Klaus Badelt is set to reteam with director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, Together with You) on the upcoming martial arts action epic The Monk. The film is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng (The Grandmaster) and stars Wang Baoqiang, Lin Chi-ling and Fan Wei. The movie follows a young monk who is forced to leave his impoverished monastery and crosses paths with a Kung Fu master who is in possession of the Book of Secrets, which reveals the lost art of the deadly Ape Strike Kung Fu technique. Chen Hong is producing the Columbia Pictures production. Badelt has previously composed a critically acclaimed score for Chen Kaige’s 2005 epic The Promise.
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Alberto Iglesias’ ‘Le moine’ Soundtrack released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the French/Spanish co-production Le moine (The Monk). The album includes the film’s original score composed by Alberto Iglesias who is having a busy year with two potential Award contenders, including the John Le Carre adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Pedro Almadovar’s The Skin I Live In coming out later this year. The music for Le Moine is performed by The London Session Orchestra and the Metro Voices. The soundtrack is now available to order from Europe on Quartet Records’ website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The album is also available in the US from Screen Archives. Le moine directed by Dominik Moll is an adaptation of the classic 1796 Gothic novel by Mathew Gregory Lewis and centers around Capucin Ambrosio, a pious, well-respected monk in Spain and his violent downfall. The movie stars stars Vincent Cassel and Geraldine Chaplin. The thriller was released in France last month.
Alberto Iglesias scoring ‘The Monk’
Alberto Iglesias has two new projects coming out this year. He is currently finishing up the score for the French/Spanish co-production The Monk. The thriller is directed by German director Dominik Moll (Lemming) and stars Vincent Cassel and Geraldine Chaplin. The film is produced by Alvaro Longoria, who produced Steven Soderbergh’s Che movies which featured music by Iglesias. The Monk is an adaptation of the classic 1796 Gothic novel by Mathew Gregory Lewis and centers around Capucin Ambrosio, a pious, well-respected monk in Spain and his violent downfall. The film is currently scheduled to open in June in France and Spain.