Soundtrack

Decca Records have announced the original motion picture soundtrack for Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, the new action-comedy from the biggest animated franchise in history, set for release on Friday 1 July to coincide with the film’s global theatrical release.

Decca Records have announced the original motion picture soundtrack for Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, the new action-comedy from the biggest animated franchise in history, set for release on Friday 1 July to coincide with the film’s global theatrical release.

The soundtrack to Robert Wise’s film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music is being reissued across multiple formats, with a super deluxe edition offering “every musical element” from the film and a Dolby Atmos Mix.
The musical features classics such as as ‘My Favourite Things’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘Edelweiss’ and Robert Wise walked away with Best Picture and Best Director Oscars (being director and co-producer) at the 1966 Academy Awards.
The new reissue is led by a 4CD+blu-ray super deluxe which features over 40 previously unreleased tracks, including 11 never-before-heard alternate takes and instrumentals of each song for that singalong-a-Sound-of-Music experience. The blu-rays capacity allows it to deliver the full score in hi-res stereo audio and well as a Dolby Atmos Mix of the 16-track original soundtrack.

Mike Oldfield was asked in 1984 to score Roland Joffe’s film about two journalists’ experiences in the ‘killing fields’ of Kampuchea. Although Oldfield’s music is synonymous with film, it is his first and only score to date, The film was highly acclaimed winning two Academy awards and Oldfield’s score was an integral part of it, earning him a BAFTA and Golden Globe nomination. Newly remastered for 2016, The Killing Fields is a well-regarded entry in Mike Oldfield’s illustrious discography. As with all of Oldfield’s critically acclaimed re-release programme, the notes include a new interview with Mike.

A highlight of his work includes his 2004 original score for Fritz Lang's silent classic Metropolis – that one with a 150-piece combined orchestra and choir – the TV series Penny Dreadful (2014-2016), and the psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016).

The score is written for a 60 piece orchestra, piano, percussion and electronics. It was recorded in Studio 22, Hungarian Radio in Budapest and was conducted by Peter Pejtsik. The film follows a group of veterans from the war in Afghanistan suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who undergo treatment involving yoga and meditation, overseen by the world-renowned psychiatrist, Richard Davidson. By studying Buddhist monks, Davidson has found that it is possible to rewire your brain through meditation. Some of the effects are that you become more altruistic, compassionate and happy. Davidson also wants to study how early in life you can start, using the same methods of meditation and yoga in an experiment with children with ADHD. Through the film, we experience what meditation does to human beings and we investigate, if we, by using other methods than taking medicine to ease our pain, can lead less stressful and happier lives.

The soundtrack for the film Mufasa: The Lion King includes original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with additional music and performances by Lebo M. Among the performers are Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Aaron Pierre, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. The album will be released on December 13, 2024, in two versions: a standard edition featuring songs and a deluxe edition that also includes the original score composed by Dave Metzger.

Am 16. Januar 2020 kommt das Udo-Biopic "Lindenberg! Mach Dein Ding" in die deutschen Kinos, das erzählt, wie alles anfing: Seine ersten Jahre als Nobody aus Westfalen, die ersten Gehversuche als Trommler (unter anderem bei Klaus Doldinger und der Tatort-Melodie), bis er in einer amerikanischen Militärbar in Nordafrika zum Sänger wird und der in Hamburg schließlich seinen Durchbruch schafft, weil er konsequent an sich selbst glaubt und sein Ding durchzieht.