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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 17, 2012)

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the action film sequel The Expendables 2 directed by Simon West and starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film’s music is composed by Brian Tyler who previously scored the 2010 original film. Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring Tyler’s music. For the full album details, visit our previous article. Also check out Tyler’s recent appearance on the Weekly Comet and click here for a video interview with the composer from the film’s red carpet premiere in Hollywood this past Wednesday.

Also opening wide is the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler and featuring the voice talent of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Jon Brion has composed the film’s music. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and audio clips.

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‘The Awakening’ Soundtrack Announced

MovieScore Media’s Screamworks Records label has announced a soundtrack release for the supernatural thriller The Awakening. The album includes the original score from the film by composer Daniel Pemberton (Peep Show). A soundtrack CD will be released on November 8, 2011 and a digital release is also planned through 1812 Recordings. The Awakening is directed by Nick Murphy and stars Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton. In the movie, a ghost-debunker comes to a boy’s school to disprove the existence of ghosts, only to find her own beliefs challenged. The thriller has been picked up for domestic distribution at the Toronto Film Festival by Cohen Media Group.

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