Varese Sarabande will release a new box set featuring the original scores from the first four installments in the Scream series. Marco Beltrami (Logan, A Quiet Place, Ford v. Ferrari, 3:10 to Yuma, World War Z, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker) has composed the original music for all four movies. The 6-Disc set features the content of the label’s Scream & Scream 2 Deluxe Editions on the first two discs, as well as the composer’s expanded score from Scream 3 and Scream 4 on the third, fourth and fifth disc. The sixth disc features previously unreleased music from all films, as well as alternates and demo cues. The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, January 7. Visit Amazon, Spotify and YouTube to stream the album and visit Amazon or the label’s official website to order the CD version, which is limited to 1,800 copies. A 4-LP edition featuring three hours of material from the digital/CD box set release will be coming out on June 10 is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 15, 2011)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Scream 4 reunites director Wes Craven with composer Marco Beltrami. Two different soundtracks have been released for the horror sequel. A score album featuring Beltrami’s music will be released next Tuesday and a song soundtrack with two score tracks is available on Lakeshore Records. To listen to a lengthy audio interview with Craven and Beltrami on their collaboration, check out the latest ‘On The Score’ episode on Film Music Magazine. Also visit Examiner for a short interview with the composer.
Also opening is the animated feature Rio, which already opened in several foreign territories last weekend generating the highest grossing international opening of the year. The film’s score is by John Powell and Sergio Mendes served as the movie’s executive music producer. Rio‘s music team also includes percussionist Carlinhos Brown, lyricist Siedah Garrett, pop singer Taio Cruz and The Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am. A score album will be released next week by Varese Sarabande and the official soundtrack featuring the film’s songs is already out on Interscope Records.
‘Scream 4’ Score Album Details
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details for the Scream 4 score album. The soundtrack includes 21 tracks of Marco Beltrami’s original score from the film. The album will be released on April 19 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. As previously reported, another soundtrack with songs from the movie and 2 tracks from Beltrami’s score will be released on April 12 by Lakeshore Records (audio clips are available below and on Amazon). 
Scream 4 directed by Wes Craven stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin and will be released on April 15.
‘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.
Marco Beltrami scoring ‘Soul Surfer’
According to the film’s teaser trailer, Marco Beltrami is writing the music for the family sports drama Soul Surfer. The movie is directed by Sean McNamara (Raise Your Voice, Bratz) and stars AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Craig T. Nelson and Carrie Underwood. In the film, a young, teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack. Watch the film’s teaser trailer below and check out the movie’s official webpage for updates on Soul Surfer. Sony Pictures will release the movie on April 8, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDZhxHp5Vcg
As previously reported, Beltrami also has the horror thriller The Thing and the horror sequel Scream 4 coming out this year. The Thing was recently pushed back from its original April release date to October 14, 2011, while Scream 4 is still set to open on April 15.
Marco Beltrami to score The Thing prequel and Scream 4
Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller The Thing. The prequel’s story takes place before the actions of the 1982 classic directed by John Carpenter. The movie directed by Matthijs van Heijingen Jr. is set in the Antarctica where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The Thing stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen and Joel Edgerton. Universal Pictures has set a April 29, 2011 release date for the movie.