Dreamville Creed Iii: The Soundtrack

Creed III is a 2023 American sports drama film directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin. The film is the sequel to Creed II (2018), the third in the Creed series, and the overall ninth installment in the Rocky film series. It also stars Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, and Phylicia Rashad. This is the first film in the series without Sylvester Stallone starring as Rocky Balboa, though he still serves as a producer, as does the first film's director, Ryan Coogler.

Next weekend, Creed II officially invades theaters, as Michael B. Jordan will be looking to take over the box offices again. Well, with the project just a few days ago, Mike WiLL Made-It has been tapped to handle the major film’s official soundtrack, which has essentially become his own solo project. The Atlanta musician-entrepreneur has tapped the likes of Rae Sremmurd, Eearz, Pharrell, Nas, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, ScHoolboy Q, Young Thug, Kodak Black, Gucci Mane, YG, Quavo, Juicy J, Nicki Minaj, Vince Staples, and Ella Mai among others for the project.

When FSM released the long-awaited expanded edition of James Horner’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) in 2009, it didn’t take a Vulcan scientist to assume that the score’s companion piece, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), might also see the light of day. FSM delivers—thanks to the good graces of Paramount Pictures and Capitol Records. James Horner’s Star Trek III continues his superlative work for the Final Frontier, with emotional developments of the B-theme (the “Enterprise theme”) and Spock’s theme from the earlier film, as well as exotic atmospheres for the all-important Vulcan mysticism that drives the story. The film’s villains, the Klingons, receive a new theme with exciting barbaric instrumentation. From the grand “space opera” setpieces (“Stealing the Enterprise,” “Bird of Prey Decloaks”) to intimate, spiritual moments (“The Mind-Meld,” “Returning to Vulcan”), Horner’s Star Trek III is one of the finest scores in the Star Trek canon.

Last week, FromSoftware released Dark Souls III in Japan. The game was primarily composed by Yuka Kitamura (Dark Souls II, Bloodborne), with guest contributions from Motoi Sakuraba (Dark Souls, Dark Souls II), Tsukasa Saitoh (Bloodborne, Armored Core), and Nobuyoshi Suzuki (Bloodborne). As with Bloodborne, the soundtrack places a strong emphasis on haunting choral work with ensemble performances from the Tokyo Philharmonic.

The music from another pair of Warhammer 40,000 games, Mechanicus by Guillaume David and Inquisitor – Martyr, by Gergely Buttinger both shed a light on different corners of the Dark Millennium, giving devotees of the Omnissiah and agents of the Inquisition plenty to enjoy.

The movie Paint Your Wagon was an awkward attempt to update the plot of an old stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, with new songs by Andre Previn and Lerner. One can guess at one inherent problem with the picture from the very notion of starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in a musical. The soundtrack is a peculiar release; in purely musical terms, it would only be of interest to dedicated fans of Harve Presnell (who performs "They Call the Wind Maria") and Anita Gordon, who acquits herself well singing Jean Seberg's part on "A Million Miles Away Behind the Door." It is Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin, however, who do more of the singing here, and while they might not be of much interest musically, there is a certain "Golden Throats"-type allure to their songs.

This Harley hog of a reissue takes the original soundtrack and adds an entire disc of similarly emblematic anthems of the era to form the ultimate period piece! Includes Don't Bogart Me Fraternity of Man; The Ballad of Easy Rider Roger McGuinn; Pushin' Too Hard Seeds; If You Want to Be a Bird Holy Modal Rounders; Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers; If 6 Were 9 Jimi Hendrix, and more.