Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Robert Zemeckis’ 1988 classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Stubby Kaye, Charles Fleischer and Joanna Cassidy. The 3-CD set features the complete original score from the Touchstone Pictures production composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, The Croods, Captain America: The First Avenger), including more than 50 minutes of previously unreleased music, as well as alternate cues on the first two discs and the content of the original 1988 album on the third disc. Also included is the world premiere release of Bruce Broughton‘s music from the 1990/1993 animated shorts Rollercoaster Rabbit and Trail Mix-Up, as well as James Horner‘s score from 1989’s Tummy Trouble.
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Expanded ‘Titanic’ & ‘Die Another Day’ Soundtracks Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for James Cameron’s 1997 classic Titanic starring Leonardo Di Caprio & Kate Winslet. The 4-CD set features the remastered and expanded original score, including previously unreleased music and alternate cues, from the movie composed by James Horner (Braveheart, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens) who received two Academy Awards for work on the drama. The 20th Anniversary Edition is limited to 5000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s website this coming Tuesday. Visit La-La Land’s Facebook page for the track list and more information.
Expanded ‘Troy’ Score by James Horner to Be Released
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2004 historical epic Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson and Peter O’Toole. The album features the expanded score from the Warner Bros. Pictures production composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind), including over half an hour of previously unreleased music. Also included is the original song Remember performed by Josh Groban with Tanja Tzarovska. The 2-CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples.
Expanded ‘Unlawful Entry’ Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records has announced several new albums, including a new soundtrack release for the 1992 thriller Unlawful Entry directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe. The album features the remastered and expanded score from the 20th Century Fox production composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Apollo 13). The soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples.
‘Living in the Age of Airplanes’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the documentary Living in the Age of Airplanes have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, The Amazing Spider-Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Living in the Age of Airplanes directed by Brian J. Terwilliger and narrated by Harrison Ford tells the story about how the airplane has changed the world and how it affected our society.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 23, 2016)
Expected to top the weekend box office is the western The Magnificent Seven directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee and Peter Sarsgaard. The film’s original music is composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart) and Simon Franglen. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Variety, Film Music Magazine, Collider, Awards Daily and Indiewire for interviews with Franglen about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Storks directed by Nicholas Stoller & Doug Sweetland and featuring the voices of Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Katie Crown, Ty Burrell and Jennifer Aniston. Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Surf’s Up) and Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur) have composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as a song by The Lumineers. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
James Horner Revealed as Original Composer for ‘The Great Wall’
Simon Franglen revealed in a recent interview with Pop Culture Tonight that James Horner was contracted to score the upcoming fantasy epic The Great Wall before his death last summer. The job ultimately went to Ramin Djawadi who is composing the music for the film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng. Horner was also attached to score Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge and James Cameron’s Avatar sequels before he passed away.
Mercury Classics to Release James Horner’s ‘Collage – The Last Work’
Mercury Classics will release James Horner‘s concert piece, Collage, which was the composer’s last work before he passed away last summer. The concerto for four horns and orchestra was commissioned by the Houston Symphony and the International Horn Society and premiered in March of 2015 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Apollo 13, The Amazing Spider-Man) recorded the concert work with the London Philharmonic Orchestra just a few weeks before his passing. The album will be released on September 23, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Antoine Fuqua’s ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Soundtrack Details
The track list of the soundtrack album for Antoine Fuqua’s western The Magnificent Seven has been revealed. The album features the film’s original music is composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind) and Simon Franglen. The soundtrack, which has a run time of 77 minutes, will be released on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Magnificent Seven starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee and Peter Sarsgaard is based on the 1960 classic western of the same name and follows seven gun men in the old west who gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
‘Living in the Age of Airplanes’ Soundtrack Announced
It was announced today that the soundtrack album for the documentary Living in the Age of Airplanes will be released digitally this coming October. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens, Apollo 13). Visit the official movie website to listen to audio samples from all 16 tracks on the soundtrack and check back on this page for more details. Living in the Age of Airplanes is directed by Brian J. Terwilliger and narrated by Harrison Ford. The movie, which tells the story about how the airplane has changed the world and how it affected our society, premiered in numerous IMAX theaters over the last year and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in October.