Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic fantasy drama A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, The Boy and the Heron, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Departures) who has made his American feature scoring debut on the project. Also included is the original song The Risk by Laufey, three covers by the singer/songwriter, as well as a track by Mitski. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 19. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the score title track and all the songs below. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is directed by Kogonada and stars Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Kevin Kline and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The movie follows two single strangers who meet at the wedding of a mutual friend and soon find themselves on fantastical adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts.
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Joe Hisaishi Scoring Kogonada’s ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’
Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, The Boy and the Heron, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Departures) is making his American feature scoring debut on the upcoming romantic fantasy drama A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. The film is directed by Kogonada (After Yang, Columbus) and stars Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Kevin Kline and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The movie follows two single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon find themselves on fantastical adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts.
‘After Yang’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama After Yang. The album features the film’s original score composed by Aska Matsumiya (Bruised, Skate Kitchen, Betty, I’m Your Woman, Selah and the Spades, 37 Seconds), as well as an original theme written by Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, The Revenant, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Little Buddha). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 4 and will be available to stream/download here. After Yang is written and directed by Kogonada and stars Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Sarita Choudhury, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Clifton Collins Jr. and Haley Lu Richardson. The movie is based on Alexander Weinstein’s short story Saying Goodbye to Yang and tells the story of a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Kogonada’s ‘After Yang’ to Feature Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto & Aska Matsumiya
Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, Little Buddha) & Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, I’m Your Woman, Selah and the Spades, 37 Seconds) have composed the original music for the upcoming sci-fi drama After Yang. Sakamoto has contributed the film’s theme, which has been released as part of the composer’s vinyl box set 2020S earlier this year. Matsumiya has composed the score for the movie written and directed by Kogonada (Columbus) and starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin Min, Sarita Choudhury, Haley Lu Richardson and Clifton Jones, Jr.. The drama is based on the short story Saying Goodbye to Yang by Alexander Weinstein and tells the story of a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
‘Columbus’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie drama Columbus. The album features the film’s original music composed by the post-rock band Hammock. The soundtrack is now available digitally and can be downloaded on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Columbus is written and directed by Kogonada and stars John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Rory Culkin and Michelle Forbes. The movie revolves around a Koreana man who finds himself stranded in the titular Indiana town after his father falls gravely ill and strikes up a friendship with an architectural enthusiast struggling with her own parental issues.