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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2011)

Three new movies are opening wide this holiday weekend:

Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whitley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong, Alan Tudyk, Frances McDormand and John Turturro already opened on Wednesday. The film’s music is composed by Steve Jablonsky. A score album has been released digitally and is available to download on iTunes (check out our soundtrack announcement for more information). A physical CD release is expected later this year. For an audio interview with Jablonsky talking about his score for the film, visit Film Music Magazine. A separate soundtrack with songs from the movie is also available. Click here for more details on the song album.

Also opening wide this weekend is the Tom Hanks-directed comedy drama Larry Crowne starring Hanks and Julia Roberts. The movie is scored by composer James Newton Howard. A soundtrack album featuring twelve songs from the film and one track of Newton Howard’s score has been released earlier this week on Rhino Records. Check out our previous article for more information and audio clips from the soundtrack.

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‘Larry Crowne’ Soundtrack announced

Rhino Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the Tom Hanks-directed comedy drama Larry Crowne. The album includes one track from the score by James Newton Howard, as well as several songs from the movie. Artists featured on the album include Tom Petty, Electric Light Orchestra, Smokey Robinson, Tyler Hilton, Billy Squier, Sky Ferreira, Jarrod Gorbel and Gigi. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from each track below. Larry Crowne starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts centers on a middle-aged man who reinvents himself after losing his job by going back to college.

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James Newton Howard scoring ‘Larry Crowne’

Film Music Reporter has learned that James Newton Howard recently started scoring the upcoming comedy drama Larry Crowne. The movie is directed by Tom Hanks and stars himself as a middle-aged man, who reinvents himself after losing his job by going back to college. The movie also stars Julia Roberts, Taraji P. Henson and Pam Grier. James Newton Howard previously scored the pairing of Hanks and Roberts in Charlie Wilson’s War and scored numerous movies starring Julia Roberts including Pretty Woman, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Runaway Bride, America’s Sweethearts and most recently Duplicity. The movie’s screenplay is co-written by Hanks and Nia Vardalos, whose hit indie comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding was produced by Hanks. Universal Pictures will release Larry Crowne next summer on July 1, 2011.

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