Cat. No.: 475 8488
Barcode: 0028947584889
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: 3 February


SOUNDTRACK | Last King of Scotland

Composed and produced by one of the UK's leading film composers ALEX HEFFES (Touching The Void, One Night In September) LAST KING OF SCOTLAND soundtrack combines funky Ugandan music (virtually never heard outside Africa before) with a large scale orchestral score.

Composer website http://www.alexheffes.com/home.php

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

The Last King of Scotland is a UK film based on Giles Foden's award-winning debut novel of the same name. It was adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald.

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitake). Impressed by Dr Garrigan's (James McAvoy) brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrison is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

Starring:   James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker

Last King of Scotland opens in Australian Cinemas on 1 February 2007

Official Film Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/lastkingofscotland/

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Cat. No.: 476 5940
Barcode: 0028947659402
Label: ABC Classics 8CD
Release Date: 3 February


VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Ultimate Movie Music Collection

 

TRACK LISTING

Over 140 tracks including...

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the holy temple) ( The Pearl Fishers )

MANCINI: Moon River

HUPFELD: As Time Goes By

BERLIN: Cheek to Cheek

MOZART: Soave sia il vento ( Così fan tutte )

ARLEN: Over the Rainbow

PORTER: Night and Day

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt)

J.S. BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ( Cantata No. 147 )

WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries from ( The Valkyries )

J. STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314

All your favourite movie music is brought together on this fabulous 8CD box set. Starring four double CD titles made in conjunction with the popular ABC radio program 'Lights, Camera, Action', this is the definitive collection for movie lovers. Classics at the Movies and Classics at the Movies II feature unforgettable music from everything from Chariots of Fire and Out of Africa to Meet the Parents and Bridget Jones's Diary, while Romance at the Movies concentrates on the beautiful love themes which evoke memories of both new love and heartbreak. Award Winners at the Movies is reserved for films which have won major awards such as the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards and AFI Awards including Gone with the Wind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and The Pianist.

MARKETING PLANS

Television promotion on ABC TV
National Radio Promotion on ABC Classic FM
Extensive Radio Airplay
Print Advertising
Print Reviews

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Cat. No.: 984 1658
Barcode: 0602498416587
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: Available Now


SOUNDTRACK | Scoop

SCOOP is Woody Allen's second film to be shot in London "a light comedy about sex, love, suspense and murder". Focus Features will release the film in Australia and New Zealand. The Decca soundtrack features many world renowned classical pieces by composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg and Johann Strauss.

TRACK LISTING

SWAN LAKE BALLET SUITE (Tchaikovsky)
Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker
1. Scene.
2. Valse.
3. Danse des cygnes.
4. Scene.
5. Danse hongroise (czardas).
6. Scene (finale).
7. ANNEN-POLKA (Strauss)
Performed by The Vienna Strauss Orchestra
8. TRITSCH-TRATSCH POLKA (Strauss)
Performed by The Vienna State Opera Orchestra
9. MIAMI BEACH RHUMBA (Fields and Gamse)
Performed by Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
10. SABRE DANCE (Khachaturian)
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
PEER GYNT SUITE NO.1 (Grieg)
Performed by The Berlin Philharmonic
11. Morning Mood
12. Aase's Death
13. Anitra's Dance
14. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
15. THE NUTCRACKER BALLET NO.7 SCENE (Tchaikovsky)
Performed by The Berlin Symphony Orchestra
16. ADIOS MUCHACHOS (Sanders)
Arranged and Performed by Lester Lanin
17. RECADO (Antonio and Ferreira)
Performed by Lester Lanin
18. DENGOZO (Nazareth and Savino)
Performed by Lester Lanin

 

MOVIE SYNOPSIS:

Scoop is the new contemporary comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, and is his second consecutive film to be set and shot in London (following Match Point). Scoop stars Mr. Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Ian McShane.

The late U.K. journalist Joe Strombel (played by Mr. McShane) is being mourned by his colleagues - even as, stuck in limbo, Joe remains committed to pursuing his hot tip on the identity of "the Tarot Card Killer" at large in London. But how can his legwork get done now? Via the very much alive Sondra Pransky (Ms. Johansson).

