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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 14, 2012)

Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the video game adaptation sequel Resident Evil: Retribution directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, Li Bingbing, Shawn Roberts, Kevin Durand, Oded Fehr, Boris Kodjoe and Michelle Rodriguez. The film’s score is composed by tomandandy (The Strangers) who have scored the previous installment in the series. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer duo’s score, as well the end credits song Hexes produced by Bassnectar featuring Chino Moreno (of the Deftones) on vocals. Check out our previous article for the full soundtrack details and audio clips.

Also opening wide is the 3D re-release of Pixar’s animated hit feature Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton and featuring the voice talent of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks and Alexander Gould. The film’s music is composed by Thomas Newman who received an Academy Award-nomination for his work on the film. No new soundtrack has been released, but the original 2003 album is still in print (click here to download the album). To learn more about the 3D version of the film, visit the official movie website. Playing in front of Finding Nemo 3D is the new Toy Story short Partysaurus Rex, which features music by BT (The Fast and the Furious).

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‘The Master’ Soundtrack Details

Nonesuch Records has announced the details of the soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama The Master. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonny Greenwood performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra and AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, as well as four recordings from the post–World War II era in which the film is set by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford and Helen Forrest. As previously reported, the album is set to be released on September 11, 2012 and is now available on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Master starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Josh Close and Fiona Dourif is set to premiere at the Venice and Toronto Film Festival and will be released in the US on September 14 by the Weinstein Company.

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Nonesuch Records to Release Jonny Greenwood’s ‘The Master’ Soundtrack

Nonesuch Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for Paul Thomas Anderson’s highly anticipated drama The Master. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonny Greenwood who previously collaborated with the director on 2007’s There Will Be Blood. The soundtrack will be released on September 11, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details will be posted on this site within the next couple of weeks. The Master stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952. Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Josh Close and Fiona Dourif are co-starring in the film, which is set to be released on September 14 by the Weinstein Company.

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ to Feature Music by Jonny Greenwood

According to a recent posting on Twitter by Oliver Weindling, founder of the British label Babel (via The Playlist and Cigarettes & Red Vines), Jonny Greenwood has recently recorded music for Paul Thomas Anderson’s highly anticipated religious drama The Master. The Radiohead guitarist has previously scored Anderson’s last movie, the 2007 drama There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. The Master stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952.  Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Josh Close and Fiona Dourif are co-starring. Anderson is also producing the film with JoAnne Sellar & John Lesher (Magnolia, There Will Be Blood), Bill Pohlad (Into the Wild) and Megan Ellison (Wettest County).

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