Decca Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2016 musical comedy drama Sing Street written and directed by John Carney and starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor and Mark McKenna. The album features the original songs from the film written by Carney and Gary Clark (Flora and Son, Power Ballad, Modern Love), as well as the film’s other songs by artists including Adam Levine, Motörhead, The Cure, Duran Duran, The Jam, among others. Also included are two brand new track versions performed by the Sing Street Band featuring cast from the stage musical adaption. The 10th Anniversary Edition is being released as a CD and vinyl edition, which includes new liner notes by Clark, and is now available to available to order on Amazon. The two new tracks (Dream for You & Drive It Like You Stole It) are also available to stream/download as digital singles and can be checked out below.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 15, 2016)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is Disney’s new film adaptation of The Jungle Book directed by Jon Favreau and starring Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyongo’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Neel Sethi and Christopher Walken. The film’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Variety and YouTube for interviews with Debney about his work on the project. Also click here for footage from the score’s recording sessions.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Criminal directed by Ariel Vromen and starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Furious 7) and Keith Power (Hawaii Five-0) have composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as the original song Drift and Fall Again performed by Madsonik featuring Lola Marsh. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent audio interview with both composers about their work on the film.
‘Sing Street’ Soundtrack Details
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the musical comedy drama Sing Street. The album features the original songs from the film written by director John Carney and Gary Clark. Also included are the other songs from the movie by artists including Adam Levine, The Cure, Motörhead, Duran Duran, The Jam & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas tomorrow, March 18 and in the U.S. next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Sing Street is written and directed by Carney and stars Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen and Mark McKenna. The movie follows a boy who starts a band in order to impress a girl.