freshwater’ Soundtrack Album Released
Shogun Music has released the fourth soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s fourth episode (Freshwater) composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Gandhi, Anna and the King, Hitch, Ever After). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label three soundtracks featuring the composer’s scores from Episode 1 (Our Precious Isles), Episode 2 (Woodland) & Episode 3 (Grassland) and one more album will be coming out next week.
‘Wild Isles’ Episode ‘Grassland’ Soundtrack Album Released
Shogun Music has released the third soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s third episode (Grassland) composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Gandhi, Anna and the King, Hitch, Ever After). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. The label two soundtracks featuring the composer’s score from Episode 1 (Our Precious Isles) and Episode 2 (Woodland) and two more albums will be coming out next month.
‘Wild Isles’ Episode ‘Woodland’ Soundtrack Album Released
Shogun Music has released the second soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s second episode (Woodland) composed by George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Gandhi, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Groundhog Day, Hitch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score from the first episode (Our Precious Isles) last week and three more albums are expected to come out over the next couple of weeks.
‘Allelujah’ Soundtrack Album Details
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Allelujah. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Groundhog Day, Dangerous Liaisons, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Allelujah is directed by Richard Eyre and stars Jennifer Saunders, Bally Gill, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Russell Tovey, David Bradley and Julia McKenzie. The movie based on Alan Bennett’s stage play is set on a geriatric ward in Yorkshire that is threatened with closure and follows the hospital’s attempts to fight back by inviting a news crew to film their preparations for an event in honor of the place’s most distinguished nurse.
First Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Wild Isles’ Released
Shogun Music has released the first soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s first episode, Our Precious Isles, composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Anna and the King, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Hitch, Ever After, Gandhi). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first track after the jump. More albums featuring the composer’s score from the other four episodes of the series are expected to come out over the next couple of weeks. Wild Isles is presented by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Alastair Fothergrill and reveals a previously unseen wild side of the British Isles.
George Fenton Scoring BBC’s ‘Wild Isles’
George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, Hitch, Gandhi) has composed the original music for the new BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The 5-parter presented/narrated by Sir David Attenborough was filmed over three years and uses the latest technology to capture dramatic new behavior, from battling butterflies to hunting sea eagles and killer whales – revealing a previously unseen wild side of the British Isles.