Warner Bros. Records will release a soundtrack album for the zombie thriller World War Z. The album features the film’s original score composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, The Hurt Locker). The soundtrack will be released on June 18, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album will also be released on Vinyl on July 16 (click here to pre-order). World War Z is directed by Marc Forster and stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale and Matthew Fox. The film follows an official of the U.N. who is trying to get back to his family as he travels the globe looking for ways to stop the pandemic. The movie will be released nationwide on July 21 by Paramount Pictures.
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Marco Beltrami to Score ‘World War Z’
Marco Beltrami has signed on to score the post-apocalyptic horror thriller World War Z. The movie is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball, Quantum of Solace) and stars Brad Pitt as a U.N. employee who scours the world, interviewing survivors of a Zombie apocalypse. Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston and David Morse are co-starring. The film is based on the bestselling novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War written by Max Brooks, which is set 10 years after a global zombie epidemic. J. Michael Straczynski (The Changeling) and Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom) have written the screenplay and Pitt is producing the big-budget film with Dede Gardner (The Tree of Life) and Jeremy Kleiner.
Asche & Spencer scoring ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
Asche & Spencer have been hired to score the upcoming action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. The movie tells the story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been forced to become soldiers. The movie starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace). Machine Gun Preacher marks the third collaboration between the composers and the director, who previously worked together on Monster’s Ball and Stay. Lionsgate is planning a release this September.