Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the indie coming-of-age comedy The Kings of Summer. The album features the film’s original score written, performed and produced by Guster frontman Ryan Miller (Safety Not Guaranteed). Also included are three hip hop tracks by Kevin Writer and Douglas James (The Skywalkers), as well as the song Golden Clouds by The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry. Check out a track from Miller’s score after the jump. The soundtrack will be released later this month. The Kings of Summer is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and stars Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally and Alison Brie. The movie about three teenagers who decide to move to the woods, build a house and live off the land premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival under the title Toy’s House.
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‘After Earth’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming sci-fi adventure After Earth have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on May 28, 2013 and physically on June 4, 2013 by Sony Masterworks. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips are available below. After Earth stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith and follows a teenager and his legendary father who get stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape following a crash landing. Since our last update, the film’s release date has been moved up a week to May 31, 2013.
‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. The album features the film’s original music by Fall On Your Sword (Another Earth, Lola Versus). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is helmed by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released on May 24, 2013 in New York and Los Angeles by Focus World before expanding to more cities on May 31. A release on digital platforms including VOD is set for June 7.
Shirley Walker’s ‘Willard’ Score Released
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere release soundtrack album for the 2003 horror film Willard directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Elena Harring and Kimberly Patto. The album features the original score from the New Line Cinema production composed and conducted by Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Turbulence). To listen to audio clips, for the full album details and to order the CD, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the La-La Land Records’ official website.
‘Only God Forgives’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s upcoming thriller Only God Forgives have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Solaris) who previously scored the director’s last feature Drive. Also included is the song You Are My Dream by the Thai band PROUD, which was used in the film’s trailer. The soundtrack will be released on May 20, 2013 in France, where the movie is opening later this month. Milan Records will release a soundtrack in the US closer to the domestic release in July. Only God Forgives stars Ryan Gosling as the scion of a drug-smuggling family who runs a Thai boxing club and is sent on a quest for vengeance by his mother. Kristin Scott Thomas and Vithaya Pansringarm are co-starring.
‘The Iceman’ Soundtrack Details
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller The Iceman. The album features the film’s original score composed by Haim Mazar. Also included is the end titles song No Looking Back by Crash Kings. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 7, 2013. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next couple of days. The Iceman is directed by Ariel Vromen and stars Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, James Franco, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans, David Schwimmer, Robert Davi and Danny Abeckaser. The movie tells the true story of notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. The thriller premiered last year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festival and was released this past Friday in select theaters by Millennium Entertainment.
‘Epic’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classics will release the official soundtrack album for Blue Sky Studios’ new animated feature Epic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2013. A CD version is set to come out on May 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. Epic is directed by Chris Wedge and follows a teenage girl who finds herself magically transported into a secret universe and must band together with a rag-tag team of whimsical characters in order to save their world. The film’s voice talent includes Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, Aziz Ansari, Blake Anderson, Judah Friedlander and Beyoncé Knowles. The film will be released nationwide on May 24 by 20th Century Fox.
‘Dragon’ (‘Wu Xia’) Soundtrack Details
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for Peter Chan’s martial arts action adventure Dragon (Wu Xia). The album features the film’s original music composed by Chan Kwong Wing and Peter Kam Pui Tat who previously collaborated with the director on the 2007 epic The Warlords starring Jet Li. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Dragon is directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan and stars Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The movie follows a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. The film was released in theaters last fall by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay.
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack will be released physically on May 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital release is expected the week of the film’s opening in the U.S. Audio clips are available after the jump. Star Trek Into Darkness is directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller. The movie follows the Enterprise crew as they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization that has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for. The Paramount Pictures production will be released nationwide on May 17, 2013.
‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ Soundtrack Released
Knitting Factory has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Bridesmaids), as well as several songs featured in the film by artsist including Amy Ryan, Atif Aslam and Zahra Khan. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is directed by Mira Nair and stars Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber and Kiefer Sutherland. The movie follows a young Pakistani working on Wall Street and chasing the American dream, whose life is fateful changed by the September 11 attacks.