NBCUniversal Entertainment has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature Ghost Cat Anzu. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keiichi Suzuki (Outrage, Beyond Outrage, Okko’s Inn, EarthBound). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to check out the track list and to stream the soundtrack. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. Ghost Cat Anzu is directed by Yōko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita and follow a young girl whose father abandons her at a temple in rural Japan, when she meets a giant and notoriously lazy “ghost cat” tasked with looking after her who accidentally makes a deal with the devil.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 3, 2014)
The only wide release this weekend is the found-footage horror spin-off Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones directed by Christopher Landon and starring Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh, Renee Victor, Noemi Gonzalez, David Saucedo, Gloria Sandoval, Richard Cabral, Carlos Pratts and Juan Vasquez. As the previous films in the Paranormal Activity series, the movie doesn’t feature any original score and no soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Paramount Pictures release, visit the official movie website.
Opening in limited release this week is the drama The Best Offer (La migliore offerta) directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks and Donald Sutherland. The movie’s original music is composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone who previously collaborated with the director numerous times on films including Cinema Paradiso and The Legend of 1900. WMI Italy has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year. Check out our previous news article for the full details. The Best Offer opened overseas last year and is being released in the U.S. by IFC Films. To learn more about the drama, which is now also available on VOD, visit the official movie website.