14th Street Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Girl Rising. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, The Bible) and Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Girl Rising is directed by Richard Robbins (Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience) and tells the stories of several girls from around the globe who fought for their chance to go to school in spite of extreme poverty and natural disasters. The documentary opens in select cities this weekend.
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‘Girl Rising’ to Feature Music by Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe
Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe have composed the score for the documentary Girl Rising. The film is directed by Richard Robbins who previously helmed the Academy Award-nominated doc Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. The movie tells the stories of several girls from around the globe who fought for their chance to go to school in spite of extreme poverty and natural disasters and features voice performances by Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Cate Blanchett, Selena Gomez, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys, Chloe Moretz, Liam Neeson, Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto. The project marks the first documentary acquired by CNN Films and is executive produced by Tom Yellin and Holly Gordon of the Documentary Group and Paul G. Allen (Hard Candy, Titus) of Vulcan Productions.