Sony Music India will release a soundtrack album for the Iranian epic drama Muhammad: The Messenger of God. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Couples Retreat, The Hundred-Foot Journey). The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, December 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Muhammad: The Messenger of God is directed by Majid Majidi and stars Mahdi Pakdel, Alireza Shoja Nouri, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Dariush Farhang, Seyed Sadegh Hatefi, Sareh Bayat and Mina Sadati. The movie is set in the sixth century and revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The drama, which marks Iran’s biggest film production to date and was submitted as the Iranian candidate for this year’s Academy Awards, was released in Iran and other markets earlier this year.
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‘Mountains May Depart’ Soundtrack Announced
Plaza Major Company will release a soundtrack album for the Chinese drama Mountains May Depart. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yoshihiro Hanno (Millennium Mambo). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Mountains May Depart is written and directed by Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Still Life) and stars Dong Zijian, Liang Jingdong, Sylvia Chang, Zhang Yi and Zhao Tao. The episodic movie centers around the life of Tao, and those close to her and is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
‘The Go-Between’ Soundtrack Details
Air-Edel Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC original movie The Go-Between. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christian Henson (The Devil’s Double, Severance, Sinbad, Triangle). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 21, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Go-Between is directed by Pete Travis (Vantage Point, Dredd) and stars Jim Broadbent, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Hollington, Joanna Vanderham, Ben Batt, Stephen Campbell Moore and Lesley Manville. The movie based on the novel of the same title by L.P. Hartley follows an elderly man who pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.
‘I Smile Back’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album for the indie drama I Smile Back has been released. The album features the film’s original score composed by Zack Ryan (Burning Bright). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. I Smile Back is directed by Adam Salky and stars Sarah Silverman who received a SAG nomination for her performance, as well as Josh Charles, Thomas Sadoski and Mia Barron. The movie is based on the novel by Amy Koppelman and follows an upper-middle-class wife and mother who is struggling with mental illness and addiction.
‘Dickensian’ Soundtrack Details
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC original series Dickensian. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Wolf Hall, Vampire Killers). The soundtrack will be released overseas on February 11, 2016 and is now available for pre-oder as an import on Amazon. Dickensian stars Stephen Rea, Pauline Collins OBE, Caroline Quentin, Peter Firth, Tuppence Middleton, Sophie Rundle, Omid Djalili, Anton Lesser, Ned Dennehy, Adrian Rawlins and Tom Weston-Jones. The 20-part series is set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens’ critically acclaimed novels and follows characters including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham as their lives intertwine in 19th century London.
‘Anomalisa’ Soundtrack Announced
The details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Anomalisa have been announced. The album features the film’s original score composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Twilight, Adaptation, No Country for Old Men, The Blind Side), as well as the original songs None of them Are You (lyrics by Charlie Kaufman) and Goddess of Heaven. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 1, 2016 and physically on January 29. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Anomalisa is co-directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman who has also written the screenplay and features the voices of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis.
‘Capture the Flag’ Soundtrack Details
Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for the Spanish animated film Capture the Flag. The album features the film’s original music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Diego Navarro, as well as a concert suite that was recorded at this year’s Tenerife International Film Music Festival. Also included is the song I’ll Reach You performed by Auryn. The soundtrack will be released on December 21, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Capture the Flag is directed by Enrique Gato and follows a young surfer who rallies his friends to stop a billionaire from rewriting history as a way to horde Helium 3, the clean energy of the future.
‘The Choice’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama The Choice. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Remember Me, The Affair, Enough Said, The Good Shepherd, Ray Donovan). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including Guster, The National, The Rosebuds, Veronica Falls, Natalia Safran, Efterklang & more. The soundtrack will be released on January 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Choice is directed by Ross Katz and stars Teresa Palmer, Benjamin Walker, Tom Welling, Alexandra Daddario and Maggie Grace. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) and follows a young man who ends up pursuing a relationship with his new neighbor, leading to a journey that neither could have foreseen.
Syfy’s ‘Childhood’s End’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Syfy event series Childhood’s End. The album features the mini-series’s original music composed by Charlie Clouser (Saw series, Resident Evil: Extinction, Wayward Pines, Numb3rs). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 18, 2015. Childhood’s End is based on the sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke and stars Charles Dance, Mike Vogel, Daisy Betts, Yael Stone, Julian McMahon, Osy Ikhile and Colm Meaney. The 6-parter revolves around a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war and turns the planet into a near-utopia.which centers on a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords.
‘The 5th’ Wave Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the action adventure The 5th Wave. The album features the film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6). The soundtrack will be released on January 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The 5th Wave is directed by J Blakeson and stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe and Live Schreiber. The movie based on the young adult novel of the same title by Rick Yancey is set in the present day after four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated and follows a 16-year-old girl who is on the run and desperately trying to save her younger brother.