Nathan Furst is currently scoring the upcoming racing action movie Need for Speed. The film directed by Scott Waugh is based on the Electronic Arts video game franchise and follows an underground racecar driver who owns a garage that modifies expensive cars to make them faster for racing and is framed and sent to prison when his best friend is murdered during a race. The movie stars Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Michael Keaton, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, Dakota Johnson, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malik and Harrison Gilbertson. George Gatins has written the screenplay based on an original story he developed with John Gatins (Flight, Real Steel) who is also producing the DreamWorks Pictures production with Patrick O’Brien and Mark Sourian.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 24, 2012)
Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the war movie Act of Valor directed by Scott Waugh & Mike “Mouse” McCoy about a group of active-duty Navy SEALs that is sent across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border. Relativity Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the film’s country songs by artists including Keith Urban, Sugarland and Lady Antebellum. Check out our previous article for the full details and audio clips. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the movie’s original score by composer Nathan Furst. Audio clips and more details about the score release can be found here.
Also opening wide is the thriller Gone directed by Heitor Dhalia and starring Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Dunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan and Wes Bentley. The film’s score is written by David Buckley (The Town, Forbidden Kingdom). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week and the CD version is set to come out next month. Visit our soundtrack announcement for the full details including audio clips. Also visit Film Music Media for an audio interview with Buckley about his work on the thriller.
‘Act of Valor’ Score Album Details
Relativity Music Group will be releasing a score album for the war movie Act of Valor. The soundtrack includes the original score from the film by composer Nathan Furst (Dust to Glory). The album will be released digitally on February 21, 2012 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album, as well as a preview of a full score track after the jump. A separate soundtrack album featuring the movie’s country songs is also being released on the same date as reported here. Act of Valor directed by Scott Waugh & Mike “Mouse” McCoy stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs, as well as Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle and Nestor Serrano. The movie will be released on February 24 by Relativity Media.