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MANDINGO/PLAZA SUITE - Composed and Conducted by MAURICE JARRE

MANDINGO/PLAZA SUITE – Composed and Conducted by MAURICE JARRE

Treat for Maurice Jarre fans! Two previously unreleased Paramount film soundtracks on one CD! Anchoring is 44-minute score from Mandingo, vivid adaptation of Kyle Onstott tale of Southern slavery, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring James Mason, Perry King, Ken Norton, Susan George. Dino Delaurentiis produces film after earlier attempts by others fail, then works with...
FUNERAL IN BERLIN - Composed and Conducted by KONRAD ELFERS

FUNERAL IN BERLIN – Composed and Conducted by KONRAD ELFERS

Expanded original soundtrack by Konrad Elfers for second Harry Palmer film begun with The Ipcress File, again starring Michael Caine, this time directed by Guy Hamilton of Goldfinger fame. Palmer becomes snarled in espionage tale set in cold war Berlin, with questionable motives of Russian colonel, Israeli agent with questionable motives of her own, pursuit...
MY SCIENCE PROJECT - Composed and Conducted by Peter Bernstein

MY SCIENCE PROJECT – Composed and Conducted by Peter Bernstein

Premiere release of knockout score by Peter Bernstein for Jonathan Betuel adventure/fantasy with John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Dennis Hopper. Movie was an early effort from Disney’s then-new Touchstone division, aimed at teen market. Special effects are name of the game, with everything from UFO’s to dinosaurs all getting their say in the name of high...
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES - Music Composed by Howard Shore

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES – Music Composed by Howard Shore

WaterTower Music has announced the release of the soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, with music composed by Academy Award® winner Howard Shore, one of film music’s most respected, honored, and active composers and conductors. The soundtrack also contains an original song performed by Billy Boyd, who starred as Peregrin Took in The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. The soundtrack will be released in two configurations: a standard...
ALLIES - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

ALLIES – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

MovieScore Media storms the beaches and infiltrates the forests with its latest release for Dominic Burns’  Allies, a stirring WWII drama scored by French composer Philippe Jakko. The versatile orchestral underscore ranges from epic battle set pieces (”Opening”, ”Forest Battle”) to nervous ambience suspense (“German Camp”) and touching, lyrical moments (”Brothers”, ”Harry and Catherine”), celebrating...
THE PRESIDIO - Music From The Motion Picture

THE PRESIDIO – Music From The Motion Picture

Composed and Conducted by Bruce Broughton First of three pictures Broughton scored for Hyams, this one gave composer opportunities to write both strong main theme plus pulse-quickening action. Broughton launches with introspective, transparent four-note motif then moves to lean trumpet figure. Both ideas are reflective, offering cohesion that holds score together. Interestingly, brief trumpet idea...
NO MAN OF HER OWN/THUNDER IN THE EAST/WILD HARVEST -

NO MAN OF HER OWN/THUNDER IN THE EAST/WILD HARVEST –

Intrada announces a trio of Hugo Friedhofer scores from the Paramount vaults in this latest edition of the Intrada Special Collection. In Wild Harvest (1947), set against images of combines threshing amber waves of grain, Friedhofer put his “Americana stamp” on the score with a bright major-mode theme, featuring galloping trumpet and woodwind figures set to a...
THE HOMESMAN – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

THE HOMESMAN – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Featuring Original Music By Marco Beltrami  Varèse Sarabande Records will release THE HOMESMAN – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on November 17 and on CD December 9, 2014. The soundtrack features the original score composed by Marco Beltrami (SNOWPIERCER, WORLD WAR Z). “This is the 3rd movie we’ve done together,” said director Tommy Lee Jones of composer Beltrami.  “He’s different, that’s what he brings.  He’s original.” This originality stretches to their work...
CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: THE IMITATION GAME and other stories

CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: THE IMITATION GAME and other stories

    Kinetophone and City Lights present: THE IMITATION GAME and OTHER STORIES. Airplaying Premiere of THE IMITATION GAME, BIRDMAN and more! City Lights: A Weekly 2-Hour Film Music Radio Show Tuesdays 21:00-23:00 @Innersound Radio PLAYLIST Running Through The Woods (WISH I WAS HERE) – Rob Simonsen Forward Is The Only Direction We Have (WISH...
FAR CRY 4 - Original Game Soundtrack

FAR CRY 4 – Original Game Soundtrack

Ubisoft Announced Collaboration with Cliff Martinez on FAR CRY 4® Soundtrack Drive, Traffic and Spring Breakers composer pens the soundtrack for upcoming open-world shooter Far Cry 4 Ubisoft® announced that it partnered with film composer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Cliff Martinez to compose the original game soundtrack for its upcoming open-world, first-person shooter Far Cry 4, the...
JESSABELLE - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

JESSABELLE – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Featuring Original Music Composed by Anton Sanko La-La Land Records released the JESSABELLE – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on CD on November 4, 2014.  The soundtrack contains original music composed by Anton Sanko (OUIJA, RABBIT HOLE). “In the beginning of the film, Jessabelle (brilliantly played by Sarah Snook) is riding in the car with her father after being estranged for many years. Nothing is said, but much is conveyed...
OPERATION ARCTIC - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

OPERATION ARCTIC – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

MovieScore Media ventures to the cold and desolate Arctic circle with its latest release, Operation Arctic (Operasjon Arktis) by Trond Bjerknes (Max Manus). Written and directed by Grethe Bøe-Waal based on the bestselling novel of Leif Hamre, the film follows the adventures of three children who are left alone in a winter storm on an...
THE GAME - Original Television Soundtrack

THE GAME – Original Television Soundtrack

Co-inciding with the November 5 premiere on BBC America, MovieScore Media releases the original score album for BBC’s high-concept spy series THE GAME  composed by Daniel Pemberton (the upcoming The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Ridley Scott’s The Counselor) in digital stores exclusively in the US and Canada. The album will then be released on CD and digitally...
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Featuring Original Music By Dan Mangan and Jesse Zubot Varèse Sarabande Records will release HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on November 10, 2014. The soundtrack features the original score composed by Juno Award winning Canadian musicians Dan Mangan and Jesse Zubot “I did something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time and that...
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE – Original Motion Picture Score EP

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE – Original Motion Picture Score EP

  Featuring Original Music By Kathryn Bostic Lakeshore Records will release the DEAR WHITE PEOPLE – Original Motion Picture Score EP digitally on November 11, 2014. The EP features the film’s original score by Kathryn Bostic (MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO). In describing her score, Bostic said, “We hear classical, hip hop, electronic, jazz, etc. and it all makes sense...
THE IMITATION GAME - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

THE IMITATION GAME – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

MUSIC BY SIX-TIME OSCAR NOMINEE, GRAMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of the original motion picture soundtrack of THE IMITATION GAME, a biographical drama about the English code-breaker Alan Turing starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. Composed by Alexandre Desplat, the score soundtrack will be available digitally on November 10 and on CD November 24. The opening...
[REC] 4 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

[REC] 4 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Coinciding with the film’s October 31 premiere in Spain, Screamworks Records proudly presents the original soundtrack for last chapter of the popular [REC] franchise: [REC]4. Written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, the [REC] films (mostly) follow the adventures of television reporter Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) who accidentally comes across a story about an infection that turns people...