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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 20, 2012)

Only one movie is opening in wide release this weekend:

Opening in over 4000 theaters is the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. The film’s music is composed by Hans Zimmer. Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our previous article. The composer and app developer RjDj have created the app The Dark Knight Rises Z+ for iPhone and iPod touch. The app is available in iTunes app store and includes a special “Origins” pack that features an extra 55 minutes of music and allows users to download an exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion with Zimmer and Nolan. For a number of video interviews with the composer from the European premiere of the film, click here and also check out an interview with Empire where you can also stream the entire soundtrack album.

Opening in limited release is the documentary The Queen of Versailles directed by Lauren Greenfield about a billionaire couple who live in a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles, built on the success of the time-share industry. Jeff Beal (Appaloosa, HBO’s Rome) has composed the film’s score. A soundtrack album featuring Beal’s music has been released digitally on Lakeshore Records. Visit our soundtrack announcement to listen to audio clips and find out more about the album and the documentary.

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‘The Queen of Versailles’ Soundtrack Announced

Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary The Queen of Versailles. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Beal (Appaloosa, Rome). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 3, 2012 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the release after the jump. The Queen of Versailles directed by Lauren Greenfield (Thin) follows a billionaire couple who live in a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles, built on the success of the time-share industry. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and has been picked up for US distribution by Magnolia Pictures.

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Sundance 2012 Film Music Roundup (Part 1)

Over the next week, we will be looking at the music and composers of some of the most high profile titles premiering at the Sundance Film Festival that haven’t been covered yet on this page.

One of the best reviewed film so far at the festival is the documentary West of Memphis directed by Amy Berg who had been Academy Award-nominated for the 2006 movie Deliver Us from Evil. West of Memphis produced by Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh (The Lord of the Rings), Lorri Davis and Damien Echols centers on the wrongful conviction case of three Arkansas teenagers (known as the West Memphis Three) who were found guilty in 1994 of the ritual murder of three eight-year-old boy. The film’s music is written by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Road).

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