Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jim Copperthwaite. Also included is the score for the 1971 film Le Mans composed by Michel Legrand. The soundtrack will be released on November 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans directed by Gabriel Clarke & John McKenna tells the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Steve McQueen’s passion project film about the Le Mans 24-hour car race.
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‘The Price of Fame’ Soundtrack Details
Playtime will release a soundtrack album for the comedy The Price of Fame (La rançon de la gloire). The album features the film’s original music written and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair, Yentl, Never Say Never Again). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 5, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Price of Fame is written and directed by Xavier Beauvois and stars Benoit Poelvoorde, Roschdy Zem, Seli Gmach, Chiara Mastroianni, Nadine Labaki, Peter Coyote, Xavier Maly, Arthur Beauvois and Dolores & Eugene Chaplin. The movie tells the true story about two marginalized immigrants who dug up Charlie Chaplin’s coffin for ransom money in the 1970s.
Expanded ‘Gorky Park’ Score by James Horner Released
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1983 crime thriller Gorky Park directed by Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough, Nell, Gorillas in the Mist) based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel and starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy and Joanna Pacula. The album features the film’s expanded score composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart). Als included are a a number of alternate cues and a source cue written by the Academy Award-winning composer for the MGM production. To check out the full album details and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
Complete ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Soundtrack by Michel Legrand Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair directed by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The album features the world premiere release of the complete score composed by Michel Legrand (Summer of ’42, Yentl, Never Say Never Again), as well as the song The Windmills of Your Mind performed by Noel Harrison and co-written with Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Legrand received an Academy Award for the song and was also nominated for his score. For the full details of the limited soundtrack edition for the MGM production, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and order the CD.
‘Bound for Glory’ Soundtrack Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack CD release for Hal Ashby’s 1976 film Bound for Glory starring David Carradine. The album features the previously unreleased original score from the film composed by Leonard Rosenman (Barry Lyndon), as well as the content of the original 1976 album featuring the tunes of Woody Guthrie, which were adapted for the project by Rosenman who received the Academy Award in the Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score category for his work on the film. The soundtrack is now available to order on Intrada’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips from the album.