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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 19, 2011)

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the horror comedy Fright Night directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Please, David Tennant and Toni Collette. The film’s music is composed by Ramin Djawadi. A soundtrack CD will be released on August 30, 2011 by Varese Sarabande. The album is already available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more details.

Also opening wide is the action remake of Conan the Barbarian directed by Marcus Nispel and starring Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan and Stephen Lang. Warner Bros Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the film’s music by Tyler Bates. For more details and audio clips, visit our previous article. Also check out a lengthy audio interview with the composer on Film Music Magazine, as well as interviews with Bates about the project on Billboard, Huffington Post and Examiner. Finally, a short video feature, which includes Bates talking about his approach for the project can be found on ARTISTdirect.

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‘Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World’ Soundtrack announced

Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming family movie Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World in 4D. The album includes the movie’s original score composed by Carl Thiel and Robert Rodriguez. The soundtrack will be released on August 16, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from each track on the album below. Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World is written, directed and produced by Rodriguez and stars Jessica Alba as a mother who returns to her old profession as a retired spy in order to prevent a villain bent on stopping time. The movie co-stars Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven,  Ricky Gervais, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Danny Trejo and Antonio Banderas. The film will be released on August 19.

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Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel Scoring ‘Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World’

Robert Rodriguez has teamed up with composer Carl Thiel to score the 3D family movie sequel Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World. In the newest installment in the series written, directed and produced by Rodriguez, Jessica Alba plays a mother who returns to her old profession as a retired spy in order to prevent a villain bent on stopping time. The film co-stars Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven,  Ricky Gervais, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Danny Trejo and Antonio Banderas. Rodriguez has been involved in writing the music for most of his films in the last decade. The previous Spy Kids movies also featured music by such composers as Danny Elfman, John Debney, Harry Gregson-Williams and Heitor Pereira.  Thiel has previously co-scored Rodriguez’s Planet Terror segment in Grindhouse and the family film Shorts in 2009.

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