http://www.soundtrackcollector.com Recent news on SoundtrackCollector.com. en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:57 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1829 <![CDATA[ BSX&nbsp;Records has released Bone Eater, featuring music composed by Chuck Cirino for the 2007 horror film directed by Jim Wynorski. Bone Eater takes place in Sweet Water, Alabama. A greedy land developer is financing the development of a huge resort in the desert nearby. Tensions have flared between the developers and the local Native American tribe, the Kathonahs, over concerns that the resort is being built over the burial ground of their ancestors. The story begins as a construction crew discover a large bone axe while they are digging at night. When they remove the bone axe, they accidentally awaken an ancient Katonah demon spirit known as the Bone Eater and they are swiftly killed. For Bone Eater, Chuck Cirino has unleashed one of his most ambitious scores, a wonderful homage to composers Ennio Morricone and Bernard Herrmann, tipping his hat to Morricone&rsquo;s work on Spaghetti Westerns and Herrmann&rsquo;s work on the great Ray Harryhausen fantasy films of the 60&rsquo;s. For more info and ordering, visit BuySoundtrax. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1829 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1828 <![CDATA[ Digitmovies has released the ninth volume dedicated to the scores by Ennio Morricone for the Giallo genre with this release of the complete full stereo&nbsp;score for the Giallo/Noir movie Mio Caro Assassino (aka My Dear Killer, Sumario Sangriento De La Peque&ntilde;a Stefania) directed in 1972 by Tonino Valerii. Police commissioner Luca Peretti (Hilton) is investigating about a series of murders which at first seem to have no connection with each other, but which after his meticulous investigations are finally linked by a logical explanation. Behind all this there is the kidnapping and the subsequent killing of a little girl. Peretti discovers motive and killer thanks to the traces (an innocent childish drawing) which had indeed been left by the little victim on the crime scene. This CD is possible thanks to the stereo master tapes of the original recording sessions preserved in very good condition in the C.A.M. archives which gave&nbsp;Digitmovies the chance to realize a complete CD containing every single note recorded for the movie. For more info, visit Digitmovies. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1828 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1827 <![CDATA[ Var&egrave;se Sarabande has released the score for Children Of The Corn. Burt&rsquo;s marriage to Vicky is on the rocks, but he hopes to rekindle it with a second honeymoon. Unfortunately, their journey takes them into the sheer darkness &mdash; a seemingly deserted community that hides a horrible secret among its tall rows of corn. Stephen King&rsquo;s horror classic CHILDREN OF THE CORN is back in a terrifying new version written and directed by Donald Borchers, who produced the original theatrical version 25 years ago. Also returning to the fields is composer Jonathan Elias, with an exciting reimagining of his classic score, with additional music by Nathaniel Morgan. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1827 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1826 <![CDATA[ La-La Land Records has released the score for Trick 'R Treat. It is said that Halloween is the night when the dead rise to walk among us and other unspeakable things roam free. The rituals of All Hallows Eve were devised to protect us from their evil mischief, and one small town is about to be taught a terrifying lesson that some traditions are best not forgotten. Nothing is what it seems when a suburban couple learns the dangers of blowing out a Jack-o-Lantern before midnight; four women cross paths with a costumed stalker at a local festival; a group of pranksters goes too far and discovers the horrifying truth buried in a local legend; and a cantankerous old hermit is visited by a strange trick-or-treater with a few bones to pick. Costumes and candy, ghouls and goblins, monsters and mayhem... the tricks and treats of Halloween turn deadly as strange creatures of every variety-human and otherwise-try to survive the scariest night of the year. Composer Douglas Pipes (Monster House) fashions a wonderful, classic horror/gothic orchestral score to compliment this acclaimed new frightfest, which chronicles several ghoulish tales as they unfold against the chilling backdrop of Halloween night. Score available from Amazon.com and La-La Land Records. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1826 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1825 <![CDATA[ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Warner Bros. Home Video has released Red Dwarf: Back To Earth, which takes place after &quot;Series-X&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; It was a long time coming, but finally the crew of the Red Dwarf were reunited or what could be the last time with Back to Earth. And it proved to be a bit of a mixed blessing, with all three parts throwing up moments of absolute genius, alongside parts where you couldn&rsquo;t help believing that its best days are far behind it. &nbsp; The idea behind the show is quite ingenious. Back to Earth takes place after the supposed season 10 of Red Dwarf, and the crew find themselves thrown through a portal, at which time they realize that they&rsquo;re all just characters from a TV show. &nbsp; Furthermore, they&rsquo;re characters from a TV show who are going to all buy it in the final episode. The only solution? To track down both the actors that play them (including a trip to the set!), and the creators of Red Dwarf itself. &nbsp;&nbsp; This opens the door for plenty of postm odern gags and situations, but arguably it&rsquo;s only when things get back into more familiar territory that they start to gel a little more. And when they work, you can&rsquo;t help but enjoy the fact that the crew are back together. Will this be the last voyage for Red Dwarf? Quite possibly, and there&rsquo;s little doubt that it&rsquo;s far from the show&rsquo;s peak. But it&rsquo;s still a fun and entertaining send-off. &nbsp; Available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Amazon.com. