Universal Music has released a soundtrack album for the British family comedy Get Santa. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, Still Alice, The Young Victoria). Also included are the songs from the film by artists including The Saturdays, Hudson Taylor, Bing Crosby, N.W.A., Diana Ross, Bobby Helms, The Drifters and more. The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas. Click here to listen to audio clips. Get Santa is written and directed by Christopher Smith, executive produced by Ridley Scott and stars Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor, Stephen Graham, Ewen Bremner, Jodie Whittaker and Warwick Davis. The movie follows a 9-year-old boy and his dad who go on a desperate quest to save Christmas after Santa is arrested in London.
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‘Big Eyes’ Soundtrack Preview
The Weinstein Company has published the score for Tim Burton’s Big Eyes. The music is composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland). Also available to stream is the original song Big Eyes performed by Lana Del Rey and written by herself and Daniel Heath (check out the recently published lyric music video after the jump). Visit Weinstein’s guild website to listen to the soundtrack. Check back on this page for the soundtrack details as they are announced. Big Eyes starring Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp is based on the true story of Walter Keane, who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s whose art, as was later revealed, was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret.
‘Electricity’ Soundtrack Details
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Electricity. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Electricity is directed by Bryn Higgins and stars Agyness Deyn, Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Tom Georgeson and Alice Lowe. The movie is based on Ray Robinson’s novel of the same title and follows a young woman who leaves her hometown to search for her long-lost brother, all the while experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy.
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ Released
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Leftovers. The album features selections from the original score of the show’s first season composed by Max Richter (Disconnect, Waltz with Bashir, The Congress). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Leftovers is created by Damon Lindelof (Lost) & Tom Perrotta (Little Children, Election) and stars Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Ann Dowd. The series takes place in the wake of a global “Rapture” and centers on the people who didn’t make the cut and are left behind in a suburban community.
‘Garnet’s Gold’ Soundtrack Released
Lava Music and Republic Records have released a soundtrack album for the documentary Garnet’s Gold. The album features the film’s original music composed by J. Ralph (Man on Wire, The Cove, Chasing Ice), including the original song Until the End performed by Liza Minnelli and Wynton Marsalis. Listen to the full song after the jump. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Garnet’s Gold is directed by Ed Perkins, produced by Simon Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man, Man on Wire) and tells the story of Garnet Frost, who, twenty years ago, nearly died hiking by Scotland’s Loch Arkaig, surviving by sheer chance.
Expanded ‘Predator 2’ and ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ Soundtracks Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD club series. The releases include an expanded soundtrack for the 1990 sci-fi action horror sequel Predator 2 directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Kevin Peter Hall, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso and Bill Paxton. The 2-CD deluxe edition features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away), including previously unreleased music. The composer previously composed the score for the first part in the series, which Varese Sarabande released for the first time in 2003. To check out the details of the album, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The soundtrack will also be available to order on Amazon.
‘One Christmas Eve’ Soundtrack Released
Momentum RLP Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie One Christmas Eve. The album features the film’s original music composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas) and Jerome Leroy. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. One Christmas Eve is directed by Jay Russell who previously collaborated with Ross on such features as My Dog Skip, Ladder 49 and Tuck Everlasting. The movie stars Anne Heche as a recently-divorced mom who wants her two kids’ first Christmas without their father to be perfect.
‘Unbroken’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Angelina Jolie’s drama Unbroken have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Imitation Game). Also included is the original song Miracles performed by Coldplay. The soundtrack will be released on December 15, 2014 by Parlophone Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Unbroken starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund and Finn Wittrock tells the story Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in World War II – only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
‘The Passion of the Christ’ Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Details
La-La Land Records will release a new soundtrack album for Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical drama The Passion of the Christ starring Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci and Maia Morgenstern. The 2-CD release coincides with the film’s tenth anniversary and features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Debney (Iron Man 2, Elf, Bruce Almighty) who received his first Academy Award nomination for his score. The album, which is limited to 10’000 copies features over 75 minutes of previously unreleased music, including alternate cues, the trailer music and more. The soundtrack will be released on Tuesday, December 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
David Arnold’s ‘Shaft’ Score to Be Released
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere official release of the score for the 2000 action thriller Shaft directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams and Christian Bale. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Stargate, Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies) who later reteamed with Singleton to score 2 Fast 2 Furious, Baby Boy and Four Brothers. The composer also incorporated the Academy Award-winning classic theme from the 70s films by Isaac Hayes into his score. Also included are a number of cues that were not used in the final version of the film.