First Artists Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican thriller On the Road (En El Camino). The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Balency-Béarn (The Head of Joaquín Murrieta, Dance of the 41). 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 first track after the jump. On the Road is written and directed by David Pablos and stars Osvaldo Sanchez and Victor Prieto Simental. The movie follows a world-weary trucker and a reckless young hitchhiker who form an uneasy alliance that quickly turns intimate and dangerous.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 21, 2012)
Five new movies are opening wide this week:
Opening today is the thriller Jack Reacher directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo and Robert Duvall. The film’s music is composed by Joe Kraemer who previously scored the director’s 2000 film The Way of the Gun. La-La Land Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week. The release date for the physical version is set for early January. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Also opening today is the comedy drama This is 40 written and directed by Judd Apatow and starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Segel, Robert Smigel, Charlyne Yi and Albert Brooks. The film’s original score is composed by Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). A soundtrack album featuring one score track by the composer, as well as the film’s songs by artists including Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, Graham Parker and Lindsey Buckingham (all produced by Jon Brion), Wilco and Ryan Adams has been released on Capitol Records. To check out the track list and learn more about the film and music, visit our previous article.
‘On the Road’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for Walter Salles’ upcoming drama On the Road have been revealed. The album includes the original score from the film written by Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel), as well as several songs featured in the movie by Coati Mundi, Ella Fitzgerald, Son House and Slim Gaillard. The soundtrack will be released overseas next month by Universal Music France. (UPDATE October 2012): The soundtrack will be released in the US on November 12, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. On the Road stars Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Buscemi, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Alicia Braga, Danny Morgan and Elisabeth Moss. The film based on the 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac and produced by Francis Ford Coppola will be premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month and is also opening in France and a couple of other European countries in late May.
Gustavo Santaolalla scoring ‘On the Road’
Gustavo Santaolalla is scoring the upcoming adventure drama On the Road. The film is directed by Walter Salles who previously worked together with the composer on The Motorcycle Diaries and 2008’s Linha de Passe. The movie stars Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund. On the Road is based on the 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac and is produced by Francis Ford Coppola. A release date in 2011 is expected.