Mom and Pop Records has released a soundtrack album for Thomas McCarthy’s comedy drama Win Win. The album features Lyle Workman’s original score, as well as the original song Think You Can Wait by The National. The soundtrack is currently available exclusively on iTunes, but a CD release is planned for next month. For audio clips from all tracks on the album, click here. Win Win starring Paul Giamatti, Melanie Wysnkey, Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Ryan and Bobby Carnivale is currently playing in limited release and expanding into more theaters in the coming weeks.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 18, 2011)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
The sci-fi comedy Paul is directed Greg Mottola and stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Bill Hader and Seth Rogen as the voice of Paul. The film’s original score is composed by David Arnold. A soundtrack release including Arnold’s score, as well as several songs from the movie has already been released in Europe as reported here. The album is scheduled to come out on April 4, 2011 in the US.
Also opening today is Brad Furman’s legal thriller starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy. Lakeshore Records has released two different soundtracks including Cliff Martinez’ original score, as well as a song album. Visit our previous article for details on both albums. Also check out an interview on with composer Cliff Martinez on his work on the film on Film Music Magazine.
Lyle Workman scoring ‘Win Win’
Film Music Reporter has learned that Lyle Workman is the composer of the upcoming comedy Win Win. The movie is written and directed by Thomas McCarthy, who worked with composers Stephen Trask (The Station Agent) and Jan Kaczmarek (The Visitor) on his previous directorial efforts. The film stars Paul Giamatti, Melanie Wysnkey, Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Ryan and Bobby Carnivale. The movie centers around a disheartened attorney, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach and stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family.