Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the period drama Belle. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma). The soundtrack will be released on May 13, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Belle is directed by Amma Asante and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Sarah Gadon, Penelope Wilton, Miranda Richardson, Tom Felton, Sam Reid and Matthew Goode. The movie inspired by the true story of Dido Elizebeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in the U.S. on May 2, 2014 by Fox Searchlight.
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‘The Final Member’ Soundtrack Details
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Final Member. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, The Way Way Back). The soundtrack will be released on April 22, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Final Member is directed by Jonah Bekhor & Zach Math and follows Sigurour “Siggi” Hjartarson, who founded the Icelandic Phallological Museum, the world’s only museum dedicated to preserved male genitalia. The documentary will open in select theaters on April 18 by Drafthouse Films and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 17.
Back Lot Music to Release ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for Seth MacFarlane’s western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joel McNeely (Holes, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Soldier). The composer recently recorded his orchestral music in Los Angeles and collaborated with the bluegrass band Punch Brothers on a number of cues. The soundtrack will be released on May 27, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. A Million Ways to Die in the West is co-written, produced and directed by MacFarlane who also stars in the film alongside Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman and Liam Neeson.
Soundtrack Details for Disneynature’s ‘Bears’
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Bears. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer George Fenton (Anna and the King, Gandhi, Groundhog Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bears is directed by Keith Scholey & Alastair Fothergill and showcases a year in the life of a bear family as two impressionable young cubs are taught life’s most important lessons. The Disneynature production is narrated by John C. Reilly. The documentary is will be released nationwide on April 18 by Walt Disney Pictures.
‘Calvary’ Soundtrack Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy drama Calvary. The album features the film’s original music composed by Patrick Cassidy (Kill the Irishman, Salem’s Lot) who recorded his music with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin. The soundtrack will be released on May 13, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Calvary is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard) and stars Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Marie-Josée Croze, Isaach De Bankolé, Pat Shortt, David Wilmot and Domhnall Gleeson. The movie follows a good-natured priest whose world is put into disarray after being threatened during a confession. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released last week in the UK.
WaterTower Music to Release ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4 Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the fourth soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections from the score of the fourth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. No word yet on whether Sigur Rós’ version of The Rains of Castamere, which was released as a single yesterday, will be featured on the release. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the third season, while Varese Sarabande released soundtracks for season 1 and season 2.
Michael Small’s ‘First Born’ and ‘Child’s Play’ Scores Released
Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack album featuring the world premiere release of the scores for two movies from Paramount Pictures scored by composer Michael Small (Marathon Man, Klute, The Stepford Wives), including the music for the 1984 drama First Born directed by Michael Apted (Goldeneye, The Mask of Zorro) and starring Peter Weller, Christopher Collet and Teri Garr. Also featured is the score for the 1972 thriller Child’s Play directed by Sidney Lumet and starring James Mason, Robert Preston and Beau Bridges. Both scores are composed and conducted by Small. For more information about the album and to check out audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the soundtrack.
‘Locke’ Soundtrack Details
Fiction Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Locke. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Out of the Furnace, Winter’s Bone). The soundtrack will be released overseas on April 21, 2014. Details on the domestic release will be added to this article soon. Locke is written and directed by Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) and stars Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland and Bill Milner. The movie follows a man who has the perfect family and a dream job, but a phone call forces him to make a decision that will put it all on the line. The drama premiered at last year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festival will be released on April 25 by A24 Films.
‘Heaven is for Real’ Score Album Details
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Heaven is for Real. The album features the film’s original music composed, arranged and conducted by Nick Glennie-Smith who previously collaborated with the movie’s director Randall Wallace on his previous three movies including The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers and Secretariat. The composer and directed have also composed the original song You Are Home, which is featured on the album in three different versions. The soundtrack is being released digitally today on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring songs inspired by the film is already available. Heaven is for Real starring Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale and Thomas Haden Church follows a real-life couple whose son claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience.
‘The Love Punch’ Soundtrack Details
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy The Love Punch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Michel Bernard (Be Kind Rewind, The Science of Sleep). The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Love Punch is written and directed by Joel Hopkins (Last Chance Harvey) and stars Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Louise Bourgoin and Laurent Lafitteas. The movie follows a divorced couple who have to reunite when their pension is stolen by an unscrupulous businessman. The comedy will be released in the UK on April 18. Ketchup Entertainment has picked up domestic distribution rights and is planning a release in the U.S. later this year.