Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Rio 2 directed by Carlinhos Brown and featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Jamie Foxx, Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth. The film’s original’s music is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon) and Sergio Mendes serves as the film’s executive music producer. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Sony Classical has released a separate soundtrack featuring Powell’s score. Click here for the score album details and to listen to audio clips.
Also opening wide is the sports drama Draft Day directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliot, Sean Combs, Terry Crews, Ellen Burstyn and Chadwick Boseman. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our soundtrack announcement.
ATP Records will release a soundtrack album for Jim Jarmusch’s indie drama Only Lovers Left Alive. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jozef Van Wissem & SQÜRL. Also included is the song Hal by Yasmine Hamdan. The movie’s music was honored with the 2013 Cannes Soundtrack Award. The soundtrack will be released overseas on February 21, 2014 and in the U.S. on April 8. Visit