Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1977 biographical war drama MacArthur directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders, Ivan Bonar, Dan O’Herlihy, Ward Costello and Nicolas Coster. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Papillon, Basic Instinct, Chinatown, Patton), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and for more information about the release.
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Nigel Westlake’s ‘The Nugget’ Score Released
Nigel Westlake (Babe, Miss Potter, Babe: Pig in the City, Ali’s Wedding, Paper Planes, Blueback) has released a digital single featuring his music from the 2002 Australian comedy The Nugget written and directed by Bill Bennett and starring Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Dave O’Neil, Belinda Emmett and Vince Colosimo. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a 15-track suite featuring the composer’s Australian Screen Music Awards-winning score and themes from the film. Also listen to the full track below.
‘The Dive’ Soundtrack Album Released
Needlewood Records has released a soundtrack album for the survival thriller The Dive. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Patrick Melrose, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Jules) and Raffael Seyfried (Home). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Dive is co-written and directed by Maximilian Erlenwein and stars Louisa Krause and Sophie Lowe. The movie follows two sisters who must make life-and-death decisions when their diving expedition goes catastrophically wrong and their oxygen runs low
‘Sputnik’ Soundtrack Released
Cold Spring Records has released a soundtrack album for the Russian sci-fi horror thriller Sputnik. The album features the film’s original music composed by Oleg Karpachev (Trener, Karamora). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Space) after the jump. Sputnik is directed by Egor Abramenko and stars Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk and Pyotr Fyodorov. The movie revolves around a psychologist evaluating the lone survivor of a spacecraft that crashed on earth in a secluded facility who learns he may carry an alien parasite that threatens to consume them all.
Expanded Edition of Ennio Morricone’s ‘Bloodline’ Score Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1979 thriller Bloodline based on Sidney Sheldon’s bestseller, directed by Terence Young and starring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Irene Papas, James Mason, James Mason, Romy Schneider and Omar Sharif. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission, The Untouchables, The Hateful Eight), including previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 1,500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release.
World Premiere Release of John Barry’s ‘Seance on a Wet Afternoon’ & ‘A Doll’s House’ Scores Announced
Quartet Records has announced an album featuring a new recordings of five previously unreleased scores composed by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa,Goldfinger, Somewhere in Time, Body Heat, The Man with the Golden Gun). Among the titles is the composer’s score for the 1964 British thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon written and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Kim Stanley & Richard Attenborough, as well as his music from the 1973 thriller A Doll’s House directed by Patrick Garland and starring Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins. Also included are Barry’s scores from three television movies starring Katharine Hepburn: 1975’s Love Among the Ruins and 1979’s The Corn Is Green (both directed by George Cukor) and 1973’s The Glass Menagerie directed by Anthony Harvey. All five scores have been newly recorded with the Orquesta de Córdoba conducted by composer Fernando Velázquez (The Impossible, A Monster Calls, Mama).
Remastered and Expanded Edition of John Williams’ ‘Heidi’ & ‘Jane Eyre’ Scores Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring two early television scores composed by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) who received his first two Emmy Awards for the projects. The album features the composer’s remastered and slightly expanded original music from the 1968 NBC movie Heidi based on the classic novel by Johanna Spyri, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Maximilian Schell, Jean Simmons, Michael Redgrave, Jennifer Edwards and Walter Slezak, as well as a remastered edition of his score from the 1970 TV movie Jane Eyre based on Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, directed by Mann and starring George C. Scott and Susannah York.
‘Fast Charlie’ Soundtrack Album Released
Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Fast Charlie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fil Eisler (Empire, Outer Banks, Revenge, How to Be Single, Thunder Force, UnReal, Superintelligence, The Titan). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the composer’s opening and end titles tracks after the jump. Fast Charlie is directed by Phillip Noyce and stars Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin and James Caan. The movie centers on a hitman who sets out to avenge his aging mob boss friend after he is assassinated by a rival mob.
Expanded ‘Dad’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 comedy drama Dad written and directed by Gary David Goldberg and starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker and Kevin Spacey. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Amblin Entertainment production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Aliens, Field of Dreams, Glory), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The 2-CD set is limited to 2,000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release.
‘Merry Little Batman’ Soundtrack Album Released
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated holiday special Merry Little Batman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (Gnome Alone, Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Black Friday, Changeland, & Mark, Mary & Some Other People). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Merry Little Batman is directed by Mike Roth, written by Morgan Evans & Jase Ricci and features the voice talent of Luke Wilson, Yonas Kibreab, James Cromwell and David Hornsby. The movie produced by Warner Bros. Animation follows Damian Wayne as he is left home alone on Christmas Eve, when he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal Christmas and leaps at the chance to save the day.