Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the HBO drama Mildred Pierce. The music for the mini-series is written by Carter Burwell. The album includes Burwell’s original score, as well as number of classical pieces and songs featured in the series. The soundtrack will be released on May 3, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Audio clips can be found below. Mildred Pierce is directed by Todd Haynes and stars Kate Winslet, Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce. The final two episodes will be premiering this Sunday on HBO.

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BREAKING NEWS: Carter Burwell returns to score final ‘Twilight’ films

January 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 3 comments

Tags: Bill Condon, Breaking Dawn, Carter Burwell, Mildred Pierce, The Twilight Saga, Twilight

Film Music Reporter has learned that Carter Burwell will return to the Twilight franchise to score the two final films in the series. The final two movies are directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), who worked with Burwell on Gods and Monsters and Kinsey. Burwell previously scored the first part in the series directed by Catherine Hardwicke, with Alexandre Desplat taking over for New Moon, followed by Howard Shore for last year’s Eclipse. There have been many rumors going around on who the composer for the final movies will be (including such names as Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell), but ultimately Carter Burwell was chosen to return to the series.

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Burwell to score HBO mini-series

September 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Carter Burwell, Mildred Pierce, True Grit

Carter Burwell has been hired to score the upcoming HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce. The five part series is directed by Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine) and follows a divorced single mom who decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her her ambitious elder daughter. Mildred Pierce stars Kate Winslet, Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce. The project marks Burwell’s first TV mini-series and second collaboration with HBO after the 1993 drama And The Band Played On.

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