Category Archives: Soundtracks

7 Must-Watch Car Chase Movies For Mad Max Fans

July 1, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff 1 Comment

What is it about car chase movies that we love? Entertainment Weekly recently released their “The Apocalypse Issue,” featuring Tom Hardy (Warrior, Inception) and Charlize Theron (Sleepwalking, Prometheus), for the forthcoming Mad Max: Fury Road, which is expected to premiere in May 2015. It has been described as a chase that “continues for 110 minutes,” according to Mad Max creator, George Miller. Can’t wait? Check out this roundup of seven memorable car chase movies that you’ll want to queue up on your playlist. The soundtracks released by Lakeshore Records are injected with enough adrenaline to get you through those long commutes with or without road warriors coming after you.

Hot rods, big guns, pyrotechnics and women who can hold their own in a fight, make for a rip-roaring time. Fast car chases, slow car chases and epic death-defying stunts performed while a vehicle is in motion, never seem to slow anybody down.

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Bounty Killer (Score by Greg Edmonson): iTunes | Buy CD | watch movie on Netflix

Crank (Score by Paul Haslinger): iTunes | Buy CD | rent movie on iTunes

Doomsday (Score by Tyler Bates): iTunes | Buy CD | rent movie on iTunes

Drive (Score by Cliff Martinez): iTunes | Buy CD | Buy DVD

Drive Angry (Score by Michael Wandmacher): iTunes | Buy CD | rent movie on iTunes

Hit & Run (Various Artists): iTunes | Buy CD | rent movie on Netflix

Snitch (Score by Antonio Pinto): iTunes | Buy CD | Buy DVD

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Now On Demand: Matt Dillon Goes Soul Searching In ‘City Of Ghosts’

June 30, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

City of Ghosts (watch it on HBO Go) marks Matt Dillon‘s directorial debut in a film about a con man (“Jimmy” played by Dillon) who travels to Cambodia to collect on an insurance scam. The soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records features a fantastic compilation of music artists whose music almost serve as echoes of ghosts: from internationally-recognized Dengue Fever to vintage French music, the album recaptures the spirit of Cambodia’s history, serving as a canvas for Jimmy’s risky venture.

Co-starring with Matt Dillon (You, Me and Dupree, Crash) is James Caan (Blood Ties, Misery), Gerard Depardieu (Life of Pi, Cyrano de Bergerac), Stellan Skarsgard (The Physician, The Avengers), Natascha McElhone (Ronin, Solaris) and newcomer Sereyvuth Kem, this film is a fun look back to an incredible ensemble cast.

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City of Ghosts (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture): iTunes | Buy CD

Track Listing
01. Both Sides Now – Dengue Fever
02. Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi – Jacques Dutronc
03. Wait Ten Months – Ros Serey Sothea
04. Sak Kra Va – Chan Chaya
05. Do You Believe in Love at Sight – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
06. Hilo Hula -Mike Hanapi & The Lima Islanders
07. Have You Seen My Love? – Ros Serey Sothea
08. Parlez Moi d’Amour – Lucienne Boyer
09. I Want a Little Girl – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
10. Mou Pei Na – Sin Sisamouth
11. Coining – Maes Samouen
12. Giant Woman – Pen Ran
13. Close Fit Blues – Clarence Williams
14. I’m Sixteen – Ros Serey Sothea
15. Ne Te Fache Pas – Sin Sisamouth
16. Love Pillow – Choun Malai
17. Dear 5 – Peter Whitehead

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New On Netflix: Josh Hartnett Searches For His Lost Love In ‘Wicker Park’ | Score By Cliff Martinez

June 29, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

What do you do when the love of your life disappears inexplicably two years ago, and you think you’ve just seen her? Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger sizzle on screen as two lovers who experience an epic missed connection. Composer Cliff Martinez (Drive, The Lincoln Lawyer) pulls in all the instrumental elements for a score which hones in on the sense of longing, desperation and confusion as the story unfolds. Released by Lakeshore Records, music by Stereophonics, Lifehouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Snow Patrol, Broken Social Scene, The Stills, Mazzy Star, The Legends, The Shins, Jaime Wyatt, The Postal Service, Aqua Lung, Mogwai, Mates of State, +/-, múm, and Danny Lohner and Johnette Napolitano (who cover a Coldplay song), comprise a very mixtape soundtrack for lovers.

Matthew’s job as an advertising exec brings him back to Chicago and soon the past begins to haunt him again. Diane Kruger stars as “Lisa,” the girlfriend and Rose Byrne plays an obsessed woman who holds the key to Lisa’s disappearance. Matthew Lillard (“Luke”) and Jessica Paré (“Rebecca”) round out the cast. Composer Cliff Martinez’s score paints a canvas of nostalgia, heartbreak and determination to guide viewers along as the mystery unfolds through many separated puzzle pieces.

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Wicker Park (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Wicker Park (Original Motion Picture Score): iTunes | Buy CD

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Now On Demand: Watch The Critically Acclaimed ‘Wristcutters: A Love Story’

June 26, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

Here’s a must-watch indie film for music lovers: Wristcutters: A Love Story is now On Demand (watch it on HBO Go). The dark comedy, starring Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham, Shannyn Sossamon and Tom Waits is available through June 30, so don’t miss it. The soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records features tracks from Joy Division, Gogol Bordello, Mikal Lasarev, Del Shannon, Screaming Lord Sutch and a score by Composer Bobby Johnston (No Impact Man). Wristcutters was an indie film festival favorite and received a nomination for the Grand Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival (2006).

The very music-centric cast (besides musician Tom Waits, Patrick Fugit played a rock journalist in “Almost Famous” and Shannyn Sossamon is a DJ-turned-actor) rounds out this endearing love story set in the afterlife.

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Wristcutters: A Love Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD

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The Wolf of Wall Street’s Leonardo DiCaprio Doesn’t Wait Till The 11th Hour

June 25, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

“We may know him as the Wolf of Wall Street, Jay Gatsby, Romeo or Jack Dawson, but take a peek at Leonardo DiCaprio’s Twitter profile and you’ll see there the two roles he really wants to define him: actor and environmentalist.” Read the full story at Mic.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio‘s track record of tackling socially conscious personal projects are well documented. Before playing Jordan Belfort in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (co-stars 22 Jump Street‘s Jonah Hill of Superbad and Megamind fame), DiCaprio produced the environmental documentary, The 11th Hour. Lakeshore Records released both the The 11th Hour (Original Motion Picture Score) featuring a score by Jean Pascal Beintus and Eric Avery, and the various artists soundtrack, which features an incredible compilation of music from Sigur Rós, Cocteau Twins, Mogwai, Lukas Haas, Arve Henriksen, Dirty Three, Deaf Center, Triola, Ulf Lohmann and Lamb.

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The 11th Hour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD

Track Listing
01. Chiaro – Arve Henriksen
02. Lullabye for Christie – Dirty Three
03. White Lake – Deaf Center
04. Sigur 3 – Sigur Rós
05. Mondlied – Triola
06. Otterley – Cocteau Twins
07. Wasted Years – Ulf Lohmann
08. Svefn G Englar – Sigur Rós
09. Soft Mistake – Lamb
10. Mogwai Fear Satan – Mogwai
11. Kemp – Lukas Haas

Download The Score Album – The 11th Hour (Original Motion Picture Score): iTunes | Buy CD

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