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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 22, 2011)

Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

The comic book adaptation Captain America:The First Avenger directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci and Dominic Cooper features music by Alan Silvestri. A soundtrack album including the composer’s score has been released on Buena Vista Records. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information and audio clips. Also featured on the album is the song Star Spangled Man (music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel). Visit Hitflix for an interview with the composer about the song and check out Film Music Magazine’s interview with Silvestri on the score.

Also opening wide is the comedy Friends with Benefits directed by Will Gluck and starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson, Richard Jenkins, Emma Stone, Jenna Elfman and Andy Samberg. A soundtrack album featuring song selections from the film has been released on Madison Gate Records earlier this week. To check out the soundtrack details, visit our previous article.

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‘Sarah’s Key’ Soundtrack announced

Milan Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the French drama Sarah’s Key. The album includes the original score from the film composed by Max Richter, as well as several songs from the film by artists including Frehel, Loren Wilfong and Sarah Ber. The soundtrack will be released on June 19 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all track on the album below.  Sarah’s Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah) is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and stars Kristin Scott Thomas as an American journalist living in Paris, Melusine Mayance and Niels Arestrup. The film premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by the Weinstein Company for a theatrical release on July 22.

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Max Richter Scoring ‘The Congress’

Max Richter has recently been working on the score for the sci-fi movie The Congress. The project reunites Richter with director Ari Folman who previously collaborated with the composer on the Academy Award-nominated animated documentary Waltz with Bashir. The film is an adaptation of the novella The Congress from sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem (Solaris) and will be half live action and half 2D animation. Robin Wright stars as a struggling actress who is offered one last job by a major studio. They want to scan her body, own her image and likeness and use it anyway they want, with the catch being that she will never be able to act again. Paul Giamatti, Harvey Keitel, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Danny Huston are co-starring.

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