Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Seventh Son. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma, Live Free or Die Hard). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Seventh Son is directed by Sergei Bodrov and stars Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou and Julianne Moore. The movie follows a teen who is the seventh son of a seventh son, and who learns about wizardry from a forbidding spook.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2015)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller No Escape directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, I, Robot, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, Hellboy) and Buck Sanders (Warm Bodies, The Hurt Locker). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as the song Take Care of You by Jim James. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Weinstein Company release.
Also opening wide this week is the drama We Are Your Friends directed by Max Joseph and starring Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski, Wes Bentley, Shiloh Fernandez, Alex Shaffer, Jonny Weston and Jon Bernthal. Segal aka Matthew Simpson (Skins) has composed the film’s original score. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring tracks by EDM artists including Justice, Tchami, Will Sparks, Dom Dolla, Hayden James, The Magician, Years & Years, The Americanos & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 21, 2015)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Hitman: Agent 47 directed by Aleksander Bach and starring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds and Thomas Kretschmann. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, The Wolverine, Scream, The Hurt Locker). La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music next week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Fox release.
Also opening wide is the action comedy American Ultra directed by Nima Nourizadeh and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Tony Hale, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman and Walton Goggins. Marcelo Zarvos (The Affair, Ray Donavan, Remember Me, Enough Said) has composed the film’s original score. No word yet on a soundtrack album. American Ultra follows a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend is suddenly turned upside down when he finds out that he is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. For more information about the Lionsgate release, visit the official movie website.
‘No Escape’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller No Escape have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (The Wolverine, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, World War Z) and Buck Sanders (The Hurt Locker, Warm Bodies). Also included is a song by Jim James. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 21, 2015 and physically on October 2 by Lakeshore Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. No Escape is directed by John Erick Dowdle and stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell. The movie follows an American businessman and his family who settle into their new home in Southeast Asia and suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising.
‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller Hitman: Agent 47 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma). The soundtrack will be released physically next week on La-La Land Records’ website and is also available for pre-order on Amazon. Hitman: Agent 47 is directed by Aleksander Bach and stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds and Thomas Kretschmann. The movie based on the Hitman video game series centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 7, 2015)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Fantastic Four directed by Josh Trank and starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) and Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music digitally last week and a CD version is set to come out on August 14. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and visit Amazon to check out audio samples.
Also opening wide is the thriller The Gift directed by Joel Edgerton who also stars in the film alongside Rebecca Hall and Jason Bateman. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love, The Wolfpack) have composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score digitally today. A CD version is also available overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Marco Beltrami to Score Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Ben-Hur’
Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming epic historical drama Ben-Hur. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and stars Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur, Morgan Freeman as Ilderim, Toby Kebbell as Messala, Nazanin Boniadi as Esther and Rodrigo Santoro and as Jesus Christ. Sofia Black D’Elia, Ayelet Zurer, Moises Arias and Pilou Asbæk are co-starring. The movie is based on Lew Wallace’s epic novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ and follows a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
‘Fantastic Four’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the superhero movie Fantastic Four have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (The Wolverine, Scream, The Hurt Locker, World War Z) and Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman). The soundtrack will be released on August 14, 2015 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Fantastic Four is directed by Josh Trank and stars Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The movie based on the Marvel comic book series centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical forms in shocking ways.
3rd Annual Superhero Music Panel at Comic-Con Announced
The line-up of the 3rd Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero panel has been announced. Six leading Hollywood film and TV composers will offer a behind the scenes look at the music of today’s biggest superhero film and TV projects with unreleased film clips and never heard before music and discuss collaborating with the directors and the challenges involved in telling a story with music. Participating composers include Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg who recently scored the action hit Mad Max: Fury Road and has Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice coming up, Brian Tyler whose superhero film credits include Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: The Dark World and Iron Man 3, as well as Marco Beltrami who recently composed the music for the new Fantastic Four film adaptation and previously scored The Wolverine and Hellboy.
Expanded ‘3:10 to Yuma’ Soundtrack Released
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2007 western 3:10 to Yuma directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Peter Fonda. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z, The Hurt Locker) who received his first Academy Award nomination for his work on the Lionsgate production, including previously unreleased music. To order the CD, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.