Milan Records has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary Tabloid. The album includes the film’s score by composer John Kusiak. The soundtrack will be released on July 12, 2011. Check out the audio clips below and visit Amazon to download the album. To listen to two full tracks from the album, visit Milan’s soundtrack website. Tabloid is directed by Errol Morris (The Fog of War, Standard Operating Procedure) and follows a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary. Morris’ previous two feature documentaries were scored by Philip Glass and Danny Elfman. Tabloid premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 15 by Sundance Selects.
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Expanded ‘Bad Girls’ Score by Jerry Goldsmith announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1994 western Bad Girls. The album includes the expanded and remastered score fro the film composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The release is limited to 3000 copies and features more than 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. To listen to audio clips and to order the CD, visit La-La Land Records’ online store. Bad Girls is directed by Jonathan Kaplan and stars Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore.
‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Score Album Details
UPDATE (June 30, 2011): The score album is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below.
Film Music Reporter has received the details for the score album for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The score is composed by Steve Jablonsky who also scored the previous Transformers movies. The score album was originally scheduled to be released on June 28, 2011, but is currently listed as unavailable on Amazon, while still being listed to come out during the week of the film’s global release in several international online stores. Check back on this page for updates on where to buy the score album. The official song soundtrack featuring such bands as Linkin Park, Paramore and My Chemical Romance has already been released last week. For more information and audio clips, visit our previous article.
‘American Flyer’ Soundtrack announced
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the American Flyer. The album includes the film’s score composed by Mark Kilian (Tsotsi, Rendition, John Carpenter’s The Ward). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 5, 2011. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below and visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. American Flyer is directed by Mark Christensen and centers on a young Mexican boy whose father is killed crossing the US border and creates a flying machine to take him to Los Angeles. The film starring Danny Trejo and Douglas Spain will be released on DVD on July 5.
‘The Art of Getting By’ Score Album released
Fox Music has released a score album for the dramedy The Art of Getting By. The album features 10 tracks from the score by composer Alec Puro and is available as a digital release on iTunes, where you can check out audio clips and download the music. The official soundtrack album featuring numerous songs and three score tracks from the movie was released earlier this week on Rhino Records. Check out our previous article for more details. The Art of Getting By written and directed by Gavin Wiesen stars Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts and is being released in theaters nationwide this weekend.
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ Soundtrack Details
Watertower Music will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The album includes the original score by Alexandre Desplat and will be released on July 12, 2011. The music was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is directed by David Yates and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grind, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith and Tom Felton. The last movie in the series based on the J.K. Rowling books will be released in theaters on July 15. For updates on the film, visit the official movie webpage.
‘Jig’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary Jig. The film’s music is by Patrick Doyle who also has two blockbuster scores coming out this summer (Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes). Apart from the score, the soundtrack also features the song Now Is Your Time with music written by the composer and performed by his daughter Abigail Doyle. The album will be released on July 12, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Jig is directed and produced by Sue Bourne and tells the story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships. The film opened in May in the UK and will be released on June 17 in select cities in the US.
‘Breakdown’ Limited Edition Set released
La-La Land Records has released a new limited edition of the soundtrack for the 1997 thriller Breakdown. The film’s music by Basil Poledouris comes in 3-CD set. Disc One features the Final Revised Film Score, Disc Two contains the Alternate Early Film Score and Disc Three contains additional Alternates. Additional music is by Richard Marvin, Eric Colvin, Steve Forman and Judd Miller. The set is limited to 3000 copies and is available to order on La-La Land Records website. Also check out audio clips from the album on the page. Breakdown is directed by Jonathan Mostow (U-571, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Surrogates) and stars Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan and J.T. Walsh.
‘Snow Flower and the Secret Fan’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical has revealed the details for the soundtrack release of the upcoming drama Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The album includes 18 tracks from the original score by Rachel Portman. The soundtrack will be released on July 12, 2011 and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added soon. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan directed by Wayne Wang is set in 19th century China and centers on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women. The film will be released on July 15 by Fox Searchlight.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 10, 2011)
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Super 8 directed by J.J. Abrams, produced by Steven Spielberg and staring Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Ron Eldard, Kyle Chandler and Noah Emmerich is opening in most features music composed by Michael Giacchino. As previously announced on this page, Varese Sarabande will be releasing a score album on June 28. Visit MTV Movie Blog for a video interview with Giacchino from the Super 8 premiere and check out a recent article in Variety about the composer’s newest projects. More interviews are expected to appear in the next couple of weeks.
Also opening wide this weekend is the kid’s pic Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer directed by John Schultz and starring Jordana Beatty in the title role, as well as Heather Graham and Jaleel White. Richard Gibbs has written the film’s score. The music was recorded with an 80-piece orchestra at the Newman Scoring Stage on the 20th Century Fox lot in Los Angeles. Check out the LA Times blog for an article about the recording of the score. No soundtrack release has been announced. For more information on the movie, visit our scoring assignment announcement.