Dragon’s Domain Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 1990 movie adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant and Robert Duvall. The 35th Anniversary Edition features the newly remastered original score composed by Academy Award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, Little Buddha, The Sheltering Sky, Snake Eyes). The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. GNP Crescendo has previously released the original 1990 soundtrack album.
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‘Return to Montauk’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Return to Montauk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, Taboo, Miss Sloane, Disconnect). Also included are pieces by Thomas Bartlett, The Cian Boylan Trio, Kila, Bronagh Gallagher and The Eder Quartet. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Three full tracks are embedded after the jump. Return to Montauk is directed by Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum) and stars Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Hoss, Susanne Wolff, Niels Arestrup, Isi Laborde, Bronagh Gallagher, Mathias Sanders and Malcolm Adams. The movie centers on an author, now in his early 60s, who is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget.