La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2002 supernatural horror film The Ring directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Jane Alexander, David Dorfman and Brian Cox. The 2-CD set features the original score from the DreamWorks Pictures production composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception, Man of Steel, Pirates of the Caribbean) on the first disc and seventeen bonus tracks on the second disc. The album, which is limited to 3,000 copies and is being released to coincide with the movie’s 20th anniversary, will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today.
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Hans Zimmer to Score Gore Verbinski’s ‘The Lone Ranger’
According to the film’s latest trailer, Hans Zimmer has taken over scoring duties on Gore Verbinski’s upcoming western The Lone Ranger. The film stars Armie Hammer in the title role of the masked crime fighter and Johnny Depp as his Native American sidekick from the popular 1950s TV series. Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner and Barry Pepper are co-starring in the film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road) has written the script with Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott (The Mask of Zorro). Zimmer has previously collaborated with Verbinski on the Pirates of the Caribbean films, The Ring and last year’s animated feature Rango. The composer is taking over for Jack White, lead guitarist and vocalist of the rock band White Stripes and member of the Raconteur and the Dead Weather, who was previously announced as the composer of the movie.