Silva Screen Records has released a digital version of the score album for the 2013 biographical/historical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom directed by Justin Chadwick and starring Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Riaad Moosa, Tony Kgoroge, Lindiwe Matshikiz and Jamie Bartlett. The album features the remastered original score from the film composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void, Queen of Katwe, Roots, State of Play) who received a Golden Globe nomination for his music. The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 10th anniversary, is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services.
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‘Teresa’ Soundtrack Released
Esmerarte has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/Portuguese drama Teresa. The album features the film’s original music composed by Juanma Latorre who is best known as the guitar player of the Spanish band Vetusta Morla. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Teresa is co-written and directed by Paula Ortiz and stars Blanca Portillo, Asier Etxeandía and Greta Fernández. The movie is based on playwright Juan Mayorga’s stage play La lengua en pedazos and centers on a meeting between the Spanish mystic and religious reformer Saint Teresa of Jesus and a character called The Inquisitor.
‘A Disturbance in the Force’ Soundtrack Album Released
Gription Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary A Disturbance in the Force. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Preusser (Welcome to the Jungle, Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. A Disturbance in the Force is directed by Jeremy Coon & Steve Kozak and chronicles the making of the bizarre Star Wars Holiday Special that aired 45 years ago and never surfaced again, as well as a specific bygone era of 1970s event television.
‘The Braid’ (‘La Tresse’) Soundtrack Album Announced
Decca Records will release a new soundtrack album for the drama The Braid (La tresse). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, The Father, Samba, This Is England). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 26, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check out the track list. A first track (Son combat) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. The Braid is written and directed by Laetitia Colombani based on her own best-selling novel and stars Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer, Sajda Pathan, Katharine King, Sarah Abbott, Avi Nash, Mimmo Mancini, Manuela Ventura and Matthew Alan Taylor.
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Soundtrack CD Released
Hollywood Records has released a CD version of the original soundtrack album for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet and Stephen Lang. The limited edition album featuring the film’s original music composed by Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Notre-Dame on Fire), as well as the original songs Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength) performed by The Weeknd and The Songcord performed by Saldaña, is now available to order on Amazon, Disney Music Emporium’s website and select other physical media retailers. The label has previously released a digital version featuring the same content the week of the movie’s theatrical release last December and an expanded digital edition featuring additional score tracks the following week.
‘Raging Grace’ Soundtrack Released
SIREN Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the British horror thriller Raging Grace. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Clarke (Kissing Candice, The River Runner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Raging Grace is co-written and directed by Paris Zarcilla and stars Max Eigenmann Jaeden Boadilla, Leanne Best and David Hayman. The movie follows an undocumented Filipina immigrant who lands a job as a caretaker for a terminal old man, but a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for.
‘The Boy and the Heron’ Soundtrack Album Released
Studio Ghibli has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the animated feature The Boy and the Heron. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, Departures). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. A CD/vinyl edition has previously been released in Japan this past summer. Available separately as a digital single is Kenshi Yonezu’s theme song Spinning Globe. The Boy and the Heron is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and tells the story of a young boy yearning for his mother who ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead.
‘Pleasantville’ Deluxe Edition Score Album Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1998 comedy drama Pleasantville written and directed by Gary Ross and starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh and Don Knotts. The album features the expanded Academy Award-nominated original score from the composed by Randy Newman (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Marriage Story, Avalon, A Bug’s Life, Cars), including over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. The Deluxe Edition is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and learn more about the release. (Update, January 25, 2024: The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here).
‘Money Heist’ (‘La Casa de Papel’) Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released the first soundtrack album for the streamer’s Spanish hit series Money Heist (La casa de papel). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Manel Santisteban & Iván M. Lacámara (Sky Rojo, Vis a Vis). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Check out several tracks below. Money Heist is created by Álex Pina and stars Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Jaime Lorente, Miguel Herrán, Darko Perić, Esther Acebo and Hovik Keuchkerian. The crime drama follows a group of robbers as they prepare heist on the Royal Mint of Spain and the Bank of Spain.
‘Serenity’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2005 space western Serenity written and directed by Joss Whedon and starring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Sean Maher and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed by Academy Award nominee David Newman (Ice Age, Galaxy Quest, Anastasia, The Flintstones, The Nutty Professor, The War of the Roses), including around 40 minutes of previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set 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. (Update, January 25, 2024: A digital version is now available to stream/download here.)