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1825 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1824 <![CDATA[ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; There's something wrong with Esther. &nbsp; Warner Bros. has released Orphan, &quot;A superbly crafted thriller with a jaw-dropping twist&quot; says Jeff Craig of Sixty Seconds Preview. &nbsp;&nbsp; The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard), taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate&rsquo;s fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. &nbsp; Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman). &nbsp; Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there&rsquo;s something wrong with Esther &mdash; this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be. &nbsp; Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther&rsquo;s sweet fa&ccedil;ade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late &hellip; for everyone.&nbsp; &nbsp; The music Composer John Ottman (who also scored director Jaume Collet-Serra&rsquo;s House Of Wax) contributes a chilling score. &nbsp; Available on Blu-Ray and DVD&nbsp;from the Warner Bros. shop and Amazon.com. &nbsp; The score is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany. &nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1824 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1823 <![CDATA[ Image Music has released the score for Baar&igrave;a. The name is Sicilian slang for BAGHERIA where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born. A red carpet event of major proportions. First time in 20 years that an Italian film opens the prestigious Venice Film Festival. The expectations were palpable. There are many wonderful moments and it's a treat to see dozens of Italian stars making very brief cameos in a beautiful reconstructed city. So, Tornatore and his major collaborator Ennio Morricone are heading back to Oscar land.&nbsp;We wish them luck. A 30 million dollars movie, 2 hours and a half long, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Roaul Bova, Monica Bellucci, Margaret Made', Francesco Scianna, Angela Molina, Gabriele Lavia, Michele lacido, Lina Sastri and many others. Available from Amazon Germany.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1823 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1822 <![CDATA[ Colosseum Records has released the score for L'Affaire Farewell. In 1981, Colonel Grigoriev (whose name in real life was Vladimir Vetrov) of the KGB, who was disenchanted with what the Communist ideal had become under Brezhnev, decides he is going to change the world. Discreetly, he makes contact with a French engineer working for Thomson in Moscow and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - containing information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. The Berlin Wall would fall before the end of the 80s. In his own way, &laquo;Farewell&raquo; managed to change the world, by avoiding traditional espionage methods too well known to the KGB and by not asking for any financial compensation whatsoever &ndash; much too capitalist for his taste. He simply followed his destiny, so that a new world might dawn for all his fellow Russians, but especially for his son. Clint Mansell provides a powerful score for this tale. Available as download from Amazon.com and Amazon UK. Available on CD from Amazon France and Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1822 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1819 <![CDATA[ Sumthing Else Music Works has released the original score for the video game Halo 3: ODST. The story: the Prophet of Regret jumps into slipspace which causes an EMP and a huge shockwave that greatly damages New Mombasa. As an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) you travel through the ruins of New Mombasa to find your missing squad members. The music is written by Marty O'Donnell. &quot;The jazz elements are expertly layered in between epic drums and smooth, ambient orchestrals. Nothing feels out of place when it comes up.&quot; says an experienced video game player. &quot;All crescendos are built up to and emotional, and all of the low ambient parts perfectly set a mood. This music is perfect for me seeing as I'm a writer as it never gets in my way, and always keeps me moving forward. I also play lots of role-playing games (the pen and paper kind) and this is the best background music for any scene. I highly recommend this soundtrack to anyone looking for good music!&quot; The score is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1819 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1821 <![CDATA[ ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1821 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1818 <![CDATA[ La-La Land Records has released the original score to the all-new horror feature&nbsp;Clive Barker's Book Of Blood,&nbsp;written and directed by John Harrison. The story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of &quot;highways&quot; transporting souls to the afterlife.