Sondra is an American student journalist for a college paper visiting friends in London. During a stage performance by another American, magician Sid Waterman (Mr. Allen), Sondra is shocked to find herself able to see and hear Joe. From beyond, he gives her the scoop of a lifetime and urges her to pursue it. Sondra immediately starts chasing the big story, enlisting the aid of a reluctant Sid (a.k.a. Splendini).

Along the investigative trail, Sondra finds mystery - and perhaps love, with British aristocrat Peter Lyman (Mr. Jackman).

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Cat. No.: 475 8176
Barcode: 0028947581765
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: Available Now


SOUNDTRACK | Copying Beethoven


ARTISTS

Bernard Haitink

Takacs Quartet

Stephen Kovacevich

Vladimir Ashkenazy

 

 

TRACK LISTING

Includes Grosse Fuge in B flat major Op.133 and excerpts from Piano Sonata No. 5, Symphony No. 9, Diabelli Variations, String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3, Piano Sonata No. 32

An aspiring composer of humble means, 23-year-old Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) is seeking inspiration and career advancement in the world's music capital, Vienna.

A student at the music conservatory, she is recommended for a position at a venerated publisher, and, in a fortuitous turn of events, orchestrates an opportunity to work beside the greatest, most mercurial artist alive - Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris).

When the skeptical Beethoven issues an impromptu challenge, Anna demonstrates her competence and musical insight. The maestro accepts Anna as his copyist, beginning a remarkable relationship that will transform both of their lives.

Featuring Harris' remarkable incarnation as the celebrated composer, and a breakthrough performance by Kruger ("Troy," "National Treasure"), "COPYING BEETHOVEN" centers on the last years of Beethoven's life...a turbulent period in which his struggles with deafness, loneliness and family trauma provided profound inspiration for arguably the greatest symphony ever written, his astonishing Ninth.

Directed by Agnieszka Holland ("Secret Garden," "Europa, Europa"), the film is a U.K./Hungary co-production produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Film & Entertainment VIP 2 Medienfonds. Sidney Kimmel, and Michael Taylor are producing, with Marina Grasic, Andreas Schmid and Andreas Grosch executive producing. Written and produced by Stephen Rivele and Christopher Wikinson ("Ali," "Nixon"), the film co-stars Matthew Goode ("Chasing Liberty," ), Ralph Riach (TV's "The Canterbury Tales"), and Bill Stewart ("Anna and the King"), and was shot on location in Hungary.

Filmmakers include SKE producer Victor Teran, line producer Ronaldo Vasconcellos ("Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels"), director of photography Ashley Rowe ("Alfie"), production designer Caroline Amies ("Carrington," "Name of the Father") and costume designer Jany Termime ("Harry Potter" films).

CAST: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Ralp Riach

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Cat. No.: 7230191
Barcode: 00888072301917
Label: Concord 2CD
Release Date: Available Now


SOUNDTRACK | BABEL

 

TRACK LISTING

CD1

1 Tazarine - Gustavo Santaolalla

2 Tu Me Acostumbraste - Chavela Vargas

3 September - Earth, Wind & Fire / The Joker - Fatboy Slim (ATFC's Aces High Remix) - Shinichi Osawa Remix

4 Deportation/Iguazu - Gustavo Santaolalla

5 World Citizen - I won't be disappointed/Looped piano, David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Amadeo Pace, Keigo Oyamada & Sketch Show

6 Cumbia Sobre El Rio - Blanquito Man, Control Machete & Celso Peña Y Su Ronda Bogotá

7 Hiding It - Gustavo Santaolalla

8 Masterpiece - Rip Slyme

9 Desert Bus Ride - Gustavo Santaolalla

10 Bibo no Aozora - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Everton Nelson/ Endless Flight - Gustavo Santaolalla/ Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla

11 Tribal - Gustavo Santaolalla

12 Para Ques Regreses - El Chapo de Sinaloa

13 Babel - Nortec Collective

14 Amelia Desert Morning - Gustavo Santaolalla

15 Jugo A La Vida - Las Tucanes de Tijuana

16 Breathing Soul - Gustavo Santaolalla

17 The Blinding Sun - Gustavo Santaolalla

CD2

1 Only love can conquer hate - Ryuichi Sakamoto  

2 El Panchangon - Los Incomparables

3 Two Worlds, One Heart - Gustavo Santaolalla

4 The Phone Call - Gustavo Santaolalla

5 Gekkoh - Susumu Yokota

6 The Catch - Gustavo Santaolalla

7 Mujer Hermosa - Los Incomparables

8 Into The Wild - Gustavo Santaolalla

9 Look Inside - Gustavo Santaolalla

10 The Master - Gustavo Santaolalla

11 Oh My Juliet! - Takashi Fujii

12 Prayer - Gustavo Santaolalla

13 El Besito Cachichurris - Daniel Luna

14 Walking in Tokyo - Gustavo Santaolalla

15 The Visitors - Hamza El Din    

16 Morning Pray - Gustavo Santaolalla

17 Mi Adoracion - Agua Caliente

18 The Skin Of The Earth - Gustavo Santaolalla
19 Bibo no Aozora/04 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Yuichiro Gotoh

 

Babel, the last film by Alejandro González Iñárritu that completes his trilogy which began with Amores Perros and 21 Grams, weaves together three compelling stories united by something stronger than fate.

The soundtrack Iñárritu assembled for Babel is as magical as the movie itself. "My films are symphonies," the director explains. "I listen to and accumulate music that will be an inspiration during the writing of the script, pre-production, filming and editing.   I assimilate the music and create scenes that have a pulse and internal rhythm."   Iñárritu makes mix CDs for the cast and crew so they can "synchronize" themselves to the work. The music on these CDs isn't only the soundtrack to the film, but the soundtrack of the whole creative process, from inception to final cut. "The first thing that I did in film was a score to a short film 23 years ago," the director says, "and since Amores Perros, which was our first feature together, having had the opportunity to work with Gustavo Santaolalla has been a blessing and a privilege, and the best part in the process of making this film. He's a genius."

Gustavo Santaolalla, who wrote the score for Babel, won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Score for Brokeback Mountain, which sold 165,000 copies in the U.S. alone. He also composed the score for Iñárritu's Amores Perros and 21 Grams , as well as Niki Caro's North Country . To give his music for Babel an authentic Middle Eastern feel, Santaolalla taught himself to play the oud, an Arab lute with a distinct, percussive sound. His work for the soundtrack album includes solo oud meditations, folkloric recordings of the Gnawa brotherhoods of Morocco and orchestrated pieces that combine electronic percussion with the sounds of classical Arab music.

A global story needed a global soundtrack, but Alejandro González Iñárritu didn't want a hodge podge of folk music or songs that sounded like incidental music for a National Geographic special. Iñárritu, Santaolalla, Anibal Kerpel (Composer and Music Editor) and Lynn Fainchtein (Music Supervisor) locked themselves up in a recording studio both in Marrakech and Tijuana, where they listened to and recorded the music of the Gnawa and other traditional Arab musicians in Morocco, and delved into various Norteño sounds in Tijuana. In Japan, musician, producer and DJ Shinichi Osawa and musician, producer Cornelius guided Iñárritu and his collaborators through the sights and sounds of Tokyo at night. The resulting soundtrack takes us on a journey with no beginning or end, with music that illuminates the film as well as the creative process behind it. "Gustavo found the musical and spiritual DNA of the film playing the oud with his sensitive fingertips, producing the mesmerizing sounds of the scored tracks in these CDs," Iñárritu says. "I hope when you listen you can feel the distant winds of the planet caressing your skin."

Santaolalla's evocative score for Babel is complimented by tracks from some of the best-known artists in the world of Japanese, Tex-Mex and North African music including music composed by Gustavo Santaolalla ["Brokeback Mountain"] with additional music by such esteemed artists as Fat Boy Slim (The Joker), Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian and more

MOVIE SYNOPSIS

The lives of four separate families on three different continents collide. Caught up in the rising tide of an accidental shooting that escalates beyond anyone's control are a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett), a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager (Rinko Kikuchi) and her father (Koji Yakusho), a Mexican nanny (Adrianna Barraza) who, without permission, takes the American couples two children across the border.

In the course of just a few days they will each face the dizzying sensation of becoming profoundly lost as they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as the very depths of connection and love. This mesmerizing film was shot in three continents and four languages.

Early Buzz: Earlier this year at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won the Best Director Award for Babel. The film has received tremendous reviews after it was shown at the Toronto, Telluride and Cannes Film Festivals. Early predictions about Academy Award nominations attached to this film.

