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10 Romantic And Fun Soundtracks For Valentine’s Day Weekend, Watch The Films On Demand!

February 14, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff Leave a comment

For Valentine’s Day weekend, we take a look at some of our favorite soundtrack and score albums from great movies with love stories. From incredibly romantic and sweet, to shout-it-from-the-rooftops kind of love, we’ve got something for every taste. The movies are also available now On Demand, so add them to your play queue or watch them this weekend. Preview the albums to these 10 soundtrack selections. Share with us which ones you would love to have in your collection in the comments below!

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Beastly (Songs From The Motion Picture): iTunes | Buy CD
True love. A modern retelling of Beauty & The Beast, a once charmed man is cursed and must find true love within a year, or he will forever remain cursed. Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate Olsen stars. Watch the movie on iTunes. Check out the score album featuring Composer Marcelo Zarvos.

Watch the music video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izLs96TyXYw
Preview the full Beastly soundtrack on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDiX0zvRAk

Words and Pictures (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes
Love comes after foreplay. An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important. Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche stars. Rent the movie on iTunes. Soundtrack features the score by Composer Paul Grabowsky.

Watch the album preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drIJYUseOs

The One I Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love is weird. A married couple find their relationship and very existence put to the test in this wickedly inventive romantic comedy. Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss and Ted Danson stars. Watch the movie on Netflix. Soundtrack features the score by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans.

Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-GY_10k20

Wicker Park (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love makes you do crazy things. Intricately moving back and forth in time revealing the story from each character’s perspective, Wicker Park is an intense psychological drama about a man in an obsessive search for a woman he fell deeply in love with – a woman who then vanishes without a trace. Two years after her disappearance, he catches a fleeting glimpse of her in a local bar and begins a twisting search to find her and discover what really happened. Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard, Diane Kruger and Christopher Cousins star. Watch the music video below featuring Ben Gibbard’s (Laggies Soundtrack) The Postal Service band. Watch the movie on iTunes.

Watch the music video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvjlivsCBcM

The Song (Original Motion Picture Score): iTunes | pre-order CD
Love never fails. An aspiring singer-songwriter’s life and marriage suffer when the song he writes for his wife propels him to stardom. Alan Powell (frontman of “Anthem Lights”), Ali Faulkner (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1) and Caitlin Nicol-Thomas (Nashville) stars. Watch the movie on iTunes. The album features the score by Composer Vincent Emmett.

Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBGAzjr3lfA

Rob The Mob (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love can be trouble. A modern day Bonnie and Clyde hatch an idea to rob the mob. Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Ray Romano and Andy Garcia stars. Watch the movie on iTunes. The soundtrack features the score by Composer Stephen Endelman.

Watch the music video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwMYx3pBIcU
Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9TTs6DkZKA

G.B.F. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love comes unexpectedly. When Tanner is outed as a school’s only openly gay student, three popular girls engage in an epic fight to acquire him as their “Gay Best Friend.” Michael J. Willett, Paul Iacono, Sasha Pieterse and Xosha Roquemore stars. Watch the movie on Netflix.

Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcHz1iL0Gx4

Cavemen (Original Motion Picture Soundrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love isn’t easy to find. L.A. playboy Dean is fed up with one-night stands and empty relationships – he wants more out of life than just a party. With a little help from his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess, Dean decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time – which proves to be much more difficult than he thought in modern-day Los Angeles. Camilla Belle, Skylar Austin, Chad Michael Murray, Alexis Knapp, Chasty Ballesteros, Kenny Wormald and Dayo Okeniyi stars. Rent the movie on iTunes.

Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD9ZUE5ByhA

Blue Valentine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love evolves. The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods. Ryan Gosling (Drive) and Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams star. Rent the movie on iTunes. Soundtrack feature the score by Grizzly Bear.

Watch the music video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUm2Gp3_AA
Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmuwCkeeMo

Girl On A Bicycle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Love can get complicated. Paolo, an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, when the young French beauty, Cécile pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle – and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek, finds himself with a German fiancée, a French “wife”, two Australian children who call him “Papa”, and his life upside-down. Vincenzo Amato, Paddy Considine, Stephane Debac, Louise Monot and Nora Tschirner stars. Watch the movie on Netflix. The soundtrack features the score by Composer Craig Richey.

