Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for Quentin Tarantino’s western The Hateful Eight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission). Also included are the songs featured in the film, including The White Stripes’ Apple Blossom, David Hess’ Now You’re All Alone, Roy Orbison’s There Won’t Be Many Coming Home, as well as dialogue clips from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Hateful Eight is written and directed by Tarantino and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir and Channing Tatum.
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‘The Dressmaker’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the period comedy drama The Dressmaker. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Shine, Australia, The Railway Man). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Dressmaker is co-written and directed by Jocelyn Moorehouse and stars Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Caroline Goodall and Sacha Horler. The comic drama is based on the bestselling novel by Rosalie Ham and follows a dressmaker who returns to her tiny Australian hometown from the chic fashion houses of Paris to put her past to rest — and revolutionize the local women’s couture while she’s at it.
‘The Danish Girl’ Soundtrack Details
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Danish Girl. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Danish Girl is directed by Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl, Les Miserables) and stars Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard and Matthias Schoenaerts. The movie tells the true story inspired of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener whose marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
‘Downton Abbey’ Ultimate Collection Soundtrack Announced
Decca Classics will release a new soundtrack album for the hit drama Downton Abbey. The album features music all six seasons of the show written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, The White Queen). The Ultimate Collection will be released as a 2-CD set on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Downton Abbey is created by Julian Fellowes and stars Samantha Bond, Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Tom Cullen, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Siobhan Finneran, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Thomas Howes and Lily James. The period drama aired over the last five years in the UK on ITV and in the U.S. on PBS.
‘In the Heart of the Sea’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Ron Howard’s action adventure drama In the Heart of the Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, Evil Dead, Sexy Beast, Oldboy) who recorded his score with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. In the Heart of the Sea stars Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Jordi Mollá, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson. The movie is based on a novel by Nathaniel Philbrick and follows a whaling ship that is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Score Album Details
Universal Music Enterprises will release a score album for F. Gary Gray’s drama Straight Outta Compton. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Joseph Trapanese (Insurgent, Oblivion, TRON: Uprising, Earth to Echo) and produced by the composer and Bryan Lawson. The soundtrack will be released on January 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film will also be released on the same day. Straight Outta Compton starring O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren and Paul Giamatti as N.W.A.’s manager Jerry Heller chronicles the rise of the hip hop group N.W.A.
‘Jaws’ 2-CD Soundtrack Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws and starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. The album features the film’s Academy Award-winning original music composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark). The 2-CD set features the complete score, including previously unreleased music and alternate cues on the first disc, as well as the content of the original 1975 soundtrack album and a number of source cues on the second disc. To pre-order the CD and to check out the full album details, visit Intrada’s online store, where you can also listen to audio samples.
‘Full of Grace’ Soundtrack Announced
A soundtrack album will be released for the biblical epic Full of Grace. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Johnson. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 1, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Full of Grace is directed by Andrew Hyatt (The Last Light, The Frozen) and stars Noam Jenkins, Bahia Haifi and Kelsey Chow. The movie tells the story of the New Testament from the perspective of Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus Christ.
‘Cowboys’ Soundtrack Details
L’R Du Tresor will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Cowboys (Les Cowboys). The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Raphaël (aka Raphaël Haroche). Also included are songs by Connie Francis and Patsy Cline. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on November 20, 2015. Visit Amazon for the full album details and audio samples. Cowboys is co-written and directed by Thomas Bidegain (screenwriter of A Prophet & Rust and Bone) and stars Francois Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia, John C. Reilly, Antonia Campbell-Hughes. The movie follows a French Wild West enthusiast who sets off on a journey to find his estranged daughter, who has run away and converted to Islam.
‘Cop Car’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller Cop Car. The album features the film’s original music composed by Phil Mossman (Another Earth, Lola Versus, I Origins). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Cop Car is directed by Jon Watts (Marvel Studios’ upcoming Spider-Man reboot) and stars Kevin Bacon, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson and Hays Wellford. The movie follows two 10-year-old boys attempting to navigate the back roads behind the wheel of a seemingly abandoned police car that they have no clue how to operate.