&nbsp;The expert, Mary Florescu, has employs medium Simon McNeal to investigate a haunted house. McNeal, at first, begins to fake his visions, but then real ghosts present themselves. They attack him and carve words in his flesh, and these words, claims the narrator, form the rest of the stories, stories written on a literal, living Book of Blood. Composer Guy Farley crafts a mesmerizing, haunting orchestral score to compliment this atmospheric telling of renowned author Clive Barker&rsquo;s chilling supernatural tale. The CD booklet features liner notes from the composer and director/writer. This is a limited edition of 1500 copies. For more info and ordering, visit La-La Land Records. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1818 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1817 <![CDATA[ Var&egrave;se Sarabande has released the score for The Hills Run Red. You heard the story. The one about the goriest, bloodiest splatter fest ever, the one made in the &rsquo;80s but mysteriously lost. Flash forward to now: Young fright fans search for the secret location where the movie was shot, hoping to find the film. What they find is that the mysterious slasher flick is more than a movie. It&rsquo;s real. And they&rsquo;re its newest stars. The Hills Run Red with a whole new level of horror as the terrified cinephiles confront a demented killer who wears a nightmarish babydoll mask. Wait, Babyface is just a character from the movie, right? Wrong. He&rsquo;s alive. He&rsquo;s waiting. And he&rsquo;s thrilled to meet fans who will die &ndash; slowly, gruesomely, shockingly &ndash; for his art. Roll camera! The bone-chilling score is from Frederik Wiedmann, who scored the frightfest Return To House On Haunted Hill. The score is&nbsp;available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1817 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1816 <![CDATA[ La-La Land Records has released the score for Taking Woodstock. The story:&nbsp;its 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The banks about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasnt paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbors farm in White Lake, NY, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever. Danny Elfman&nbsp;crafts an amazing ride of a rock score that whisks the listener, along with the film, back to the very birth of the most legendary of concert events&hellip; Woodstock! A new musical work from one of filmdom&rsquo;s most exciting, most gifted composers. The score is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1816 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1815 <![CDATA[ Var&egrave;se Sarabande has released the score for Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel). The story: several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.&nbsp;In the movie&nbsp;Audrey Tautou&nbsp;stars as legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel in this biopic penned by director Anne Fontaine and screenwriter Camille Fontaine in collaboration with Christopher Hampton. The movie based on the Chanel biography L&rsquo;Irreguliere (The Nonconformist) by author Edmonde Charles-Roux. The sumptuous and beautifully tailored score for the film was composed by Alexandre Desplat&nbsp;and performed by The London Symphony Orchestra. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1815 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1814 <![CDATA[ Digitmovies has released&nbsp;volume XIV of the series dedicated to the Italian peplum by releasing for the very first time the complete&nbsp;score for the movie L&rsquo;Assedio Di Siracusa (Archimede) (aka Siege Of Syracuse) directed in 1960 by Pietro Francisci. At the time of the Punic wars when the conflict between the Roman Consul Claudio Marcello and the Syracusans is gradually getting stronger, a great man appears among the ranks of the Syracusan warriors: Archimedes. With his brilliance and inventiveness, and thanks to his burning mirrors, Archimedes destroys the Roman ships which have besieged Syracuse.&nbsp;Angelo Lavagnino&rsquo; s symphonic score perfectly combines the two worlds of Archimedes: the really documented historical facts and his private life where his affection is divided between the two beautiful women Diana and Clio. Digitmovies continues to travel through the wide musical prairies of the Italian Western by releasing for the first time the complete&nbsp;score for the classic Italian Western of 1968 Oggi&nbsp;A Me... Domani&nbsp;A Te! (aka&nbsp;Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die) directed by Tonino Cervi. After having completed a long sentence, Billy Kiova wants to take revenge on Elfego, the man who murdered his Indian wife and framed him for the murder. Elfego in the meantime has become a ferocious ringleader. Kiova hires four pistoleros including O'Bannon and Colt Moran and he leads the band for the hunting of the bandit. Legendary composer Angelo F. Lavagnino has written a really essential, minimalist style&nbsp;score made up of suspended, magical, mysterious and semi-psychedelic atmospheres performed by organ, vibe, guitar, brass and every type of percussion with a sparse, but effective orchestra performance. For more info and ordering, visit Digitmovies. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1814 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1813 <![CDATA[ BuySoundtrax&nbsp;Records has released Captain Abu Raed,&nbsp;featuring music composed and conducted by Austin Wintory for the 2009 drama written and directed by Amin Matalqa and starring Nadim Sawalha. Captain Abu Raed tells the story of Abu Raed, an old airport janitor who has always longed to see the world but has never been able to afford the ticket to travel. One day, he meets a group of children in his poor neighborhood who mistake him for an airplane pilot and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Jordan. Through his imaginary stories, Abu Raed makes new friends and learns about the grim realities of their home lives. He is ultimately able to inspire the children and change their lives. For Captain Abu Raed, the director was looking for a Western sound, instead of the typical Middle Eastern orchestral color. The film would need a universally romantic score that would affect an audience in any part of the world. To satisfy this requirement, the director turned to composer Austin Wintory.&nbsp; For more info and ordering, visit BuySoundtrax Records. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1813 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1812 <![CDATA[ Alhambra Records has released the score&nbsp;of Tauerngold. It's the story of Jakob Hirzbacher, who has lost his farm and his young wife. Therefore he decides to travel, together with his teenage son Andris,&nbsp;to the High Tauern Mountains, where gold has been found. On their way they again meet Willen, who,&nbsp;heavily wounded, returns home&nbsp;from the German-French war. When the two arrive in the Gaisbach Valley, they are avoided by everyone. Finally Jakob gets work from the old Radacher, who once was the boss of the gold digging in the valley, but now has lost everything. Jakob falls in love with&nbsp;Radacher's daughter Katharina. The score is composed and conducted by Enjott Schneider. The score is available from Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1812 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1811 <![CDATA[ Var&egrave;se Sarabande has released the score for Whiteout,&nbsp;the film adaptation of the popular graphic novel.&nbsp;Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale),&nbsp; a&nbsp;U.S. marshal,&nbsp;the only one assigned to Antarctica, must investigate a murder there within three days before the Antarctic winter begins. She crosses paths with a U.N. operative (Gabriel Macht), also investigating the murder.She must chase down suspects and find more murders. Early in the story, Steko is attacked by the killer and left for dead in a storm. She saves herself but loses two fingers due to severe cold-related injuries.&nbsp;For U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko, things are about to get even more dangerous. The only law enforcement in this unforgiving territory, she has just been sent to investigate a body on the ice. Antarctica's first homicide. A shocking discovery in itself, it will plunge her into an even more bizarre mystery. The tense and compelling score is from Ghost Ship composer John Frizzell. The score is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1811 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1810 <![CDATA[ BuySoundtrax&nbsp;Records&nbsp;has released Lassiter,&nbsp;featuring music composed and conducted by Ken Thorne for the 1984 action film written by David Taylor, directed by Roger Young and starring Tom Selleck, Lauren Hutton, Jane Seymour, Bob Hoskins, Ed Lauter and Joe Regalbuto.&nbsp;As the film is a period piece, Thorne wrote a score drawn from elements of 1930s jazz music and also adapted popular tunes of the period to be used in the fabric of the score. A small orchestra made up of trumpet, clarinet, alto sax, trombone, tuba, banjo, drums, and piano would be used to perform the period elements of the score. Strings, French horns and extra percussion would augment the orchestra for some of the action scenes. Originally issued on LP at the time of the film&rsquo;s release, BuySoundtrax Records presents the first appearance of&nbsp;Lassiter on compact disc. This release contains all of the music from the original album and features music that is previously unreleased.&nbsp;This is a limited edition release of 1000 copies. For more info and ordering, visit BuySoundtrax Records.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1810 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1809 <![CDATA[ Tadlow Music has released the complete film score of the movie classic Exodus, composed by Ernest Gold. This 2 CD limited collector's edition is performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Nic Raine. Soloists are on violin Lucie Svehlova. on&nbsp;cello Pavel Belousek and on&nbsp;recorder Gareth Williams.&nbsp;On this set also some nice bonus tracks. To name a few: also from Ernest Gold the Exit music of It's A Mad, Mad Mad, Mad World and Ship Of Fools, and from Sol Kaplan the main titile music from Judith. Jerry Goldsmith is also present with a 14 minutes&nbsp;suite of the music&nbsp;for QB VII,&nbsp;there are two pieces of music&nbsp;from Schindler's List&nbsp;by John Williams and the orchestra plays two pieces of&nbsp;music from Elmer Bernstein's Cast A Giant Shadow. And... as extra extra's&nbsp;also from Exodus the&nbsp;Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra and&nbsp;the Concert Overture. For more info and ordering, visit Tadlow Music. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1809 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1808 <![CDATA[ Var&egrave;se Sarabande has released True Blood. It&nbsp;chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps &hellip; where vampires have emerged from the coffin, and no longer need humans for their fix. Sookie Stackhouse&nbsp;works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte&rsquo;s. Though outwardly a typical young woman, she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others. Her situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron &mdash; 173-year-old Bill Compton (Steven Moyer, Quills) &mdash; and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other. Delivering the best of what audiences have come to expect from Creator and Executive Producer Alan Ball (writer of Oscar&reg;-winning Best Picture American Beauty, creator of the Emmy&reg; Award-winning HBO&reg; series Six Feet Under), \True Blood is a dark and sexy tale that boldly delves into the heart &mdash; and the neck &mdash; of the Deep South. The evocative score &mdash; slightly seasoned with regional influence &mdash; is composed and performed by Hostel veteran Nathan Barr. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1808 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1806 <![CDATA[ Normal Records in Germany has released the score for Salami Aleikum. It's the story of Mohsen Taheri who is almost 30 and still lives with his parents in Cologne in Germany. Although he can't stand blood, he works in his fathers butchery.&nbsp;To save the family's butchery from insolvency smallish, sensitive Mohsen heads to Poland to buy low-priced sheep. On his way he lands somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Eastern Germany and falls in love with former shot-putter Ana. The villagers assume Mohsen to be a scion of a Persian textile dynasty who may save the village. Mohsen becomes more and more en vogue until his father appears. The score for this comedy has been written by Ali N. Askin, a Munich composer who works for film, TV and theater as composer, arranger and producer. The score&nbsp;is available from Amazon Germany.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1806 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1807 <![CDATA[ La-La Land Records has released the compilation album&nbsp;Zatoichi - The Best Cuts (1967-1973).&nbsp;On this CD the&nbsp;original soundtrack music from Toho&rsquo;s legendary &ldquo;blind swordsman&rdquo; series of the Zatoichi&nbsp;feature films. The famous Godzilla composer&nbsp;Akira Ifukube, along with Shigeru Ikeno, Isao Tomita and Kunihiko Murai, provide the influential music on Zatoichi - The Best Cuts (1967-1973): Limited Edition, a compilation of dynamic original recordings from the&nbsp;Zatoichi films released between 1967-1973. Among them are Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)&nbsp;with music by&nbsp;Sei Ikeno,&nbsp;&nbsp;Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) with music by the Master himself, Akira Ifukube, Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970), music by Isao Tomita and Zatoichi at Large (1972) with music by Kunihiko Murai. This compilation was assembled from remastered elements from the Toho Studios&rsquo; vaults. In-depth liner notes by Randall Larson take you behind the scenes of The Blind Swordsman and his musical legacy. This is&nbsp;a limited edition of 1500 copies. Available from La-La Land Records.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1807 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1805 <![CDATA[ Na&iuml;ve France has released the score for Un Proph&egrave;te, the story of&nbsp;a young Arab man, who&nbsp;is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin. Through the mind&rsquo;s eye of Malik EL Djebena, the first thing we see is a crushing darkness. His immediate surroundings are only perspiring dimly, faraway and dreamlike. Things get clearer as the camera show us the world outside our hero&rsquo;s mind. Clearer yes, but not a notch brighter: bars, cops, screams, curses, his worn-off lawyer. Malik El Djebena is going to jail for 6 years. We will never know why. Young, boyish looking, illiterate, without any family or relatives, without even someone to call a friend, he is thrown in a maelstrom of violence, intricate power plays, corruption and despair. Alexandre Desplat wrote - again - a fascinating score.&nbsp; The score is available from Amazon France and Na&iuml;ve France. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1805 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1803 <![CDATA[ From Var&egrave;se Sarabande comes the score for Final Destination. The story: On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O&rsquo;Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare, Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave ... escaping seconds before Nick&rsquo;s frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they&rsquo;ve cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. The film marks the latest in the highly popular Final Destination series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride. The death-defying score is the latest from Fast &amp; Furious composer Brian Tyler. The album will feature a 13-minute suite recorded just for this soundtrack! Available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1803 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1802 <![CDATA[ Colosseum Records has released the score for Demain D&egrave;s L'Aube. The film starts involvingly with a cluster of men in late 18th century military attire preparing for a swordfight in a misty field. The effort expended by the two adversaries, punctuated by the clang of metal, is thrilling.