Relativity Music Group will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Free Birds. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dominic Lewis. Also included are two original songs recorded for the film, including a cover of Creedence Clearwater’s Up Around the Bend by Social Distortion and Back in Time by MattyBRaps. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album will be released overseas by Sony Classical. Free Birds is directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!) and features the voice talent of Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler, Dan Fogler, Lesley Nicol, George Takei, Colm Meaney and Keith David. The movie follows two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks who must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history. The animated feature will be released nationwide on November 1 by Relativity Media.
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‘Diana’ Soundtrack Details
Canderblinks will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Diana. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Analyze That) and Keefus Ciancia (Nashville). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Diana is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and stars Naomi Watts as Princess Diana and centers on the last two years of her life and the secret love affair she had with Dr. Hasnat Khan, played by Naveen Andrews. The drama is now playing in theaters in the UK and will be released in select U.S. cities on November 1, 2013 by Entertainment One Films.
‘Philomena’ Soundtrack Details
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for Stephen Frears’ upcoming comedy drama Philomena. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Argo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as The Queen, Tamara Drewe and Cheri. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on October 28, 2013 and in the U.S. on November 25, 2013. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Check out audio clips after the jump. Philomena starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan tells the true story of an Irish woman seeking the illegitimate son she was forced to put up for adoption in the U.S. The movie premiered at this year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by the Weinstein Company for a theatrical release in the U.S. on November 22, 2013.
‘The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet’ Soundtrack Announced
Sony Music has released a soundtrack album for Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 3D family adventure The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (El extraordinario viaje de T.S. Spive). The album features the film’s original music composed by Denis Sanacore. The soundtrack is now available both digitally and physically in France. Visit the French Amazon store to listen to audio clips. No domestic release has been announced yet. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is co-written and directed by Jeunet (Amelie, Alien: Resurrection, Delicatessen) is based on the novel by Reif Larsen and stars Helena Bonham Carter, Kyle Catlett and Judy Davis. The movie follows a 12-year-old boy with extraordinary skills who leaves his family in Montana and takes off on a cross-country adventure to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. to receive a prize. The movie will be released in France this Wednesday, October 16.
‘The Scapegoat’ Soundtrack Details
Chapter 2 will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama The Scapegoat (Au bonheur des ogres). The album features the film’s original score composed by Golden Globe-nominated composer Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Election). Also included are the songs featured in the movie by artists including Ben Howard and C2C. The soundtrack is now available digitally in France (click here to listen to audio clips). The Scapegoat is directed by Nicolas Bary and stars Berenice Bejo (The Artist) as an investigative journalist, alongside Raphael Personnaz and Emir Kusturica. The movie based on the classic novel by Daniel Pennac is produced by Dimitri Rassam (Upside Down). The comedy will be released this Wednesday, October 16 in France. No word yet on a domestic distribution deal.
‘Salem’s Lot’ and ‘Buck Rogers’ Soundtracks Released
Intrada Records has released the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1979 TV mini-series Salem’s Lot based on the Stephen King vampire novel, directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul, Bonnie Bedelia, James Mason and Lance Kerwin. The 2-CD set features the series’ original score composed and conducted by Harry Sukman (Song Without End). The composer received an Emmy nomination for his work on the project. The album also includes cues Sukman subsequently re-fashioned for the re-edited feature version of picture. To listen to audio clips and order the soundtrack, visit the label’s official website.
‘Contracted’ Soundtrack Details
A soundtrack album for the upcoming horror thriller Contracted is set to be released next month. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Gears of War, the upcoming Cabin Fever: Patient Zero). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 12, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Contracted is written and directed by Eric England (Madison County, Roadside) and stars Najarra Townsend, Matt Mercer, Alice Macdonald, Katie Stegeman, Charley Koontz, Caroline Williams and Simon Barrett. The movie follows a young woman who fears she’s picked up a nasty STD only to discover it’s something far worse. IFC Midnight has picked up domestic distribution rights for the thriller and is set to release the movie in theaters and on VOD in November.
Expanded and Remastered ‘Ed Wood’ Soundtrack Announced
Howe Records has announced a new soundtrack edition for Tim Burton’s 1995 biographical drama Ed Wood starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi, as well as Sarah Jessica Parker and Patricia Arquette. The album features the remastered film’s original score composed and conducted by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed) and performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra, including a number of previously unreleased bonus tracks. The soundtrack will be released on October 29, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump.
‘Escape Plan’ Soundtrack Details
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Escape Plan. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, The Rite, State of Play), as well as two remixes, including a track by Brazilian electronic music producer Amon Tobin. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Escape Plan is directed by Mikael Hafstrom and stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones, Faran Tahir, Vincent D’Onofrio and Amy Ryan. The movie follows an expert on structural security who is put to the test when he is framed and put in a high-security prison of his own design and must find the person who put him there. The thriller will be released nationwide on October 18, 2013 by Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate.
‘The Counselor’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Ridley Scott’s thriller The Counselor. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (The Awakening, In Blood). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 22, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version is set to be released on November 11 (click here to order the CD). The Counselor is directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) stars Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt. The movie follows a respected lawyer whose one-time dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control. The thriller will be released nationwide on October 25, 2013 by 20th Century Fox.