Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming movie The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. The album features 21 tracks from James Newton Howard’s score, as well as one track from the original composer on the movie, Gabriel Yared. Check out our previous news article on the movie, as well as the official movie webpage for more information.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2011)
Four new movies are opening wide over Thanksgiving weekend:
Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled features songs and score by Alan Menken. Check out our previous article announcing the soundtrack album. A short video interview on the score has been uploaded on YouTube. To listen to lenghty audio interviews with Menken talking about his work on Tangled, visit Film Music Magazine’s On the Score and WDW Radio. Entertainment Weekly also featured an in depth interview with the composer worth checking out. Also check out a short interview Menken did with The Wall Street Journal, as well as a recent article about Menken on LA Times’ Music Blog.
James Newton Howard taking over The Tourist
James Newton Howard has taken over scoring duties on the dramatic thriller The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. He is replacing composer Gabriel Yared who has already recorded music for the movie in London earlier this year. The movie directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Live of Others) revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart and Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. The recording sessions for the score have recently started in Los Angeles and the movie is scheduled to be released on December 10 by Sony Pictures.
James Newton Howard to score Water for Elephants
James Newton Howard has been hired to score the upcoming drama Water for Elephants. The movie marks Newton Howard’s second collaboration with director Francis Lawrence after the 2007 I Am Legend. Lawrence recently confirmed Newton Howard’s involvement on his Twitter account. In Water for Elephants, a veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet. The movie’s cast is lead by Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook. The Fox 2000 movie is expected to be released in 2011.
Nanny McPhee soundtrack details
Varese Sarabande Records has added details on James Newton Howard’s score for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang coming out in Europe later this month and state-side in August. The album features 24 tracks of the score amounting to almost an hour of music. Please note that Varese Sarabande has changed the cover art since the previous announcement of the score release. To listen to clips from the album, check out Varese’s international distributor page Colosseum.
Nanny McPhee sequel score album announced
James Newton Howard’s score for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang will be released by Varese Sarabande Records. The movie is the sequel to Nanny McPhee, which was scored by Patrick Doyle and came out in 2006. In the sequel, Emma Thompson is reprising her role as Nanny McPhee and is joined by the recently Oscar nominated Maggie Gyllenhaal.
The orchestral score by James Newton Howard was recorded in London last month. The score album will be released on March 30. Because the movie won’t premiere in the United States until this summer, the album will only be available as an import from Europe and on iTunes until August 2010 when the CD will be released domestically as well.