Urban Geek Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary To Be Takei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Hearst. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. To Be Takei is directed by Jennifer M. Kroot and centers on actor, activist and pop culture icon George Takei. The movie features interviews with Star Trek‘s William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig, as well as journalist Dan Savage and radio host Howard Stern. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released last month in select theaters and on VOD by Starz Digital Media.
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‘Field of Lost Shoes’ Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the Civil War drama Field of Lost Shoes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Damned, Beware the Batman). The soundtrack will be released physically on September 9, 2014 and digitally on September 16. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Check out audio clips below. Field of Lost Shoes is directed by Sean McNamara and stars David Arquette, Tom Skerritt and Jason Isaacs. The movie follows a group of teenage cadets, sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute, who must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
‘Whiplash’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the indie drama Whiplash. The album features the original jazz songs written for the film by Grammy nominee Tim Simonec, as well as the movie’s original underscore composed by Justin Hurwitz. Also included are number of classic jazz standards by artists including Stan Getz, Duke Ellington and more, as well as snippets of dialog from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on October 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Whiplash is written and directed by Damien Chazelle and stars Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang, Max Kasch and Damon Gupton. The movie follows an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for a theatrical release on October 10.
‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ Soundtrack Released
Sparks & Shadows has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, DaVinci’s Demons, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), as well as two remixes and two original songs by Young Beautiful in a Hurry written by the band’s Brendan McCreary. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie directed by James Rolfe & Kevin Finn is based on the web series of the same title. The Kickstarter-funded film centers around the mass burial of over 1 million copies of the proclaimed “worst video game of all time”, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. The movie premieres today on VOD.
Expanded ‘Gorky Park’ Score by James Horner Released
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1983 crime thriller Gorky Park directed by Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough, Nell, Gorillas in the Mist) based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel and starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy and Joanna Pacula. The album features the film’s expanded score composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart). Als included are a a number of alternate cues and a source cue written by the Academy Award-winning composer for the MGM production. To check out the full album details and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
‘The Boxtrolls’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for LAIKA Studios’ animated feature The Boxtrolls. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, V for Vendetta). The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. The Boxtrolls is directed by Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable and features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan and Simon Pegg. The movie follows a group of monsters who live underneath thestreets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out of the sewers at night to steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses.
‘Gemma Bovery’ Soundtrack Announced
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Gemma Bovery. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers). Also included are tracks by Alice Lewis, Rubin Steiner and Alain Chamfort. The soundtrack will be released on September 8, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Gemma Bovery is directed by Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) and stars Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng and Niels Schneider. The movie is based on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and follows a passionate young Englishwoman whose dull married life in a provincial Norman town steers her towards adultery. The drama will have its world premiere next month at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in France on September 10 with other European markets to follow.
‘Starred Up’ Soundtrack Released
Good Grace has released a soundtrack album for the prison drama Starred Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Doogan and the movie’s director David Mackenzie. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Starred Up directed by Mackenzie (Young Adam, Perfect Sense) stars Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend. The movie about a a troubled 19-year-old who ends up in the same prison as his father premiered at last year’s Telluride and Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Tribeca Film for domestic distribution. The drama is now available on VOD and is being released in select theaters today, August 27.
Varese Sarabande to Release Steven Price’s ‘Fury’ Score
Varese Sarabande has announced the official soundtrack album for the World War II action drama Fury. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Attack the Block, The World’s End). The soundtrack will be released on October 14, 2014. Check back on this page for the full album details and audio clips. Fury is written and directed by David Ayer and stars Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs and Scott Eastwood. The movie is set in April of 1945 as the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre and follows a battle-hardened army sergeant who commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Summer Rental’ and ‘Critical Condition’ Scores Released
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for two 80s comedies from Paramount Pictures, including 1985’s Summer Rental directed by Carl Reiner (The Man With Two Brains) and starring John Candy, Richard Crenna and Rip Thorn, as well as 1987’s Critical Condition directed by Michael Apted (The World Is Noe Enough, Nell) and starring Richard Pryor. Both scores are written and conducted by Academy Award-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away). To pre-order the limited edition CD and to check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.