La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for Errol Morris’ documentary The Unknown Known. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Batman) who previously collaborated with the documentarian on 2008′s Standard Operating Procedure. The physical version of the soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon and the digital version is available to download here. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Unknown Known draws on hours of filmed interviews and previously unpublished material from Donald Rumsfeld’s private archive and looks at the former United States Secretary of Defense’s role in American history from Watergate to 9/11.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 4, 2014)
Only one new movie is opening this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is Captain America: The Winter Soldier directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Robert Redford. The film’s music is composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit ET Online for a video featurette about the movie’s music and check out recent interviews with Jackman on Collider, Comicbook.com, Comic Book Therapy and The Movie Bit.
Opening in limited release is the Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer, based on a novel by Michael Faber and starring Scarlett Johansson. Mica Levi from the experimental pop music band Micachu and the Shape has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring Levi’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film. Also visit Pitchfork, Indiewire and Variety for recent interviews with Levi about her work on the project.
Danny Elfman to Score Errol Morris’ ‘The Unknown Known’
Danny Elfman has been tapped to score the upcoming documentary The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld. The film is directed by Errol Morris (The Fog of War, Tabloid) and draws on hours of filmed interviews and previously unpublished material from Rumsfeld’s private archive and looks at the former United States Secretary of Defense’s role in American history from Watergate to 9/11. Robert Fernandez and Amanda Branson Gill are producing the project for Moxie Pictures. The History Films, Radius-TWC and Participant Media production marks Elfman’s second collaboration with Morris following 2008’s Standard Operating Procedure.