Watch the album preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbwzELXCBaw

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Exclusive Interview: How ‘Rob The Mob’ Stole Composer Stephen Endelman’s Heart

March 27, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff 1 Comment

If you think you know what Rob The Mob is about, think again. The movie opened in theaters last weekend in New York City, and the soundtrack is now available. On the eve of the film’s Los Angeles premiere, Lakeshore Records spoke with Grammy-winning Composer Stephen Endelman about this modern-day Bonnie and Clyde story and his introspective approach to scoring the film.

How did you go about conveying the spirit of the couple, Tommy and Rosie, in the music?

There’s something about their chemistry. It’s a simple love story. Basically you can’t help but notice the way they look at each other: they are very much in love. They are so quirky and weird. Their theme was the opposite of who they are. The metering is not the same in each track on the album; each bar is a different length. I wrote a waltz that wasn’t a waltz, for example.

Download The Album: http://bit.ly/RobTheMobMusic

Some of the tracks on the album sound very gentle, like you were guiding the audience into seeing deeper into who Tommy and Rosie are as people. Was that intentional?

I feel the movie is respectful of the characters. Each character in the movie does what they do, honestly. The characters can’t help themselves. I didn’t want to just show them as a couple of wild kids robbing people. I want to show them as a couple of lovers. None of the music is sentimental, even though the movie is about an end of an era.

Did you already have a goal or idea in mind at the beginning of the project, or did you allow the album to shape itself?

The album shaped itself. I didn’t have an idea about the score at the beginning. I read the screenplay and then it became apparent. We had decided on a piano score already. When we finished the music, we did move things around a bit based on what seemed right with the movie, but I let the music speak through me through the characters. I felt sad and a sense of yearning. I felt their imperfections.

How do you go about choosing soundtracks to score? Do you have a rule about what kinds of movies you will or won’t score?

No rules. I try to mix it up. I fall in love with characters. If I fall in love with them, then I write music for them. I feel that the human condition is looking for love, depth and resolution. When I look back at all the movies I’ve ever done, each character wants to do better in some way. I’m really drawn to the characters.

The movie Rob The Mob, directed by Raymond De Felitta, opens widely on Friday, March 28 in Los Angeles. The reviews have been very favorable.

“Music. It plays a key role in ROB THE MOB as well. The film takes place circa 1992(ish) but the music is much more timeless, evoking an era far more indicative of the mafia’s hay days. Stephen Endelman composes the original music while accompanied by tracks from The Staple Singers’ “City In the Sky” and Wilson Pickett’s “Somethin’ You Got.” The opening sequence of the film, however, oddly sets the mood in an unexpected use of Deee-Lite’s “Groove Is In the Heart.” Trust me when I say it sounds odd at first, but quickly makes sense…”

Read the rest of the article on We Are Movie Geeks.

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Movie News, Music Videos, Scores, Soundtracks

Check Out Three ‘Rob The Mob’ Must-Watch Videos – Composer Stephen Endelman Featured

March 20, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

Now that the Rob The Mob soundtrack is out, we want to share these three must-watch videos with you. Why? Besides getting a taste of the movie and hearing music samples from the entire album all in one spot, you’ll also get an insider’s view of how Composer Stephen Endelman encapsulates the drama and emotion from the film.

Have you listened to the music yet? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

The album is out now–download it at the links below! The movie stars Michael Pitt (from Boardwalk Empire), Ray Romano, Nina Arianda and Andy Garcia.

Download ‘Rob The Mob’ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack):

iTunes: http://bit.ly/RobTheMobMusic | Amazon: http://amzn.to/RTMalbum

Interview with Composer Stephen Endelman about making the Rob The Mob Soundtrack:

“Love and the Gun” Music Video Music by Tamela D’Amico featuring Music By Stephen Endelman and Lyrics By Raymond D’Felitta

Official Soundtrack Preview–listen to samples from all twenty-one tracks here:

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Press & Reviews

An Interview With Composer Stephen Endelman For ‘Rob The Mob’ Soundtrack

March 11, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff 2 Comments

“Not given the richest of resources, Stephen Endelman has crafted a truly memorable, and offbeat score with “Rob the Mob” in a way these real-life crooks would likely have appreciated for all of their ill-advised grand schemes, an unlikely break-in that Endelman accomplishes with emotional gusto and a sense of unexpectedly touching irony.”