 

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Cat. No.: 1714259
Barcode: 0602517142596
Label: Island US CD
Release Date: 10 February


SOUNDTRACK | Bobby


WEBSITE:
www.bobby-the-movie.com

Soundtrack to the new movie re-telling the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Ambassador Hotel in 1968.

The soundtrack features music from the era, the score by Mark Isham and a new track performed by Mary J Blige and Aretha Franklin that was written by Bryan Adams.

The film follows 22 individuals who are all at the hotel for different purposes but share a common thread of anticipating Kennedy's arrival at the primary election night party, which would change their lives forever.

This historic night is set against the backdrop of the cultural issues gripping the USA at the time, including racism, sexual inequality and class differences.

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, William H. Macy, Helen Hunt, Christian Slater Martin Sheen and Heather Graham to name only a few.

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Cat. No.: TBC
Barcode: TBC
Label: Universal CD
Release Date: TBC


VARIOUS ARTISTS | 80s Movie Hits

Roll back those sleeves, slick back those highlights, and pump up those shoulder pads - it's time to relive those magical movie memories from the pastel-packin' neon age of the 1980s!

The 80s really were the era of big hair, big films and huge selling soundtracks. Think Dirty Dancing, Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop. Add in The Breakfast Club, Back To The Future, Flashdance, Fame, An Officer And A Gentleman, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Cocktail, Purple Rain, and the list goes on...

Here are 40 tracks on 2CDs that'll have you digging out your leg warmers

This year sees the 20th anniversary of Dirty Dancing, and with 80s albums currently in vogue, the 80s sound (Madonna) and the clothes, what better opportunity to release this album?!

 

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Cat. No.: 1721185
Barcode: 0602517211858
Label: Polydor CD
Release Date: 3 February


SOUNDTRACK | Smokin' Aces


WEBSITE:
www.smokinaces.com.au

 

TRACK LISTING

1. The Prodigy - First Warning
2. Motörhead - Ace of Spades
3. The Stooges - Down on the Street
4. Common feat. Bilal - Play Your Cards Right
5. Skull Snaps - Tresspassing
6. Nilton Castro - Segura O Sambura
7. Bernard Pretty Purdie - Touch Me Again
8. Joe Bataan - Under The Street Lamp
9. GZA/Genius - I Gotcha' Back
10. The Bees - I Love You
11. Ennio Morricone - Morte Di Un Soldato
12. The Make Up - Save Yourself
13. Trivium - Like Light to the Flies
14. Clint Mansell - FBI
15. Clint Mansell - Shell Shock

 

Smokin' Aces is a dark new action film. Written and directed by Joe Carnahan, the acclaimed writer/director of Narc, it's brought to the screens by Working Title Pictures, of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary fame. Smokin' Aces couldn't be more different - a cult classic in the making, it takes its lead from other gems from Reservoir Dogs to Goodfellas, True Romance to Layer Cake.

The soundtrack captures the energy and cool of the movie, having the cachet of other soundtrack must-haves, from Pulp Fiction to Ocean's Eleven. Featuring exclusive new tracks from The Prodigy and Common, it also includes Trivium, Motorhead and The Stooges, as well as a track from film composing legend, Ennio Morricone.

Starring a great ensemble cast, including Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Jeremy Piven, it also features the motion picture debuts of music stars Alicia Keys and Common. The plot centres around a dying mob boss who takes out a $1 million contract on the life of his former protege, a Vegas magician turned gangster who has agreed to testify against the mob. The FBI attempts to protect their key witness as an array of hit men and women descend on Lake Tahoe in a race to take the magician out.

Australian movie release: February 8

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Cat. No.: 170 2408
Barcode: 0602517024083
Label: Verve CD
Release Date: Available Now


ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

 

Website
http://www.leonardcohenimyourman.com/

 

TRACK LISTING

1 Tower Of Song

2. Tonight Will Be Fine

3. I'm Your Man

4. Winter Lady

5. Sisters Of Mercy

6. Chelsea Hotel No. 2

7. If It Be Your Will

8. I Can't Forget

9. Famous Blue Raincoat

10. Bird On A Wire

11. Everybody Knows

12. The Traitor

13. Suzanne

14. The Future

15. Anthem

16. Tower Of Song

Songwriter. Poet. Counter-culture icon. Consummate ladies' man.   Since bursting onto the scene in 1967, Leonard Cohen has inspired generations with his unique personality and haunting music, becoming one of the most original and enduring artists to emerge from the 1960's. Now, Lions Gate is proud to celebrate Cohen's legacy with director Lian Lunson's LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN, an intimate look at the songs, poetry and life of one of music's most celebrated and influential troubadours.

