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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2011)

July 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Dark of the Moon, James Newton Howard, John Swihart, Larry Crowne, Mandy Hoffman, Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, Terri, The Perfect Host, Transformers

Three new movies are opening wide this holiday weekend:

Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whitley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong, Alan Tudyk, Frances McDormand and John Turturro already opened on Wednesday. The film’s music is composed by Steve Jablonsky. A score album has been released digitally and is available to download on iTunes (check out our soundtrack announcement for more information). A physical CD release is expected later this year. For an audio interview with Jablonsky talking about his score for the film, visit Film Music Magazine. A separate soundtrack with songs from the movie is also available. Click here for more details on the song album.

Also opening wide this weekend is the Tom Hanks-directed comedy drama Larry Crowne starring Hanks and Julia Roberts. The movie is scored by composer James Newton Howard. A soundtrack album featuring twelve songs from the film and one track of Newton Howard’s score has been released earlier this week on Rhino Records. Check out our previous article for more information and audio clips from the soundtrack.

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Michael Giacchino’s ‘Monte Carlo’ Soundtrack Details

June 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack

Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the teen comedy Monte Carlo. The album includes 40 tracks of Michael Giacchino‘s original score from the film. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Monte Carlo is directed by Tom Bezucha (The Family Stone) and stars Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell. The movie tells the story of a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris with one girl’s future stepsister, where one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, which leads the girls to find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo.

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‘Cars 2’ Soundtrack Update

May 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brad Paisley, Cars 2, Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, Perfume, Pixar, Robbie Williams, score, Soundtrack, Weezer

A press release from Disney has announced the contents of the upcoming soundtrack release of Pixar’s Cars 2. Apart from 21 tracks of Michael Giacchino‘s original score, the album also includes a song written by the composer and performed by French singer/songwriter Bénabar. The song is called Mon coeur fait vroum (My Heart Goes Vroom) and is providing a musical introduction to Paris in the animation sequel. Also included on the soundtrack is the American alternative rock band Weezer, performing their own take of the 1984 pop hit You Might Think. Country superstar Brad Paisley, who was a major contributor to the first Cars soundtrack, returns with two new songs, including the duet Collisions of World, performed by Paisley and singer/songwriter Robbie Williams. Finally, the hit single Polyrhythm by the Japanese girl band Perfume is also featured on the release. The soundtrack will be released on June 14. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon.

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‘Monte Carlo’ Soundtrack Album Coming

April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack

UPDATE (June 1, 2011): The soundtrack is now available to pre-order on Amazon.

The first trailer of the upcoming teen comedy Monte Carlo recently surfaced online. A closer look to the trailer’s credits reveals that a soundtrack album for the film will be released by Varese Sarabande Records. Given the label’s relationship with composer Michael Giacchino, we expect the album to feature the original score from the movie. Monte Carlo tells the story of a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris with one girl’s future stepsister, where one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, which leads the girls to find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo. The movie stars Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell. The film reunites Giacchino with director Tom Bezucha who previosuly worked with the composer on the holiday drama The Family Stone.

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Giacchino to score Cars 2

October 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: 50/50, Cars 2, I'm With Cancer, Live With It, Michael Giacchino, Mission Impossible 4, Monte Carlo, Super 8

According to a recent article in Variety, Michael Giacchino has started working on Pixar’s animation sequel Cars 2. Giacchino follows the footsteps of Randy Newman, who scored the first part back in 2006. In the sequel directed by Brad Lewis and John Lassetter, racing star Lightning McQueen teams up with his best friend Mater for an international adventure as they go up against the world’s fastest car. Most of the voice talent of the first movie is expected to return. Cars 2, which marks Giacchino’s third Pixar project after The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Up is slated to come out on June 24, 2011.

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