Sparks & Shadows will release a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Knights of Badassdom. The album includes the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Battlestar Galactica) and featurering performances by by heavy metal and rock luminaries such as Brendon Small (Dethklok), Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo), Ira Ingber (Bob Dylan), Pete Griffin (Three Inches of Blood) and Joe Travers (Zappa Plays Zappa). The soundtrack will be released on February 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Knights of Badassdom is directed by Joe Lynch and stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Summer Glau, Peter Dinklage, Jimmi Simpson, Danny Pudi, Brett Gipson, Margarita Levieva and Michael Gladis.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 24, 2014)
The only movie opening in wide release this weekend is the action thriller I, Frankenstein written and directed by Stuart Beattie and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney. The film’s original score is composed by Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo). Lisa Gerrard has composed additional music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and audio clips. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film by By Maker (feat. Geno Lenardo and Daniel Davies). Click here to learn more about the album.
Opening in around 400 theaters is the indie drama Gimme Shelter written and directed by Ron Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd and Dascha Polanco. Olafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, Another Happy Day) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring his score is set to be released next week. Details will be announced on this page soon. Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain), Paul Haslinger (Underworld) and Assaf Rinde are credited as composers of additional score/music. The movie also features tracked in cues from Mychael Danna’s score from Capote and Ed Shearmur’s score from Mother and Child. Visit Soundtrack.Net for the full music credits.