Tag: Jorge Magaz

Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 7, 2014)

Two new movies are opening this weekend:

interstellarAlready playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday and opening nationwide today is the sci-fi drama Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Gladiator). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music in two different editions on November 18. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Also visit Huffington Post, Crave Online, Hitfix and Film Music Society for interviews with Zimmer about his work on the project.

big-hero-6Also opening wide is Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Big Hero 6 directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams and featuring the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller, Jaime Chung, Damon Wayans, Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph Daniel Henney and Alan Tudyk. Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Immortals by Fall Out Boy. Click here for the full album details. Also visit YouTube for a video from the music recording sessions and click here for a video interview with Jackman.

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‘Open Windows’ Soundtrack Details

open-windowsQuartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Open Windows. Open Windows The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Jorge Magaz. To listen to audio clips and to pre-order the CD, visit the label’s official website. To download the album, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. Open Windows is directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) and stars Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell and Adam Quintero. The movie follows a man who wins an online contest to have dinner with the hottest actress on earth. When she cancels, he gets a call from a guy named Chord who offers to make it up to him by giving him the tools to spy on her from his computer for the rest of the night. The thriller premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up Cinedigm for a domestic release later this year.

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