In honor of Jack Black’s new The Polka King film (out January 12 on Netflix), Lakeshore Records takes a look at a few fan favorite films starring Jack Black: Bernie (in which he also sings), Nacho Libre and The D Train! Make it a Jack Black weekend and gather your squad. What are your favorite Jack Black films? Let us know in the comments!
Graham Reynolds, composer of scores released on Lakeshore Records like Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny, Bernie and A Scanner Darkly, presents “Pancho Villa From A Safe Distance” on Tuesday, October 10 (8:30 p.m.) at The Theatre At Ace Hotel in Downtown, Los Angeles! Get tickets here. More details below.
Austin-based composer and bandleader Graham Reynolds—celebrated for wide-ranging credits that include film scores for Richard Linklater and collaborations with Jack Black and DJ Spooky — leads a rousing experimental chamber opera that pays tribute to a revolutionary and legendary figure. Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance explores the life and legacy of Pancho Villa, and sonically traverses both Mexican and American perspectives to reveal intersections and conflicts to create a borderless dialogue about the shared histories of Mexico and the United States. Featuring hybrid compositional and production techniques and an extensive sound palette, Pancho Villa is a rousing transnational collaboration that brings together Mexico City theater collective Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol as librettists, director Shawn Sides of Rude Mechs, Kronos Quartet lighting designer Brian Scott, Austin Lyric Opera tenor Paul Sanchez, mezzo-soprano Liz Cass, Grammy Award® winning guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada, and backed by a stellar chamber ensemble with remixes by famed Monterrey DJ Toy Selectah.
Director Richard Linklater‘s latest film, Everybody Wants Some is now playing in theaters. Among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s (AllMovie), Richard is also known for his recent Academy Award®-nominated film, Boyhood, and classics, Bernie (score by Graham Reynolds) and A Scanner Darkly (score by Graham Reynolds) — both classic soundtracks released on Lakeshore Records!.
Spend the weekend watching Richard Linklater films: watch A Scanner Darkly (rent it on iTunes) and Bernie (rent it on iTunes)!
If the names Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck and Wes Bentley sound familiar, it’s not only because they star in Interstellar, the new scifi spectacular directed by Christopher Nolan (check show times). Check out some other great films featuring these actors and their accompanying soundtracks released by Lakeshore Records. We’ve created a handy list for you as reference for those weekend binge watching sessions, whether in theaters or on VOD. Which ones will you watch?
Matthew McConaughey
Mud – Download on iTunes | Watch on Netflix
Bernie – Download on iTunes | Watch on Netflix
Lincoln Lawyer – Download album on iTunes | Rent it on iTunes
Tropic Thunder – Download album on iTunes | Rent it on iTunes
Anne Hathaway
Song One – Soundtrack and movie coming soon!
Rachel Getting Married – Download album on iTunes | Watch on Netflix
Jessica Chastain
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby – Download album on iTunes | Check show times
The Tree of Life – Download album on iTunes | Rent it on iTunes
Michael Caine
Stonehearst Asylum – Download album on iTunes | Rent it on iTunes
Casey Affleck
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints – Download album on iTunes | Buy on iTunes
The Last Kiss – Download album on iTunes | Rent it on iTunes
Wes Bentley
Gone – Download album on iTunes | Rent it on iTunes
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We love newly-minted Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, and two of our favorite independent movies of his are now available on Netflix Instant Streaming! Mud was one of the most acclaimed movies of 2013 and received a stellar 98% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s a story about two Mississippi teens who meet a mysterious drifter named Mud hiding on a deserted river island and they get mixed up in his tangled web. It also features Reese Witherspoon and is brand new to Netflix Streaming!
DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM NOW! http://bit.ly/MudMusic / http://amzn.to/1hdpznQ
(Features David Wingo’s haunting score, feat. Lucero)
In the 2011 black comedy Bernie, Jack Black “plays the affable Texas mortician Bernie who befriends the small town’s wealthiest widow and then kills her. But despite the suspicious nature of her death, no one wants to think anything but the best of Bernie.” Richard Linklater’s Bernie got “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes with a 90% score, and we think you’ll love it, especially Matthew McConaughey’s turn as the local DA Danny “Buck” Davidson.
The Bernie Soundtrack is scored and produced by Graham Reynolds, featuring Jack Black singing “Love Lifted Me” and more. Reynolds also scored A Scanner Darkly for Lakeshore Records.
DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM NOW! http://bit.ly/BernieMusic / http://amzn.to/1ieHI7F
(featuring score by Graham Reynolds and Songs Performed by Jack Black)
Alright, alright, alright–watch these great movies tonight!
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