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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 18, 2013)

Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

mamaExpected to top the weekend box office is the supernatural thriller Mama directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nellsse. The film’s music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Devil). Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our soundtrack announcement, where you can also learn more about the film and watch the trailer.

broken-city-soundtrackAlso opening wide is the crime thriller Broken City directed by Allen Hughes and starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler, Barry Pepper, Natalie Martinez, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Chambers, James Ransone and Griffin Dunne. The film’s music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross who have previously scored The Book of Eli for Allen Hughes and his brother. Metropolis Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s score. For audio clips and to learn more about the album, visit our previous article.

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‘Mama’ Soundtrack Details

mama Quartet Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the supernatural thriller Mama. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Devil). (UPDATE: January 14, 2013):The soundtrack has been released digitally and is now available on Amazon and iTunes. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. A physical album is coming out overseas on January 16 and is available for pre-order on the label’s official website. Mama directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nellsse follows a couple faced with the challenge of raising two children that were left alone in the forest for 5 years. The film executive produced by Guillermo del Toro will be released on January 18, 2013 by Universal Pictures.

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Fernando Velazquez to Score ‘Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box’

Fernando Velazquez has been tapped to score the family fantasy adventure Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box. The film is based on the novel by G.P. Taylor and stars Aneurin Barnard as a 17-year-old boy in Victorian England who is searching for his lost parents and kidnapped with his younger brother in a mysterious luxury hotel filled with villains, child-snatching creatures and a box which turns ordinary objects into gold. Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, Keeley Hawes and Ioan Gruffudd are also starring. Jonathan Newman (Swinging with the Finkels)  is directing the film and Gavin Scott (Small Soldiers), Rob Sprackling & John Smith (Gnomeo & Juliet) have adapted the teen adventure novel for the screen. Peter Bevan & Karl Richards are producing for Entertainment Motion Pictures in association with Ibon Cormenzana & Ignasi Estape (Hawthorne) for Spain’s Arcadia Motion Pictures.

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