In January, 2006, Lunson traveled to Sydney to film the historic "Came So Far For Beauty" show, a tribute to Leonard Cohen at the Sydney Opera House organized by famed music producer Hal Willner. LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN includes behind-the-scenes interviews and live performances from this event by Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Julie Christensen and Perla Battala, as well as a special performance of "Tower of Song" by Cohen and U2. And in a series of candid interviews, Cohen himself reveals his trademark wry humor and soulful intensity, using his own artwork, poetry and person a collection of photographs to reflect upon his colorful past and his creative process.

Sure to please both diehard Cohen fans and the newly initiated, Lunson's film is a beautiful record of captivating music, and an intimate portrait of a truly singular artist.   LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN is directed and produced by Lian Lunson, and executive produced by Mel Gibson, Erik Nelson, Kevin Beggs, and Sandra Stern.

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Cat. No.: 477 6552
Barcode: 0028947765523
Label: DG CD
Release Date: Available Now


LANG LANG/SOUNDTRACK | The Painted Veil


Product Microsite:
www.deutschegrammophon.com/thepaintedveil

 

ARTISTS

Lang Lang, piano (1-5, 7-10, 12, 14, 16, 19)
Vincent Segal, electric cello (1, 9-10, 12, 15-17, 19)
Jeff Boudreaux ? Joel Grare ? Philippe Macé, percussion
Alexandre Desplat, percussion, flutes, piano, keyboards
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Alexandre Desplat

 

TRACK LISTING

DESPLAT: The Painted Veil
Gnossienne n o 1
Colony Club
River Waltz
Kitty's Theme
Death Convoy
The Water Wheel
The Lovers
Promenade
Kitty's Journey
The Deal
Walter's Mission
The Convent
River Waltz
Morning Tears
Cholera
The End of Love
The Funeral
From Shanghai to London

Winner of the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Original Score

Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat ( Girl with a Pearl Earring, Syriana, and The Queen)

The Painted Veil is a touching love story that unfolds in early 20th-century China and stars Hollywood actors Edward Norton and Naomi Watts. The soundtrack, set and arranged by composer Alexandre Desplant, features celebrated pianist Lang Lang.

The score's mellow, melodic stream of sound helps illustrate the complex relationship between Walter and Kitty. Alexandre Desplat won a Golden Globe nomination in 2004 for his acclaimed score for Girl with a Pearl Earring , which also earned him BAFTA and European Film Academy nominations. Other recent works include Birth, Syriana, Hostage and The Upside of Anger . Earlier this year, Desplat - a two-time nominee for the Cesar Award - won the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear prize for his music for the French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

The Story: Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is a love story set in the 1920s that portrays the complex relationship of a young English couple. Walter (Edward Norton), a middle-class doctor, and Kitty (Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter uncovers her infidelity, he takes revenge by accepting a job in a remote village in China that has been ravaged by a deadly epidemic, bringing Kitty with him. The couple's journey infuses their relationship with meaning and purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.

Also starring: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Liev Schreiber, and Sally Hawkins.  
Starring: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (II), Liev Schreiber, Sally Hawkins
Directed by: John Curran, Caroline Link
Produced by: Mark R. Gordon, Bob Yari, Sara Colleton

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Cat. No.: 170 8418
Barcode: 0602517084186
Label: Verve 2CD
Release Date:
18 November


SOUNDTRACK | Marie Antoinette

 

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1

1. "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees

2. "Aphrodisiac" - Bow Wow Wow

3. "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes

4. "Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.

5. "Ceremony" - New Order

6. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four

7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" - Bow Wow Wow

8. "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants

9. "Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell

10. "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby

11. "I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.

12. "Plainsong" - The Cure

Disc 2

1. "Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs

2. "Jynweythek Ylow" - Aphex Twin

3. "Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran

4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air

5. "Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.

6. "Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran

7. "Les Baricades Misterieuses"* - Francois Couperin / Reitzell

8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix") - Bow Wow Wow

9. "Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin

10. "K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell

11. "Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher

12. "Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie

13. "Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran

14. "All Cats Are Grey" - The Cure

 

Marie Antoinette is the new Sony Pictures film by Sofia Coppola.  

