MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Vietnamese supernatural thriller Detective Kien: The Headless Horror. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Wong (Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass, Sword of the Assassin, The Immortal, Maika: The Girl from Another Galaxy) and Ian Rees & Garrett Crosby (The Last Wife, Girl from the Past, The Royal Bride). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to Wong’s “Opening” track below. Detective Kien: The Headless Horror is directed by Victor Vũ and stars Quoc Huy, Dinh Ngoc Diep and Quoc Anh. The movie is set against the backdrop of 19th Century Vietnam during the Nguyễn Dynasty and follows a detective investigating the mystery of a headless corpse that sends shockwaves through a rural village.
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‘Last Bullet’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the French Netflix original film Last Bullet (Balle perdue 3). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan & Milady, Black Beauty, The Spy, Expend4bles, Lift, Happy!, The Man with the Iron Heart, November). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first and final tracks after the jump. Last Bullet is co-written and directed by Guillaume Pierret and stars Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Stéfi Celma, Pascale Arbillot, Gérard Lanvin, Quentin D’Hainaut, Anne Serra and Julie Tedesco. The final installment in the action thriller trilogy follows car genius Lino as he returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives.
‘Little Jaffna’ Soundtrack Album Released
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French crime drama Little Jaffna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Maxence Dussere (Wild Seas, Houria, De Grace). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Little Jaffna is co-written and directed by Lawrence Valin and stars Valin himself, Kawsie Chandra, Puviraj Raveendran and Vela Ramamoorthy. The movie follows a young police officer from a Tamil family as he’s tasked with infiltrating a criminal enterprise in Paris that’s funnelling money to the Eelam liberation movement back home in Sri Lanka.
Remastered ‘First Blood’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1982 action classic First Blood directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy. The album features the film’s newly remastered complete original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Chinatown, Alien, The Mummy, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Basic Instinct). The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list, listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. The label has previously released an album featuring Goldsmith’s complete score back in 2010.
‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Released
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Righteous Gemstones. The album features the original score from the show’s fourth and final season composed by Joseph Stephens (Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals, Never Have I Ever, Running Point, Observe and Report, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Flower), as well as original songs written by Stephens, Mike Mitschele, Rick Randall & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Waxwork Records has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the music from Season 1, while Milan Records released the official Season 2 soundtrack and Rough House Records has released the Season 3 album. The Righteous Gemstones is created by Danny McBride and stars McBride himself, Adam Devine, John Goodman, Edi Patterson,Tony Cavalero, Cassidy Freeman, Tim Baltz, Greg Alan Williams, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Nettles, Skyler Gisondo, Megan Mullally, James DuMont, Troy Hogan, Valyn Hall, Jody Hill, Kelton DuMont, Gavin Munn, Arden Myrin and Seann William Scott.
‘You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown’ 50th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Lee Mendelson Film Productions will release a new soundtrack album for the 1975 animated television special You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown created by Charles M. Schulz and directed by Phil Roman. The album features the premiere release of complete score from the fourteenth Peanuts special composed by Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Boy Named Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving). Also included are four additional bonus tracks from the 1973 LMFP project Bicycles Are Beautiful scored by Vince Guaraldi, who is joined by McCain on bass and Glenn Cronkhite on drums for those tracks. The 50th Anniversary Edition album will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on July 11. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and digital versions. A first track (Motocross) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below.
‘John Williams: The Anthology’ – Vol. 1 Box Set Announced
Sony Classical has announced John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 1 1969-1990, the first installment of a three-part box set that celebrates the legendary composer and his deep body of work. The 22 discs in Volume 1 showcase Williams’ music for 27 films, including the first three Star Wars movie, the first two Indiana Jones installments, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman , Born on the Fourth of July, Home Alone, along other titles. Each disc will be housed in a small jacket that can hold four discs, featuring cover graphics that showcase the original artwork, just as it appeared upon its initial release. The Volume 1 box set will be released on July 18 and is now available for pre–order on Amazon.
‘Better Days’ Soundtrack Released
Agence Gaspard has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Better Days (Des jours meilleurs). The album features the film’s original music composed by Clémence Ducreux (Enjoy!, Se crasher pour exister). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Better Days is co-written and directed by Elsa Bennett & Hippolyte Dard and stars Valérie Bonneton, Michèle Laroque, Sabrina Ouazaniand Clovis Cornillac. The movie revolves around a group of alcoholic women in rehab who lean on each other to adapt to life without booze and prepare for a racing rally in Morocco.
‘Juliet & Romeo’ Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the movie musical Juliet & Romeo have been revealed. The album features the film’s original songs written and produced by Evan Bogart & Justin Gray (Spinning Gold). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, May 9 by Lakeshore Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first song (The Mask I Wear) has already been released as a digital single last week and a second track (Beat the Same performed by lead actors Clara Rugaard & Jamie Ward) has just been released today and can also been checked out after the jump. Juliet & Romeo is written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart and also stars Rebel Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Dan Fogler, Derek Jacobi, Ledisi, Tayla Parx, Martina Ortiz Luis, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Rupert Graves. The romantic drama is set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times as the titular star-crossed lovers are turning the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on.
Remastered ‘The Thorn Birds’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds based on best-selling novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough, directed by Daryl Duke and starring Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Piper Laurie, Richard Kiley, Mare Winningham, Bryan Brown and Philip Anglim. The album features the newly remastered Emmy Award nominated score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Santa Claus: The Movie, Charade). The Deluxe Encore Edition soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services (including Amazon) and as a limited edition 2-CD set on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details.