Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1994 comedy drama A Simple Twist of Fate directed by Gillies MacKinnon and starring Steve Martin (who also wrote the screenplay), Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O’Hara and Stephen Baldwin. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Cliff Eidelman (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, He’s Just Not That Into You, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, My Girl 2, One True Thing). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title suite after the jump. Varese Sarabande has previously released the original 1994 soundtrack album on CD.
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‘The Last Bus’ Soundtrack Album Released
Decca Records has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama The Last Bus. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Lloyd Webber (Love, Lies and Records). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. The Last Bus is directed by Gillies Mackinnon and stars Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Natalie Mitson and Ben Ewing. The movie follows a pensioner as he travels the length of the UK by bus, retracing the journey he made with his late wife years before, so that he can visit his hometown and his memories one last time.
‘Whisky Galore!’ Soundtrack Announced
Air-Edel Records has announced a soundtrack album for the comedy Whisky Galore!. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Patrick Doyle (Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, Rise of the Planet of the Apes). Also included is the original song Gairm na h-Oidche (Calling the Night) composed for the film and performed by Mairi MacInnes and featuring lyrics by Abigail Doyle. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 5 and will be available to download on Amazon. Click here to listen to the song and three tracks from the score. Whisky Galore! is directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, John Sessions, Fenella Woolgar, Tim Piggott-Smith and Sean Biggerstaff.
Patrick Doyle to Score ‘Whisky Galore’
Patrick Doyle is set to compose the music for the upcoming comedy Whisky Galore. The film is directed by Gillies MacKinnon (A Simple Twist of Faith, Hideous Kinky, Behind the Lines) and stars Eddie Izzard, Gregor Fisher, John Sessions, Fenella Woolgar, Tim Piggott-Smith and Sean Biggerstaff. The movie is based on the novel by Compton MacKenzie and the 1949 film of the same title and centers around thereal-life 1941 shipwreck of the S.S. Politician, which ran aground with a cargo of 264,000 bottles of malt whisky. Peter McDougall has written the screenplay.