&nbsp; One opponent draws blood.Cut to a contemporary setting in which concert pianist and composer Mathieu&nbsp;is giving a piano lesson in the tasteful salon of the apartment he shares with his wife and young son. After the lesson, he drives to the suburban Paris house where his seriously ailing mother&nbsp;lives with Mathieu&rsquo;s younger brother Paul.&nbsp;J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Lemonnier about his composition: &ldquo;There are in Demain d&egrave;s l&rsquo;aube (Tomorrow at Dawn) several opposing forces complementing each other: passion and boredom, infancy and adulthood, the real world and the virtual world&hellip;The result of these forces is a sort of wandering, an uncertainty, which makes Mathieu an enigmatic and irresolute character. These are the feelings, their evolution and their outcome that I primarily wanted to emphasise using music.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; The score is available from Amazon France, Amazon Germany and Colosseum Records. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1802 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1798 <![CDATA[ K&ouml;nigskinder has released the score for Maria, Ihm Schmeckt's Nicht. The story: when Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his hometown in southern Italy. Jan is faced with an overwhelmingly large Italian family, forced to discover new traits in his bride once she's embraced her Italian side, and looking forward to a lifetime of being the fifth wheel. But by and by, he also realizes that Antonio, who left his family for Germany when he was young and married a German woman later, knows all these feelings first-hand and doesn't like him the less for them. Still, there is the question: Should Jan and Sara really get married?&nbsp;The score is written and orchestrated by Swiss composer Niki Reiser, who's score for the movie Im Winter Ein Jahr was rewarded for Best Music with the Deutschen Filmpreis 2009 and&nbsp;with the Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik. The score is vailable from Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1798 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1797 <![CDATA[ Var&egrave;se Sarabande has released the score for Aliens In The Attic, an adventure/comedy about kids on a family vacation who must fight off an attack by knee-high alien invaders with world-destroying ambitions &mdash; while the youngsters' parents remain clueless about the battle. It's the Pearsons versus the aliens who &quot;came from upstairs,&quot; in an all-out battle that will decide the fate of the Earth - and kick-off the ultimate summer vacation. It all starts as a meteor shower rockets across the dark galaxy. Four glowing pods sparkle and crackle while hiding behind the meteor show. A mysterious force makes the meteor shower turn a hard right towards a bright blue ball in the distance - planet Earth. Starring Kevin Nealon, Robert Hoffman, Doris Roberts, Tim Meadows and Ashley Tisdale, and co-scripted by one of the writers of Madagascar and the Academy Award&reg;-winning Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit. The adventurous and fun score was composed by Bruce Almighty composer John Debney. The score is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon France and Amazon Germany. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1797 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1796 <![CDATA[ La-La Land Records has released the score for Allan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold, the 1986 Cannon Film&rsquo;s action/adventure feature film, the sequel to King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone and James Earl Jones. After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Alan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the los City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves. Is this where Robeson met his end?&nbsp;Remastered from MGM vault elements, Michael Linn&rsquo;s robust orchestral score compliments all the adventure in high-flying fashion, occasionally working in Jerry Goldsmith&rsquo;s main theme from King Solomon's Mines. The CD booklet features exclusive, in-depth liner notes. Produced by Ford A. Thaxton. This is a limited edition pressing of 1200 copies. The score is available from La-La Land Records.&nbsp; ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1796 http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1795 <![CDATA[ Silva Screen Records has released the score for&nbsp;Mutant Chronicles,&nbsp;the story of the last mission of the only surviving humans on earth, a hopeless task which ends in bloody failure against an army of Mutants. The visual backdrop of muddy trenches and huge WW1 style weaponry is aided by Richard Wells&rsquo; music. Reflecting the ever increasing futility of the mission, the score starts with a haunting melody in the trenches before the mission begins and then becomes ever more discordant as the survivors die one by one until the final violent act, accompanied by a dreadful dissonant cacophony. The thundering, beautifully crafted, orchestral score is the work of Richard Wells, a composer with an impressive track record. He has written music for over 30 video games and made his feature film scoring debut with the cult release Razor Blade Smile. Recent successes include the score for martial arts smash Ong-Bak, hit TV series Being Human and over 50 pieces of original trailer music which include The Grudge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Internal Affairs. The score is available from Amazon UK andSilva Screen Records and downloadable from iTunes. ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=1795