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Happy Birthday, Tom Cruise! Lakeshore Records Takes A Look Back At ‘Tropic Thunder’

In honor of Tom Cruise‘s birthday today, Lakeshore Records takes a look back at Tropic Thunder (rent it on iTunes), a highly entertaining film which stars Tom Cruise as the hilariously hotheaded movie producer, Les Grossman.  Composer Theodore Shapiro (Blades of GloryMarley & MeDinner for Schmucks) created a decidedly epic score which highlights the movie’s beautiful cinematography and explosive action sequences.  The various artists soundtrack is the perfect playlist for this movie: Creedence Clearwater Revival (“Run Through The Jungle”), Edwin Starr (“War”), Ten Years After (“I’d Love to Change the World”), The Temptations (“Ball of Confusion”), MC Hammer (“U Can’t Touch This”), The Crystal Method and more.

Lakeshore Records: Tropic Thunder Soundtrack

Cruise’s comical turn as the hip-hop dancing man of excess is arguably the icing on the cake in Tropic Thunder.  With an ensemble cast headlined by Ben Stiller (Megamind, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), Robert Downey, Jr. (Charlie Bartlett, Zodiac), Jack Black (Year One, Be Kind Rewind), Nick Nolte (Warrior, The Spiderwick Chronicles), Brandon T. Jackson (CalifornicationFast & Furious) and Jay Baruchel (How To Train Your Dragon, Million Dollar Baby), this action adventure about a movie cast who are unwittingly thrown in the middle of a drug war in the jungles of Southeast Asia is not to be missed.

Related: Three Soundtracks We Love Featuring ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Composer Christophe Beck

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Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes | Buy CD
Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Score): iTunes | Buy CD

Watch this interview with Tropic Thunder Score Composer Theodore Shapiro, featuring film stills from the movie:

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Now on Netflix: ‘Mud’ and ‘Bernie’ Starring Oscar Winner Matthew McConaughey

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!

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(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.

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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.

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(featuring score by Graham Reynolds and Songs Performed by Jack Black)

Alright, alright, alright–watch these great movies tonight!

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Oscars 2014 Recap: 19 Movie Soundtracks & Film Scores We Love

It’s been quite a week for Academy Award winners! Here’s our recap of all the Oscar 2014-related film scores and soundtracks released by Lakeshore Records.  We’ve bundled together a handy reading list so you can relive some great Oscar moments, reminisce on your favorite Academy Award-winning actors and films, and access some great music.

Lakeshore Records Released Soundtracks and Film Scores starring Oscar winners.

Check out our handy Oscars 2014 reading list of related soundtracks and film scores:

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Celebrate Best Actor Oscar Winner Matthew McConaughey

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Celebrate Best Actor Oscar Winner Matthew McConaughey

Congratulations goes out to Best Actor Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey for his role in Dallas Buyers Club!  Before garnering his win at the 86th Academy Awards, McConaughey appeared in scores of films, including Bernie, The Lincoln Lawyer, Mud, and Tropic Thunder.  Lakeshore Records proudly released the soundtracks for these movies, and now you can celebrate the actor via this eclectic movie music selection.

Matthew McConnaughey Best Actor Oscar Winner

Download the soundtracks here:

Mud
The Lincoln Lawyer
Bernie
Tropic Thunder

Alright, alright, alright: which ones do you like?  Let us know in the comments below!

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Mud: On Video Now – Score by David Wingo

In case you missed it, check out Mud on DVD and Blu-ray, out now.  Be sure to pick up the soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records!  Featuring score by David Wingo with Ben Nichols and Lucero.

 In the hands of Nichols, Mud emerges as a thing of bruised beauty. There’s magic in it.  – Rolling Stone

MUD

Score by David Wingo 

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Mud (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists

01. Opening – David Wingo and Lucero
02. Where’d He Go – David Wingo
03. Leaving Island – David Wingo
04. Take You Away – Lucero
05. Sleeping In Trees – David Wingo
06. Juniper – David Wingo
07. Alice Wading – Dirty Three
08. Back To The Island – David Wingo
09. Tom Blankenship – David Wingo
10. This Night – Dirty Three
11. Davy Brown – Ben Nichols
12. Carver – David Wingo
13. Everything You Need – Lucero
14. The Kid – Ben Nichols
15. King – David Wingo
16. Stealing Motor – David Wingo
17. Hotel – David Wingo
18. Looking for Juniper – David Wingo
19. Leaving Bar – David Wingo
20. Lost Love – David Wingo
21. Something Else On His Mind – David Wingo
22. One Last Letter – David Wingo
23. May Pearl – Jeff McIlwain
24. Snakebite – Lucero
25. Clinic- David Wingo
26. Mud and Juniper – David Wingo
27. Aftermath – David Wingo
28. In Fall – Dirty Three
29. Ending – Lucero and David Wingo