Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD Club series, including a deluxe edition soundtrack for Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 sci-fi movie Starship Troopers starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, Clancy Brown and Michael Ironside. The album features the expanded original score from the Touchstone Pictures production composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barabarian, RoboCop, The Hunt for Red October, Free Willy), including roughly an hour of previously unreleased music and unused cues. Also included are two songs performed by the composer’s daughter Zoe Poledouris as featured in the movie. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 3000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full album details.
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‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s fantasy adventure Alice Through the Looking Glass have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Men in Black) who previously Tim Burton’s 2010 original film Alice in Wonderland. Also included is the original song Just Like Fire performed by Pink (listen to the track after the jump). The soundtrack will be released on May 27, 2016 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Alice Through the Looking Glass is directed by James Bobin and stars Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Rhys Ifan, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall.
‘Our Kind of Traitor’ Soundtrack Announced
Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for the spy thriller Our Kind of Traitor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (The Affair, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, Ray Donovan) who recorded his score with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. The soundtrack will be released on May 13, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Our Kind of Traitor is directed by Susanna White and stars Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Damian Lewis. The movie is based on the novel by John le Carre (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and follows a couple who get embroiled with a Russian oligarch and high-profile money launderer while on holiday in Marrakech.
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘War & Peace’ to Be Released
Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series War & Peace. The album features the 6-parter’s original music composed by Martin Phipps (The Woman in Gold, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown, The Honorable Woman). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. War & Peace is directed by Tom Harper and stars Paul Dano, Lily James, James Norton, Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Stephen Rea, Greta Scacchi, Jack Lowden, Tom Burke and Aisling Loftus. The epic drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel was adapted by Andrew Davies and premiered earlier this year in the UK on BBC and in the U.S. on Lifetime, A&E and History.
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘The BFG’ Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The BFG. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T., Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The BFG is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. The movie based on Roald Dahl’s classic tells the story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country.
‘A Light Beneath Their Feet’ Soundtrack Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie coming-of-age drama A Light Beneath Their Feet. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Swihart(How I Met Your Mother, Napoleon Dynamite, Youth in Revolt, New in Town). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A Light Beneath Their Feet is directed by Valerie Weiss and stars Taryn Manning, Madison Davenport, Kurt Fuller, Nora Dunn, Kali Hawk, Maddie Hasson and Carter Jenkins. The movie follows a high school senior who must choose between the college of her dreams and taking care of her mother living with bipolar disorder.
‘And Then There Were None’ Soundtrack Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the mini-series And Then There Were None. The album features the series’ original music composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil), which was recently nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Best Television Soundtrack category. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2016. And Then There Were None is developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel and stars Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner. The 3-parter follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island in 1939.
Sony Classical to Release ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harald Kloser & Thomas Wander (2012, The Day After Tomorrow, 10’000 B.C., White House Down). The soundtrack will be released on June 17, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Independence Day: Resurgence stars Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe and Sela Ward.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Marseille’ Announced
Federation Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Marseille. The album features the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) and Jean-Pasccal Beintus (United Passions). Also included is the song Ya Sidi by Orange Blossom. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 6, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Marseille is created by Dan Franck and stars Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Magimel, Géraldine Pailhas, Nadia Farès, Gérard Meylan, Nassim Si Ahmed, Antoine Coesens, Nozha Khouadra and Maruschka Detmers. The political drama directed by Florentine-Emilio Siri & Thomas Gilou centers around the city election between the long-time mayor Robert Taro and a younger ambitious candidate.
James Newton Howard’s ‘Collateral’ Score to Be Released
Intrada Records has announced the first release of the complete score for the 2004 thriller Collateral directed by Michael Mann and starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, The Fugitive, King Kong), including tracks not used in the final version of the movies, as well as alternate cues. The previous soundtrack album released by RCA Records only featured four short scores tracks in addition to the songs from the film. To pre-order the CD and to check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples.