Back Lot Music will release a score album for Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The album features the film’s original score composed by Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs, Smallfoot, Paw Patrol – The Movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, It’s Complicated) who previously scored the first Minions movie and all three installments in the Despicable Me series. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 8 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Decca Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie and a score suite last Friday.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru directed by Kyle Balda and starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Julie Andrews and Alan Arkin. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Angry Birds Movie, Smallfoot, The Smurfs). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists such as Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala, St. Vincent, BROCKHAMPTON, among others, as well as score suite by Pereira. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Illumination Entertainment production.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm’s List directed by Emma Holly Jones and starring Freida Pinto, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Zawe Ashton, Ashley Park and Theo James. Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mum’s List) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Bleecker Street release.
H.E.R.’s ‘Dance to the Music’ Cover from ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Released
Decca Records has released the cover version of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1967 anthem Dance to the Music from the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The track produced by Jack Antonoff (who serves as the executive producer of the film’s soundtrack) and performed by Academy Award winner H.E.R. is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Several other songs from the movie have been released over the last couple of weeks and the full soundtrack album will be coming out next Friday, July 1. Click here for the full album details.
BROCKHAMPTON’s ‘Hollywood Swinging’ Cover from ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Released
Decca Records has released the cover version of Kool & the Gang’s Hollywood Swinging from the soundtrack of the animated movie Minions: The Rise of Gru. The track produced by Jack Antonoff and performed by BROCKHAMPTON is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. The label will release a full soundtrack album featuring tracks by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala, Kali Uchis, St. Vincent & others on July 1.
St. Vincent’s ‘Funkytown’ Cover from ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Released
Decca Records has released the cover version of Lipps Inc.’s 1979 disco hit Funkytown from the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The track is produced by Jack Antonoff and performed by St. Vincent (Annie Clark) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the full song below and check our previous article for the details of the full soundtrack album for the movie, which will be released on July 1. Minions: The Rise of Gru directed by Kyle Balda and starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews & Alan Arkin will open in theaters on the same day.
Kali Uchis’ ‘Desafinado’ Cover from ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Released
Decca Records has released the cover version of Stan Getz’s & Joao Gilberto’s Desafinado by Kali Uchis from Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The song produced by Jack Antonoff is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the full track below. A first song from the movie (Turn Up the Sunshine by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala) has been released last week and the full soundtrack album will be coming out on July 1.
Diana Ross’ & Tame Impala’s Original Song ‘Turn Up the Sunshine’ from ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Released
Decca Records has released the original song Turn Up the Sunshine from the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The track written by Jack Antonoff (who also produced the song), Patrik Berger, Sam Dew & Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and performed by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released digitally and physically on July 1. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Soundtrack Album Details
Decca Records has announced a soundtrack album for Illumination’s animated comedy Minions: The Rise of Gru. The album is produced by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff features the new track Turn Up the Sunshine by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala (to be released as a digital single on May 20), St. Vincent’s cover of Lipps Inc’s Funkytown, H.E.R.’s rendition of Sly and The Family Stone’s Dance to the Music, Bleachers’ version of John Lennon’s Instant Karma! and Phoebe Bridgers’ interpretation of The Carpenters’ 1972 Goodbye to Love, as well as the Minions’ performance of Simon & Garfunkel’s Cecilia. Also included is a score suite by the film’s composer Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Smurfs, The Angry Birds Movie). The soundtrack will be released digitally, on 3-panel CD digipack, standard black double LP, yellow & blue splattered double LP, yellow cassette and a limited-edition picture disc on July 1. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl editions.
Heitor Pereira Scoring Cal Brunker’s ‘PAW Patrol: The Movie’
Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming animated feature PAW Patrol: The Movie. The film based on Nickelodeon’s animated series of the same title is directed by Cal Brunker (Escape from Planet Earth) and features the voices of Beckett Hipkiss, Kingsley Marshall, Shayle Simons, Keegan Hedley,Lilly Bartlam & Ron Pard who reprise their characters from the show. They are joined by Iain Armitage, Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Kimmel, Tyler Perry, Randall Park, Dax Shepard, Yara Shahidi, Marsai Martin and Will Brisbin. The movie follows the pups as they are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.