Check out the rest of the in-depth interview with Rob The Mob soundtrack composer Stephen Endelman on Film Music Magazine.

Rob The Mob (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released by Lakeshore Records, is coming March 18 to iTunes, but you can pre-order it at Amazon.com.

Track Listing:
01. Love and the Gun – Stephen Endelman and Raymond DeFelitta featuring Tamela D’Amico
02. Groove Is In the Heart – Deee-Lite
03. City In the Sky – Staple Singers
04. Somethin’ You Got – Wilson Pickett
05. I Can Talk To My Boss – Stephen Endelman
06. Flower Shop Robbery – Stephen Endelman
07. Tommy Gets Out – Stephen Endelman
08. Tommy Heads to the Bronx – Stephen Endelman
09. Tommy Goes To Gotti Trial – Stephen Endelman
10. Tommy’s Flashback – Stephen Endelman
11. Big Al’s Balls of Rice – Stephen Endelman
12. Why I Am Me – Stephen Endelman
13. The List – Stephen Endelman
14. Hey Vinnie I Got The List – Stephen Endelman
15. Rosie Calls Al – Stephen Endelman
16. Tommy Premonition – Stephen Endelman
17. I’m Outta Here – Stephen Endelman
18. Worlds Falling Apart – Stephen Endelman
19. Coney Island Montage – Stephen Endelman
20. Flashback – Stephen Endelman
21. Chess – Stephen Endelman
22. Hit Goes Down – Stephen Endelman
23. Christmas Day – Stephen Endelman

New Release, News

Pre-Order ‘Rob The Mob’ Out On March 11 – Full Soundtrack Details

March 7, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

A mob boss (played by Andy Garcia) and a reporter (played by Ray Romano) are at the center of a romance-thriller in Rob The Mob. Lakeshore Records has the scoop on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring Tony Award-winning composer Stephen Endelman, out on March 18, but you can pre-order your copy starting March 11!

Don’t forget to pre-order your copy starting March 11!

Rob The Mob (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Amazon: http://amzn.to/RTMalbum | iTunes: http://bit.ly/RobTheMobMusic

Track Listing:
01. Love and the Gun – Stephen Endelman and Raymond DeFelitta featuring Tamela D’Amico
02. Groove Is In the Heart – Deee-Lite
03. City In the Sky – Staple Singers
04. Somethin’ You Got – Wilson Pickett
05. I Can Talk To My Boss – Stephen Endelman
06. Flower Shop Robbery – Stephen Endelman
07. Tommy Gets Out – Stephen Endelman
08. Tommy Heads to the Bronx – Stephen Endelman
09. Tommy Goes To Gotti Trial – Stephen Endelman
10. Tommy’s Flashback – Stephen Endelman
11. Big Al’s Balls of Rice – Stephen Endelman
12. Why I Am Me – Stephen Endelman
13. The List – Stephen Endelman
14. Hey Vinnie I Got The List – Stephen Endelman
15. Rosie Calls Al – Stephen Endelman
16. Tommy Premonition – Stephen Endelman
17. I’m Outta Here – Stephen Endelman
18. Worlds Falling Apart – Stephen Endelman
19. Coney Island Montage – Stephen Endelman
20. Flashback – Stephen Endelman
21. Chess – Stephen Endelman
22. Hit Goes Down – Stephen Endelman
23. Christmas Day – Stephen Endelman

Synopsis:
An audacious new movie from the director of City Island, Rob the Mob is a daring thriller that centers on the story of a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde played by Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire) & Nina Arianda (winner of 2012 Tony Awards for her performance in “Venus in Fur”). The powerful cast includes Andy Garcia, Ray Romano and Burt young among many.