Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy sequel Ride Along 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Lennertz (Agent Carter, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief, Galavant, Think Like a Man, Hop) who collaborated with drummer Sheila E. and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval on the project. The composer previously scored the 2014 original film. The soundtrack will be released on January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ride Along 2 is directed by Tim Story and stars Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter and Sherri Shepherd.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 17, 2014)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy Ride Along directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Laurence Fishburne. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Revolution, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief) who previously scored Story’s Think Like a Man and will also score its sequel. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week and a CD version will be coming out on January 28 by Varese Sarabande. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit written and directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, as well as Branagh himself. The director’s regular musical collaborator Patrick Doyle (Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sense and Sensibility) has composed the film’s original score. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week and a CD version will be coming out in a few weeks. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to audio clips. Also visit YouTube for a video from the scoring sessions featuring an interview with Doyle.
‘Ride Along’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music and Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Ride Along. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Revolution, Identity Thief, Horrible Bosses). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 14, 2014 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be released on January 28 by Varese Sarabande and can be pre-ordered on here. Check out audio clips after the jump. Ride Along is directed by Tim Story and stars Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Laurence Fishburne. The comedy follows a fast-talking guy who joins his girlfriend’s brother, a hot-tempered cop, to patrol the streets of Atlanta and gets entangled in the officer’s latest case. The movie will be released nationwide on January 17 by Universal Pictures.
Christopher Lennertz to Score Tim Story’s ‘Ride Along’
Christopher Lennertz has been hired to score the upcoming action comedy Ride Along. The film is directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Barbershop) and stars Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Laurence Fishburne, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Jay Pharoah. The movie centers around a high school security guard and aspiring police officer who must survive a nightmarish 24-hour patrol “ride along” with his fiancee’s cop brother who disapproves of the marriage. Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez (Are We There Yet?) are producing the project for CubeVision, alongside Will Packer (Obsessed, Stomp the Yard) for Rainforest Films and Larry Brezner (Arthur, The ‘Burbs).