This two-CD set matches Coppola's modern take on the story of this 18th Century leader with a mix of '80s new wave, electronica, and classical works from artists ranging from Siouxsie and the Banshees ("Hong Kong Garden") and The Cure ("Plainsong," "All Cats Are Grey") to Antonio Vivaldi ("Concerto in G").

The music reflects Coppola's intention to tell the story in a modern way. While writing the script, she found inspiration from the New Romantic pop music movement of the 1980s -- which was itself heavily influenced by 18th century ideals of extravagance. New Romantic artists such as Bow Wow Wow ("I Want Candy) and Adam Ant ("Kings of the Wild Frontier") celebrated glamour, luxurious fashion, and hedonistic fun during that period as a kind of counterpoint to both the boredom of classic rock and the primal anger of punk music. Coppola saw the music as a modern lens through which to view Marie Antoinette - and songs such as "I Want Candy" seemed to serve as a perfect, modern expression of Marie Antoinette's impulses to find fulfillment through pleasure.  

Coppola turned to music supervisor Brian Reitzell (who worked on her previous films, Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides) to discuss music in the tone she was thinking of while writing. Reitzell mixed "Versailles CDs" that included such artists as Bow Wow Wow, New Order ("Ceremony"), Adam Ant, and other post-punk romantic music."

"It was all very organic," he continues. "The story dictated the music, which follows the dramatic arc. We set it all up in the opening credits with the Gang of Four song "Natural's Not in It" -- which prepares you musically and lyrically for what's going to happen. Later, there is an Aphex Twin piece, "Jynweythek Ylow," which is played when Marie Antoinette first enters Versailles, which actually sounds like that place. What I love about it is that you can't tell if it's a harpsichord or string instrument that's playing."

Also included on the soundtrack are even more modern groups such as The Strokes ("What Ever Happened"), Squarepusher ("Tommib Help Buss"), Air ("Il Secondo Giorno [Instrumental]"), The Radio Dept. ("Pulling Our Weight," "Keen on Boys"), and Windsor for the Derby ("The Melody Of A Fallen Tree").  

The eclectic blend of sounds, Reitzell maintains, "makes it a lot easier to put yourself in the movie. The music resonates because it shows how these people really were. For most of the movie, Marie Antoinette is an adolescent and it would have been a lot harder to get across her teen angst with a Masterpiece Theater type of soundtrack."   The result is this double disc Verve Forecast release, "a post-punk-pre-new-romantic-rock- opera odyssey with some 18th century music and some very new contemporary music," as Reitzell calls it.

Oscar® winner Sofia Coppola brings to the screen an imaginative interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette.   When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the naïve Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal.   Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere at Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch.

 

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Cat. No.: 170 6039
Barcode: 0602517060395
Label: Decca CD
Release Date:
Available Now


SOUNDTRACK | Hollywoodland

 

TRACK LISTING

1. Superman M E - Conducted by Peter Vronsky

2. The Great Pretender - Performed by The Platters

3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Performed by Frankie Laine

4. Flying Home - Performed by Lionel Hampton

5. Bo Diddley - Performed by Bo Diddley

6. It's Only Make Believe - Performed by Conway Twitty

7. El Cumbanchero - Performed by The Arturo O' Farrill Orchestra

8. Theme For Ernie - Performed by John Coltrane
9. The Girl Can't Help It - Performed by Little Richard

10. You're Crying - Performed by King Pleasure

11. Elephant Walk - Performed by The Arturo O'Farrill Orchestra

12. He Will Break Your Heart - Performed by Jerry Butler

13. Fannie Mae - Performed by Buster Brown

14. At Last - Performed by Arturo O'Farrill and The Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Hollywoodland features various licensed tracks from the 1950's, including songs performed by The Platters, John Coltrane, Bo Diddley and Little Richard.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS:

A uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity. The drama, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries, follows a 1950's private detective (Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody) who, investigating the mysterious death of "Superman" star George Reeves (Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck), uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal. The torrid affair Reeves had with the wife (Academy Award® nominee Diane Lane) of a studio executive (Academy Award® nominee Bob Hoskins) might hold the key to the truth.

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