Varese Sarabande will release the official score album for the film adaptation of Ender’s Game. The soundtrack features the film’s original music composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers trilogy, Battleship, Gangster Squad). The soundtrack will be released on October 22, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Ender’s Game is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. The movie based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card follows a genius strategist who is recruited by the government to help destroy an insect-like alien race and will be released nationwide on November 1 by Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate.
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‘Captain Phillips’ Soundtrack Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Captain Phillips. The album features the film’s original score composed by Henry Jackman (Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class). The soundtrack will be released on October 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Captain Phillips is directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, United 93) and stars Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Catherine Keener is co-starring in the film, which will be released nationwide on October 11 by Sony Pictures.
‘The Fifth Estate’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate. The album features the film’s original score composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, True Grit, Being John Malkovich) who has previously collaborated with director Bill Condon on Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and the final two movies in the Twilight saga. Also included are the songs featured in the film, including Amon Tobin’s Always, Yppah’s Never Mess With Sunday, Tame Impala’s Elephant and Emika’s Come Catch Me. The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on October 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. The Fifth Estate stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange & Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg and chronicles the early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks.
Soundtrack for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s ‘Valhalla Rising’ Announced
Milan Records will release the first official soundtrack album for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s 2009 Viking action adventure drama Valhalla Rising. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Peter and Peter Kyed. Also included are a number of cues by sound designers Giles Lamb and Douglas MacDougall. The soundtrack will be released overseas on October 7, 2013. Check back on this page for the details on the domestic release. Valhalla Rising starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alexander Morton, Stewart Porter, Maarten Stevenson, Matthew Zajac, Gary Lewis and Jamie Sives takes place in 1000 AD and follows a Norse warrior and chained prisoner who is forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of his captors. The British film was released in US theaters in 2010 by IFC Films and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
‘Generation Iron’ Soundtrack Announced
Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Generation Iron. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Rona (White Squall, Chicago Hope, Phantom). Also featured is the opening and closing title song Never Gonna Stop by Mind the Gap and Solardrive & TC’s Some Say. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Generation Iron is directed by Vlad Yudin and examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today through portraying lives of the top 7 bodybuilders (including Phil Heath, Kai Greene, Branch Warren and Dennis Wolf) in the sport as they train to compete in the world’s most premiere bodybuilding stage—Mr. Olympia. Mickey Rourke is narrating the film and Arnold Schwarzenegger also appears in the documentary, which is set to be released in select cities this Friday, September 20 by The Vladar Company.
‘Parkland’ Soundtrack Details
Rhino Records will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama Parkland. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Parkland is written and directed by Peter Landesman and stars James Badge Dale, Zac Efron, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Paul Giamatti. The movie chronicles the events leading up to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and is named for the Parkland Memorial Hospital where JFK was rushed on Nov. 22, 1963. The film recently premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festival and is set to be released in select cities on October 4, 2013 by Exclusive Media.
Milan Records to Release Soundtrack for Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Alexander Payne’s upcoming comedy drama Nebraska. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Orton (The Good Girl) of the Californian acoustic chamber music group Tin Hat. The soundtrack is currently set to be released on November 19, 2013. Check back on this page for the full album details. Also check out the film’s first trailer, which features the track New West from Tin Hat’s Foreign Legion record, after the jump. Nebraska is directed by Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, June Squibb and Bob Odenkirk. The movie tells the story of an old man with increasing dementia who goes on a road trip from Montana to Nebraska with one of his sons to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won.
‘Plush’ Soundtrack EP Released
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack EP for the indie drama Plush. The soundtrack features the original songs from the film performed by actors Emily Browning, Xavier Samuel and Thomas Dekker and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Plush is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Lords of Dogtown, Thirteen), produced by Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) and stars Emily Browning, Cam Gigandet, Frances Fisher, Xavier Samuel, Brandon Jay McLaren and Dawn Ollvieri. The movie follows a rising rock star who finds herself in a spiral after losing her band mate and brother to a drug overdose.
‘Runner Runner’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Runner Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (The Hangover, The Muppets, The Sentinel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 1, 2013 and physically on October 29. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Runner Runner is directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and stars Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper, Oliver Cooper and Ben Schwartz. The movie follows a young man who is cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker and flies to Costa Rica in the hope of reclaiming his losses from the site’s billionaire owner and ends up becoming the corrupt CEO’s right-hand man.
‘Blue Jasmine’ Soundtrack Released
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s comedy drama Blue Jasmine. The album features the songs and jazz pieces from the film by artists including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Conal Fowkes, Julias Block, Stephen Dudas, Trixie Smith and David Chesky. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Blue Jasmine written and directed by Allen stars Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film about a New York socialite who moves into her sister’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again after her marriage to a wealthy businessman falls apart was released this summer by Sony Pictures Classics and is currently playing in theaters.