The details for the soundtrack album for Alexander Payne’s comedy drama Nebraska have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Orton (The Good Girl) of the Californian acoustic chamber music group Tin Hat. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2013 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to a track from the score after the jump. Nebraska stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, June Squibb and Bob Odenkirk. The movie follows an old man with increasing dementia who goes on a road trip from Montana to Nebraska with one of his sons to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won. The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and will be released on November 15, 2013 by Paramount Vantage.
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Pino Donaggio’s ‘Patrick’ Score to Be Released
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Patrick. The album features the film’s original score composed by Pino Donaggio (Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Blow Out) and performed by the City of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack is set to be released in January of 2014. Patrick is directed by Mark Hartley and stars Charles Dance, Sharni Vinson, Jackson Gallagher and Rachel Griffiths. The film is a re-imagining of the 1970’s Australian feature of the same title about a comatose hospital patient who harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own. The premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival this past summer and was just released in Australia. Phase 4 and Uncork’d Entertainment have recently picked up domestic distribution rights and are planning a release on VOD and in theaters in early 2014.
‘The Last Days on Mars’ Soundtrack Announced
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller The Last Days on Mars. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (Disconnect, Waltz With Bashir). The soundtrack will be released overseas on October 28, 2013. Check back on this page for the U.S. release date info and audio clips. The Last Days on Mars is directed by Ruairi Robinson and stars Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams, Johnny Harris, Goran Kostic and Tom Cullen. The movie follows a group of astronauts on an exploratory mission to Mars who discover colonies of bacteria living deep within the permafrost. The thriller premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was picked up for domestic distribution by Magnolia Pictures.
‘Attila Marcel’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the French comedy Attila Marcel have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by director Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belville) and Franck Monbaylet. Chomet previously wrote the music for his Academy Award-nominated feature The Illusionist. The soundtrack will be released in France on November 4, 2013 (click here for audio clips). No word yet on a domestic release date. Attila Marcel is written and directed by Chomet and stars Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, Bernadette Lafont and Hélène Vincent. The film marks the director’s first live action feature and follows a mute, sweet-natured man-child whose reawakened childhood memories unleash marvellous musical fantasies. The movie premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in France on October 30.
Elliot Goldenthal’s Expanded ‘Pet Sematary’ Score Released
La-La Land Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1989 horror thriller Pet Sematary directed by Mary Lambert, based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel and starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynne. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the movie composed by Elliot Goldenthal (Frida, Interview with a Vampire, Alien 3). The soundtrack features over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music from the Paramount Pictures production and also includes alternate tracks and source cues. To listen to audio clips and to order the CD, which is limited to 2000 copies, visit the label’s official website.
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Frozen. The album features the film’s original songs performed by the voice cast of the movie and written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, as well as a version of the song Let It Go performed by Demi Lovota (click here to check out the song, which premiered online earlier today). Also included is the film’s original score composed by Christophe Beck (Paperman, The Muppets, The Hangover). A deluxe edition of the soundtrack also features demos of both songs and score, outtakes and instrumental karaoke versions. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 25, 2013. The physical version will be released as a 2 CD-set and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Frozen is directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and features the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk and Ciarán Hinds.
Dave Grusin’s ‘Heaven Can Wait’ and ‘Racing With the Moon’ Scores to Be Released
Kritzerland has announced the world premiere release of the score for the 1978 hit comedy Heaven Can Wait directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry and starring Beatty alongside Julie Christie, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden, Joseph Maher and James Mason. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dave Grusin, including unused and alternate cues as bonus tracks. The composer received an Academy Award for his score for the Paramount Pictures production, which was also nominated in eight other categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The soundtrack also features the world premiere release of Grusin’s music for the 1984 drama Racing With the Moon directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern and Nicholas Cage.
‘The Book Thief’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Book Thief. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Williams. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. The Book Thief is directed by Brian Percival and stars Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nelisse. The movie is based on the selling-novel by Markus Zusack and tells the story of a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a new family in World War II Germany. The drama will be released on November 15 by 20th Century Fox.
‘Carrie’ Score Album Released
Sony Classical has released a score album for the horror thriller remake Carrie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. As previously announced, Columbia Records has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Carrie based on Stephen King’s classic horror story is directed by Kimberly Peirce and stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde and Ansel Elgort. The movie follows a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. The horror thriller is being released in theaters nationwide today.
‘Thor: The Dark World’ Soundtrack Details
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the superhero film sequel Thor: The Dark World. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast Five, Now You See Me). The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on October 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Intrada Records will release the album physically on November 12. Thor: The Dark World is directed by Alan Taylor and stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Kat Dennings, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Jaimie Alexander, Tadanobu Asano, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. The movie takes place in the aftermath of The Avengers and follows Thor as he battles to save all the Nine Realms from a mysterious enemy older than the universe itself. The sequel will be released nationwide on November 8, 2013 by Walt Disney Pictures.