Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the family comedy Hop. The album includes Christopher Lennertz’ original score from the movie, as well as the song The Pink Berets, co-written by Lennertz and performed by The DeeKompressors. The soundtrack will be released on April 5, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. To find more about Hop, which opens in theaters on April 1, visit our previous article.
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‘Scream 4’ Soundtrack Status
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming horror sequel Scream 4. The soundtrack includes 10 songs from the movies from such artists as The Sounds, Ida Maria, The Novocains, The Chain Gang of 1974, 6 Day Riot and Locksey. In addition, the album contains 2 score cues by composer Marco Beltrami. The soundtrack will be released on April 12, 2011 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. A separate score album featuring Beltrami’s score has been announced to be released on April 19 by Varese Sarabande Records. Details on the score album will be posted when they become available. Wes Craven’s Scream 4 stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 18, 2011)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
The sci-fi comedy Paul is directed Greg Mottola and stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Bill Hader and Seth Rogen as the voice of Paul. The film’s original score is composed by David Arnold. A soundtrack release including Arnold’s score, as well as several songs from the movie has already been released in Europe as reported here. The album is scheduled to come out on April 4, 2011 in the US.
Also opening today is Brad Furman’s legal thriller starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy. Lakeshore Records has released two different soundtracks including Cliff Martinez’ original score, as well as a song album. Visit our previous article for details on both albums. Also check out an interview on with composer Cliff Martinez on his work on the film on Film Music Magazine.
‘Limitless’ Soundtrack announced
Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Limitless. The soundtrack includes Paul Leonard-Morgan’s original score from the film directed by Neil Burger. The album will be released digitally on March 15, 2011. To listen to audio clips and download the album, visit Amazon. Limitless stars Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro and will be released on March 18, 2011 by Relativity Media. To find out more about the film, visit our previous article.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 11, 2011)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Pena and Michelle Rodriquez and directed by Jonathan Liebesman is expected to be the number one movie of the weekend at the domestic box office. The film’s music is written by Brian Tyler. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album with Tyler’s score (click here to check out our announcement of the soundtrack). To check out interviews with Tyler talking about his work on the project, visit AintItCoolNews and Film Music Magazine for a lengthy audio conversation with the composer.
Also opening today is Simon Wells’ Mars Needs Moms from Walt Disney Pictures. The film marks John Powell’s first out of four scores for animated movies to be released this year. A soundtrack album for the Robert Zemeckis-produced film has been released digitally by Walt Disney Records. Visit our previous article to find out more about the film and soundtrack.
‘Water for Elephants’ Soundtrack announced
Sony Masterworks has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Water for Elephants. The album includes James Newton Howard’s original score from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on April 19, 2011. To order the CD, visit Amazon. Also check out audio clips from the album below. In Water for Elephants, a veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet. The movie’s cast is lead by Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook. The film is directed by Francis Lawrence and marks his second collaboration with James Newton Howard after 2007’s I Am Legend.
‘I Am Number Four’ Score Album coming
Director D.J. Caruso announced on Twitter that a release of Trevor Rabin’s music for the teen sci-fi movie I Am Number Four is in the works. After some digging, we found out that the soundtrack release will most likely be tied to the DVD/Blu-Ray release this summer and one of the major soundtrack labels will be releasing the album. Details will be posted once an official announcement is made. I Am Number Four starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianne Agron, Timothy Olyphant and Teresa Palmer and produced by Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg is currently playing in theaters. To find out more about the film and Rabin’s other upcoming project, visit our previous article.
‘Super’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming action comedy Super directed by James Gunn and starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon. The album features the original score by Tyler Bates, as well as songs by such artists as Tsar, Eric Carmen, Lo-def Dollz, Cheap Trick and Moneybrother. The soundtrack will be released on April 5, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. The film is scheduled to be released on April 1 in theaters and on April 13 on Video on Demand.
‘Wrongfully Accused’ Soundtrack announced
Intrada Records has announced a sountrack album for the 1998 comedy spoof movie Wrongfully Accused. The album is limited to 1500 copies and features more than an hour of the original score by Bill Conti. To listen to audio clips from the score and order the CD, visit Intrada’s online store. Wrongfully Accused stars Leslie Nielsen as Ryan Harrison, who is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.
‘Red Riding Hood’ Soundtrack announced
WaterTower Music has announced a soundtrack album for Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood. The album includes the original score by Brian Reitzell and Alex Heffes, as well songs by Billy Ray and The Big Pink. The soundtrack will be released on March 8, 2011. To listen to audio clips and download the score, visit Amazon.