For the month of June, cities across the country have been celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month. In commemoration of the Stonewall uprising 50th anniversary (New York Times), we take a look back at some classic and current soundtracks released over the years by Lakeshore Records. We start of this list appropriately with Rob Simonsen’s score to Stonewall, the 2015 film directed by Roland Emmerich. Keep reading to see our list of award-winning and acclaimed scores to LGBTQ films and tv shows.
Lakeshore Records congratulates soundtrack partners EA Games (FIFA 19), Halt And Catch Fire Season 4, and Love, Simon on their Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nominations! Lakeshore Records released the soundtrack to The Journey: Champions (score by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe), the story mode game within FIFA 19, Halt And Catch Fire Season 4 (Lakeshore released the series score by Paul Haslinger and the Various Artists soundtrack), and Love, Simon (the score by Rob Simonsen). See below a list of the Music Supervisors nominated for this honor! The honorees span film, TV and video game genres!
Also for Halt And Catch Fire fans: rejoice! Lakeshore will release Halt And Catch Fire Vol. 2 from the critically-acclaimed series including Season 4 music. Stay tuned for more details!
In recognition of Pride Month, we’ve pulled from Lakeshore Records‘ catalog of current and past soundtrack releases to bring you highly-listenable and prestige albums from seven films! From Academy Award®-nominated films and scores like Moonlight (Nicholas Britell), to album compilations featuring GRAMMY® winners and Gold and Multi-Platinum recording artists such as David Bowie and KT Tunstall, these releases are certain to be worthy of what goes on repeat in your daily listening playlist! Keep reading to listen and download the albums!
Greg Berlanti’s groundbreaking gay romcom is an exuberant gift, a John Hughes movie for audiences who just got woke and the first mainstream studio release to put a closeted teen front and center. – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
[“Simon and Blue” is] an uplifting, ‘80s-tinted synth sound – Austin Trunick, Under The Radar
Love, Simon, the exuberant coming-of-age story that has captivated audiences and critics alike comes to Digital HD, 4K and more. Set to be a classic, the Rob Simonsen-scored movie stars Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel! Co-stars Nick Robinson and Keiynan Lonsdale received a “Best Kiss” nomination at this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, to be held on June 18, so tune in! If the score is any indication of all the feels you might come to expect from this sweet comedy, then you’ll know it’s a solid film to add to your VOD library!
This week, Lakeshore presents a variety of film scores released and headed your way in various formats: Sebastian Robertson’s score to Survivors Guide To Prison,Midnight Sun soundtrack comes to vinyl, Daniel Pemberton’s score to One Strange Rock goes on pre-order, plus two fantastic scores debut on Bandcamp. Keep reading to get the full details.