B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Into the Wonderwoods (Angelo dans la forêt mystérieuse). The album features the film’s original music composed by Olivier Bernet (Persepolis, The Voices, Chicken with Plums, Hunted). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s theme for the title character Angelo below. Into the Wonderwoods is directed by Vincent Paronnaud & Alexis Ducord and tells the story of a 10 year-old boy who dreams of being an adventurer and explorer who gets lost one day on his way to his grandmother’s house and finds himself in a mysterious land inhabited by strange beings threatened by an enemy even worse than the local ogre.
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‘The Voices’ Soundtrack Released
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the dark comedy The Voices. The album features the film’s original music composed by Olivier Bernet (Persepolis, Chicken with Plums). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Voices is directed by Marjane Satrapi and stars Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver. The movie centers around a lovable but disturbed factory worker with an evil talking cat and a benevolent talking dog who pursues his office crush, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date. The comedy premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD in early 2015 by Lionsgate.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 6, 2015)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water directed by Paul Tibbitt and featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence and Douglas Lawrence. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack featuring five songs from the film. Visit Amazon to download the release. The movie’s original score is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, Bruce Almighty). No word yet on a release of the composer’s music. Visit a recent interview with Debney about his work on the film in Film Music Magazine. For more information about the Paramount Pictures release, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi adventure Jupiter Ascending written and directed by Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth. Michael Giacchino (Lost, Star Trek, Up, Ratatouille, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Olivier Bernet Scoring Marjane Satrapi’s ‘The Voices’
Composer Olivier Bernet is reuniting with director Marjane Satrapi on the upcoming dark crime comedy The Voices. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver and follows a lovable but disturbed factory worker with an evil talking cat, a benevolent talking dog and a peculiar relationship with a woman in accounting. Michael R. Perry (Paranormal Activity 2, The River) has written the screenplay. Matthew Rhodes (Southland Tales, Passengers), Adi Shankar, Roy Lee (The Lake House, Oldboy, The Strangers) and Spencer Silna (Main Street) are producing the Mandalay Vision and Vertigo Entertainment production. Bernet has previously collaborated with Satrapi on the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Persepolis and the comedy drama Chicken with Plums.
‘Chicken with Plums’ Soundtrack Announced
Milan Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the French drama Chicken with Plums. The album includes the film’s original score composed Olivier Bernet. The soundtrack will be released digitally in the US on August 28, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips from all tracks on the album. Milan previously released the album overseas under the film’s original title Poulet aux prunes. Chicken with Plums is directed by Vincent Parannaud & Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) and stars Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros and Chiara Mastroianni.