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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 11, 2014)

Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:

rio-2Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Rio 2 directed by Carlinhos Brown and featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Jamie Foxx, Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth. The film’s original’s music is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon) and Sergio Mendes serves as the film’s executive music producer. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Sony Classical has released a separate soundtrack featuring Powell’s score. Click here for the score album details and to listen to audio clips.

draft-dayAlso opening wide is the sports drama Draft Day directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliot, Sean Combs, Terry Crews, Ellen Burstyn and Chadwick Boseman. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our soundtrack announcement.

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‘Rio 2’ Score Album Preview

rio2Sony Music has published audio clips from all tracks of the score album for Blue Sky Studios’ animated sequel Rio 2. The film’s music is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Trilogy, Shrek) and also features Brazilian singer and guitarist Milton Nascimento, the instrumental group UAKTI and the body percussion group Barbatuques. Check out the soundtrack preview after the jump. Sony Classical will release the soundtrack on April 8. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and check out our previous article for the full soundtrack details. 

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‘Rio 2’ Score Album Details

rio-2-scoreSony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the animated sequel Rio 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Trilogy, Shrek, Chicken Run) who collaborated with Brazilian singer/songwriter and guitarist Milton Nascimento, the instrumental group UAKTI and the body percussion group Barbatuques on the project. The soundtrack will be released on April 8, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, Atlantic Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s songs.

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‘Rio 2’ Soundtrack Details

rio-2Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Rio 2. The album features the songs from the film, including the original track What Is Love by Janelle Monae, which can be checked out after the jump. Also featured is the song Rio Rio, ” a new version of the track by Take You to Rio by Ester Dean featuring B.o.B., new tracks by Bruno Mars and his musical collaborator Philip Lawrence, as well as songs by director Carlinhos Brown and the film’s voice talent. The soundtrack will be released on March 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring John Powell’s original score will also be released. Details will be announced on this page soon. Rio 2 features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro and Jamie Foxx, as well as Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth.

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John Powell and Sergio Mendes to Return for ‘Rio 2’

rio20th Century Fox has announced this week that composer John Powell and Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes are returning to provide the music for the upcoming animated feature sequel Rio 2. The film is directed by Carlos Saldanha who directed the original 2011 film. Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, will.i.am, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto, Jake T. Austin and Jamie Foxx are returning to voice the characters from the first part and are joined by new voice talent including Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth, Rita Moreno, Amandla Stenberg, Rachel Crow, Pierce Gagnon and Natalie Morales. John C. Donkin and Bruce Anderson are producing the Blue Sky Animation production. The movie will feature new Brazilian artists and original music by Janelle Monáe and The Wondaland Arts Society, who also voices a role in the film. T

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