Varese Sarabande has revealed the details of the score album for the hit drama The Help. The album includes the original score by Thomas Newman. The soundtrack CD is available for pre-order on Amazon and is scheduled to be released on September 13, 2011. The release is also already available to download. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. A soundtrack album featuring songs from the film, including The Living Proof performed by Mary J. Blige and co-written by Newman has already been released as reported here. The Help directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Mike Vogel and Cicely Tyson opened last week and is currently playing in theaters.
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Marco Beltrami’s ‘The Thing’ Soundtrack announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming horror thriller The Thing. The album features the movie’s original score by Marco Beltrami. The soundtrack will be released on October 11, 2011. The full details of the release are expected to be announced within the next couple of weeks. The Thing directed by Matthijs van Heijingen Jr., produced by Marc Abraham and Eric Newman (Dawn of the Dead, Children of Men) and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen and Joel Edgerton is a prequel to the 1982 classic directed by John Carpenter, which featured a score by Ennio Morricone. The movie will be released on October 14 by Universal Pictures.
‘The Change-Up’ Soundtrack released
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy The Change-Up. The album includes the film’s original score by composer John Debney, as well as a couple of tracks composed by Theodore Shapiro who was the original main composer of the movie. The soundtrack is available to download on iTunes, where you can listen to audio clips from all tracks. The Change-Up is directed by David Dobkin (The Wedding Crashers) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin and Olivia Wilde. The movie centers on a married guy who accidentally changes bodies with his single best friend and ends up pursuing a female coworker. The comedy was released earlier this month by Universal Pictures and is currently playing in theaters.
‘Bellflower’ Soundtrack released
Oscillope has released a soundtrack album for the action drama Bellflower. The album includes the original music from the film written by Jonathan Keevil. The soundtrack will be released on CD on September 6, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. The album is also already available to download. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the soundtrack below. Bellflower is written and directed by Evan Glodell and stars himself, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson and Rebekah Brandes. The movie centers on two friends who spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang “Mother Medusa”. The film was released in select cities on August 5 and is currently playing in limited release.
‘Boardwalk Empire’ Soundtrack announced
Elektra/Asylum Records has announced a soundtrack release for the Emmy-nominated HBO show Boardwalk Empire. The album features songs from the series by such artists as Stephen DeRosa, Regina Spektor, Nellie McKay, Vince Gioardano and the Nighthawks, Kathy Brier, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III and Leon Redbone. The soundtrack will be released on September 13, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Boardwalk Empire produced by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Martin Scorsese chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), Atlantic City’s czar during Prohibition. The first season is expected to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray later this year.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 12, 2011)
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters this week is the horror sequel Final Destination 5 directed by Steven Quale and starring Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Tony Todd and David Koechner. The film’s score is composed by Brian Tyler who is scoring his second movie in the horror series. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on August 16 by Varese Sarabande. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the track list and cover art.
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the drama The Help directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel Jessica Chastain and Cicely Tyson. Thomas Newman has written the score for the movie. Varese Sarabande will release the score on September 13 as reported here. A soundtrack featuring songs from the movie, including Mary J. Blige’s The Living Proof is available on Geffen/Interscope Records (click here for audio clips and more details).
‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming horror thriller Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. The album features the film’s original score by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 30, 2011 and on CD on September 27 (available for pre-order on Amazon). Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be check out below. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark directed by Troy Nixey and produced by Guillermo Del Toro stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison. The movie premiered earlier this summer at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will be released in theaters on August 26 by Film District.
‘True Blood’ Volume 3 Soundtrack announced
Watertower Music has announced a new soundtrack release for the HBO hit show True Blood. The album includes songs from the show by artists including Karen Olsen featuring Donovan, Neko Case and Nick Cave, Damien Rice, Massive Attack, Nick Lowe and Jace Everett. True Blood – Music from the Series Vol. 3 will be released on September 13, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Separate score albums featuring Nathan Barr’s music from the first two seasons are available on Varese Sarabande. The fourth season of True Blood created by Alan Ball and starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell currently airs every Sunday night on HBO.
‘Footloose’ Soundtrack announced
Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville have announced the details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming remake of Footloose. The album includes a new version of the title song Footloose performed by country star Blake Shelton. Also featured on the soundtrack are Zac Brown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lissie, Cee Lo Green feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ella Mae Bowen, Victoria Justice & Hunter Hayes and Big & Rich. Check out the complete track list below. None of the film’s score by Deborah Lurie is included on the album. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011. Check out audio clips from the album below and visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. Footloose is directed by Craig Brewer and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. The movie will be released on October 14 by Paramount Pictures.
‘Dream House’ Soundtrack Coming in September
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the thriller Dream House. The album includes the original score from the movie composed by John Debney. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011. Check back on this page for the full details to be announced in a couple of weeks. Dream House is directed by Jim Sheridan and stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. The movie revolves on on a successful publisher who quits his job in New York and relocates his wife and daughters to a quaint New England town, only to discover that their perfect new home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children. Universal Pictures will release the movie on September 30.