Crashington Music has released a new soundtrack album for the biographical musical drama Better Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by Batu Sener (The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Ice Age: Scrat Tales, Atatürk). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s score suite after the jump. Columbia Records has previously released an album featuring the songs from the movie last December. Better Man is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Williams himself, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Tom Budge, Kate Mulvaney, Frazer Hadfield and Anthony Hayes. The movie follows British pop superstar Robbie Williams’ journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of boyband Take That, through to his achievements as a record-braking solo artist.
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Robbie Williams’ Original Song ‘Forbidden Road’ from ‘Bettter Man’ Disqualified from Oscar Consideration
The Academy has notified members of the music branch that the Oscar-shortlisted original song Forbidden Road from the biographical musical drama Better Man has been disqualified. The track co-written (with Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek and produced by Dan Romer & Wexler) and performed by Robbie Williams was found to feature “material from an existing song that was not written for this film.” The existing title has been identified as the Jim Croce song I Got A Name written by Academy governor Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel for the 1973 feature The Last American Hero. Listen to both tracks for a comparison after the jump and check out our previous article for the other fourteen titles remaining on the Original Songs shortlist.
‘Better Man’ Soundtrack Album Details
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical musical drama Better Man. The album features the songs from the film by Robbie Williams, including such hits as Angels, She’s the One & Let Me Entertain You (re-recorded and newly arranged for the movie), his cover of My Way & more. Also included is Williams’ original song Forbidden Road (co-written with Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek and produced by Dan Romer & Wexler), which is already available to stream/download now. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 27 and on CD and cassette in early 2025. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Also check out the official lyric video for Forbidden Road after the jump. Better Man is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Williams himself, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Raechelle Banno, Damon Herriman, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvaney, Tom Budge, Frazer Hadfield and Anthony Hayes.
Batu Sener Scoring Michael Gracey’s ‘Better Man’
Batu Sener (The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Ice Age: Scrat Tales, Atatürk) is scoring the upcoming biographical movie musical Better Man. The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) and stars British singer/songwriter Robbie Williams as himself, Jonno Davies as his younger self, as well as Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Anthony Hayes, Damon Herriman and Kate Mulvany. The movie chronicles the former Take That member’s ascent, exploring the experiences that made him who he is, and the demons he battled both on and off the stage as he became a huge star.
‘Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie’ Soundtrack Album Details
22D Music & Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie. The album features the film’s original score composed by director Jeremy Zag, as well as the original songs written by Zag and featuring lyrics by Zag himself, Michael Gracey, Chris Read and Britt Burton. The soundtrack will be released in the U.S. digitally next Friday, July 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie is co-written and directed by Zag and features the voices of Cristina Valenzuela, Bryce Papenbrook, Keith Silverstein, Carrie Keranen, Paul St. Peter, Mela Lee and Max Mittelman.
‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack Details
Atlantic Records will release the official soundtrack album for the movie musical The Greatest Showman. The album features the original songs from the movie composed by Academy Award winners Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen) and performed by the movie’s cast. Two tracks, The Greatest Show and This Is Me, will already be available to download tomorrow. The full soundtrack will be released on December 8, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Greatest Showman is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya.
‘The Greatest Showman’ to Feature Score by John Debney
John Debney is composing the underscore for the movie musical The Greatest Showman. The film is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya. The movie is inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum and revolves around a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. As previously announced, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen) have written the original songs for the musical. Jenny Bicks (What a Girl Wants) and Bill Condon (Beauty and the Beast, Dreamgirls) wrote the screenplay.