Now On Netflix: Three Father’s Day Movies We Love | Download The Soundtracks

Looking for something to watch on Father’s Day?  We mix things up a bit with three great movies with soundtracks released by Lakeshore Records: Get The Gringo (watch it on Netflix), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (watch it on Netflix) and World’s Greatest Dad (watch it on Netflix).  Get The Gringo is scored by Antonio Pinto (Lord of War, Perfect Stranger, Snitch, The Odyssey), Spy Kids is scored by Carl Thiel (Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and Grindhouse: Planet Terror) and Director Robert Rodriguez (Machete Kills, Sin City), and World’s Greatest Dad features music by Bruce Hornsby, Peggy Lee, The Deadly Syndrome, Akron/Family, Inara George and Brenden Benson.

Lakeshore Records: Get The Gringo Soundtrack, Score by Antonio Pinto

In Get The Gringo, A young boy (Kevin Hernandez) teaches a career criminal (Mel Gibson) how to survive inside a notorious Mexican prison.  Jessica Alba (The Love Guru, Sin City), Jeremy Piven and Joel McHale (NBC’s Community, Spider-Man 2) head up Spy Kids, an adventure the whole family can enjoy.  World’s Greatest Dad is a dark comedy which stars Robin Williams (Night At The Museum, August Rush) as a father who covers up his surly son’s embarrassing death, played by Daryl Sabara (John Carter, Machete).

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Get The Gringo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D: iTunes | Buy CD
World’s Greatest Dad (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD

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Watch The ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Soundtrack Preview, 10th Anniversary Edition | Includes A Karaoke Sing-Along & Movie References

Napoleon Dynamite Week continues!  We created a 10th Anniversary edition album preview video, which includes a fun karaoke sing-along plus movie references.  Lakeshore Records received a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack and we think you love this album, too.  The soundtrack features classic hits like “Canned Heat” by Jamiroquai; “Forever Young” by Alphaville; “I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow; “Only You” by Yaz; “The Promise” by When In Rome; Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” performed by Sparklemotion; and a score by John Swihart.  Watch this fun flashback:

It’s been 10 years since Napoleon Dynamite first debuted in theaters, when movie goers were introduced to the laugh-out-loud moments of this coming of age movie centered around the life of Napoleon Dynamite, played by Jon Heder, a high school student determined to make a difference.

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Napoleon Dynamite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD

Keep the fun going:  join in Lakeshore Records’ celebration of Napoleon Dynamite Week: make a six-second Napoleon Dynamite vine or #DanceForPedro dance loop, and we will revine our favorites!

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Now On Demand: Watch ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ Actress Shailene Woodley In ‘The Spectacular Now’

Shailene Woodley fans will get to see her in the comforts of their own homes: The Spectactular Now is now available via Amazon On Demand.  So, if you’re hankering for another romantic film after watching her in The Fault In Our Stars, all you have to do is subscribe and hit that play button.  The score album for The Spectacular Now, released by Lakeshore Records features a score by Rob Simonsen (Seeking A Friend For The End of The World), who embues the film with incredibly memorable and romantic music, and bonus tracks by Ariel Pink and Dam-Funk, and Kurt Vile.

Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (Soundtrack by Lakeshore Records)

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The Spectacular Now: iTunes | Buy CD

Read about the The Spectacular Now More Music EP

 

Director Darren Stein On G.B.F. & The Importance Of Music In Movies

Lakeshore Records recently spoke with Darren Stein, director of the teen comedy, G.B.F. (watch it on Netflix), and film classic, Jawbreaker.  We caught up with the Los Angeles-based director and writer who is currently writing the libretto for the musical stage production of Jawbreaker: The Musical, expected to premiere in 2015, and Lifetime’s adaptation to the cult teen novel anthology, Flowers In The Attic: Seeds of Yesterday.

Lakeshore Records: Director Darren Stein on the set of his film, G.B.F.

What is this seeming fascination you have with proms?

With Jawbreaker, it was really an homage to Carrie and the idea of a public meltdown in a big event; that, being a prom.  For G.B.F. — I didn’t write it — it just happened to be the third act of G.B.F. High School is sort of like a heightened event in life, like prom.  For me, there was a homecoming dance; I remember I went to a summer program in junior year in high school.  I met a girl there from Florida, and I asked her to my Homecoming.  She was my friend.  My mom did her makeup.

What was high school like for you?

I went to an all-boys private school.  It was very academic and I was in my bedroom studying all the time.  It was really through movies where I saw where all the fun was happening.  It was in my neighborhood, where I was making movies with all the neighborhood kids, when I really came alive.

How much of an influence did you have on the music?

Every musical selection on the soundtrack I either chose or approved.  Growing up in the ’80s, the soundtrack was part of the teen movie experience.  You’re exposed to fashion, jargon and slang, and music — a big part of the world.  I wanted the soundtrack to feel immersive of the era of each film.  The music should be thematically relevant as well.  It’s a really fun soundtrack.  I stumbled across the “Gay Best Friend” song: it’s kind of infectious.  As I worked on the film, I gradually became aware that the song needed to be included.

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G.B.F. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD

Did you put your high school self into any of these movies?

Tanner and Brent (in G.B.F.) were into comic books and under the radar.  I’m sort of more like Brent.  I wouldn’t say I’m like Woody Allen who is the director and the main character.

Who are you listening to now?

I’m really into Kate Bush, Deap Vally — two girls from L.A. — they’re sort of like White Stripes’ hard sound, Haim, Peaches, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and the new Kylie Minogue album, Band of Skulls, Arcade Fire, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack… just lots of stuff.

Do you have a writing or directing ritual?

Music is always playing in my car.  I usually work out in the morning and then btween 1 to 7 p.m., I write.  I try to get in a good four to five hours of writing.  I like to leave the house.  There are so many amazing coffeehouses in L.A.

Was it always filmmaking for you, or did you want to do something else?

My family was in the post-production business.  I’ve always been around film.  I bonded with my dad over watching films.  Having a father in post-production made it an accessible career; it seemed attainable as a goal.  Of course, my mom suggested I be an attorney or doctor.  Being a filmmaker, it is a struggle.  But when you have the calling… you really have one life.  You should just go for it.

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Now On iTunes: ‘Gambit’ Starring Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz | Watch The Soundtrack Video

Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman form a comedic cast in Gambit (rent it on iTunes), the 2013 remake to the 1966 movie of the same name.  This modern version, written by Joel Coen (Fargo, No Country for Old Men) and Ethan Coen (Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, The Big Lebowski), shifts the geography on the love interest (instead of Hong Kong, she’s now from Dallas, Texas), but the basic similarities are unmistake.  Lakeshore Records released the Gambit soundtrack, with a score by Rolfe Kent (Thank You For Smoking, Reign Over MeThe Hunting Party), and you can preview the album here.

Composer Rolfe Kent Talks About His Work On ‘Reign Over Me’

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