Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair directed by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The album features the world premiere release of the complete score composed by Michel Legrand (Summer of ’42, Yentl, Never Say Never Again), as well as the song The Windmills of Your Mind performed by Noel Harrison and co-written with Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Legrand received an Academy Award for the song and was also nominated for his score. For the full details of the limited soundtrack edition for the MGM production, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and order the CD.
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‘In Your Eyes’ Score Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the indie drama In Your Eyes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Morales (Hatfield and McCoys, The Bag Man, Enemies Closer). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 10, 2014 and physically on July 1. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. In Your Eyes is directed by Brin Hill and stars Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Mark Feuerstein, Jennifer Grey and Nikki Reed. Joss Whedon has written the screenplay and also produced the project through his Bellwether Pictures production company. The movie follows two people who live on opposite sides of the country, but are able to experience what the other is experiencing. The drama premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month and is now available on demand on Vimeo.
‘The Good Wife’ Score Album Announced
CBS Records will release the first soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed CBS drama The Good Wife. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by David Buckley (The Forbidden Kingdom, The Town, From Paris With Love). For the first time during the series’ five seasons, the composer is submitting his baroque, classical score from the latest season for Emmy consideration. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 2, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Good Wife is created by Robert & Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Makenzie Vega, Alan Cumming, Josh Charles and Christine Baranski. The show concluded its fifth season earlier this month and will return for a sixth season this fall.
‘Rogue’ – Season 1 Soundtrack Released
The first soundtrack album for the DirecTV original series Rogue has been released. The album features selections from the original score of the show’s first season composed by Jeff Toyne (Dirty Girl, Blooded). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes and Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Rogue is created by Matthew Parkhill and stars Thandie Newton, Marton Csokas, Ian Hart, Claudia Ferri, Joshua Sasse, Jonathan Holmes, Sarah Jeffrey, Ian Tracey, Jarod Joseph, Matthew Beard and Martin Donovan. The show’s first season is now available on DVD. Toyne is also scoring the second season of the series, which follows Grace Travis as she has moved to San Francisco with her daughter and works as an FBI handler for a task force investigating corporate espionage. New episodes will premiere on May 28 on DirecTV’s Audience Channel.
‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi action thriller Edge of Tomorrow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Muppets, The Hangover, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The soundtrack will be released on June 3, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Edge of Tomorrow is directed by Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Charlotte Riley, Jonas Armstrong, Kick Gurry, Dragomir Mrsic and Franz Drameh. The movie is set in the near future when an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault and follows an officer who finds himself reliving his last day over and over after being killed. The thriller will be released nationwide on June 6, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
‘The Pretty One’ Soundtrack Details
A soundtrack release for the indie comedy The Pretty One has been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Julian Wass (Hit & Run, Noah’s Ark: Jumping the Broom). The soundtrack will be released on June 3, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Pretty One is written and directed by Jenée LaMarque and starring Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston, John Carroll Lynch and Frankie Shaw. The movie follows a young woman who is mistaken for her dead “perfect” identical twin and seizes the chance to masquerade as her sister. The comedy premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was released in select theaters earlier this year. The movie is also set to be released on DVD on June 3 and is available for pre-order here.
Soundtrack Album for History’s ‘The World Wars’ Released
A&E Networks has released a soundtrack album for the History event docu-series The World Wars. The album features the show’s original music composed by Rusty Massive. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The World Wars executive produced by Stephen David and directed by John Ealer tells the story of three devastating decades of war between 1914 and 1945 told through the eyes of the powerful leaders including Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series is narrated by Jeremy Renner and features interviews with contemporary leaders, including John McCain, Colin Powell, John Major and David Miliband, along with noted historians from around the world. The 3-part event series will premiere this Memorial Day, May 26 on History.
‘Vikings’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the History original series Vikings. The album features selections from the original music of the second season of the show composed by Trevor Morris (The Tudors, The Borgias, Immortals). The soundtrack will be released on June 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon . Vikings is created by Michael Hirst and stars Travis Fimmel, Jessalyn Gilsig, Gustaf Skarsgard, Clive Standen, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, George Blagde and Alyssa Sutherland. The historical drama tells the story of viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known mythological Norse heroes who rises to fame by successful raids into England with the support of his family and fellow warriors. The second season of Vikings premiered this spring on History and the show has already been renewed for a third season to air in 2015.
‘Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia’ Soundtrack Released
Madified Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Honeyman. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia is directed by Nicholas D. Wrathall and centers on the controversial author, screenwriter and essayist who passed away in 2012. Through interviews with Vidal himself, as well as friends and colleagues such as Tim Robbins and Christopher Hitchens, the movie reveals how the charismatic cultural critic used the media to wage blistering attacks on hypocrisy and establishment politics. The documentary premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on May 23 by IFC Films, following by a VOD release on May 29.
‘Maps to the Stars’ Soundtrack Single Released
Howe Records has released a single featuring a track from the soundtrack for David Cronenberg’s drama Maps to the Stars. The film’s music is composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed). The single is now available to download on Amazon. Check out an audio clips from the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is scheduled to be released this fall. Maps to the Stars starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird and Sarah Gadon. The drama tells the story of an archetypical Hollywood dynasty, including a psychotherapist, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; his wife who manages the career of their thirteen-year-old child star son; and their daughter who has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was admitted for the treatment of criminal pyromania.