Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 fantasy adventure Legend directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, David Bennent and Tim Curry. The 2-CD set features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Poltergeist, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, Basic Instinct), including the composer’s expanded score feat. two previously unreleased cues, plus two alternate tracks on the first disc, and a remastered version of the original soundtrack album on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the soundtrack, which is limited to 2,000 copies.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 20, 2015)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the final installment in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay: Part 2 directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin and Jena Malone. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (Maleficent, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Village). Republic Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally on Monday and physically the following week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the comedy The Night Before directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Julian Bell, Mindy Kaling and Michael Shannon. Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, Warm Bodies) and Miles Hankins have composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures, visit our scoring assignment announcement.
Soundtrack for Brian Helgeland’s ‘Legend’ Announced
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for Brian Helgeland’s crime drama Legend. The album features selections from the film’s original music composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, True Grit, Being John Malkovich, Carol). Also included are the songs from and inspired by the film by such artists as The Meters, Duffy, Georgie Fame, Rod Stewart, Burt Bacharach, Poncho Sanchez, The Rockin’ Berries, Booker T & The Mg’s, The Righteous Brothers & more. The soundtrack will be released overseas on September 11, 2015. The domestic release is set for October 2 and features 14 tracks from the album. Visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. Legend is written and directed by Helgeland and stars Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Aneurin Barnard, Colin Morgan, Paul Anderson, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri and Tara Fitzgerald.
Carter Burwell to Score Brian Helgeland’s ‘Legend’
Carter Burwell has been hired to score the upcoming crime thriller Legend. The film is written and directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River, 42, Payback) and stars Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Aneurin Barnard, Colin Morgan, Paul Anderson, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri and Tara Fitzgerald. The movie follows the rise and fall of the Kray twins, notorious gangsters who dominated London crime in the sixties. Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Les Miserables, The Theory of Everything), Christopher Clark (Calvary, The Guard) and Quentin Curtis (London Boulevard) are producing the Working Title production.