Cat. No.: 170 3629
Barcode: 0602517036291
Label: Decca
Release Date:
16 September

 

SOUNDTRACK | Lady In The Water

MOVIE WEBSITE

AUSTRALIAN CINEMA RELEASE DATE: 7 September

We will be releasing the soundtrack to LADY IN THE WATER, the fantasy thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan

The Decca soundtrack will feature original music composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Village, Signs, The Sixth Sense) as well as tracks written by Bob Dylan including "Times They Are a Changin'".

From writer/director M. Night Shyamalan (The Village, Signs, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense) comes Lady in the Water, a story originally conceived by Shyamalan for his children. Fate won't let you hide forever.

Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) has been quietly trying to disappear among the burned-out light-bulbs and broken appliances of the Cover apartment complex. But on the night that irrevocably changes his life, Cleveland finds someone else hiding in the mundane routine of modest building - a mysterious young woman named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard), who has been living in the passageways beneath the building's swimming pool. Cleveland discovers that Story is actually a "narf" - a nymph-like character from an epic bedtime story who is being stalked by vicious creatures determined to prevent her form making the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Story's unique powers of perception reveal the fates of Cleveland's fellow tenants, whose destinies are tied directly to her own, and they must work together to decipher a serious of codes that will unlock the pathway to her freedom. But the window of opportunity for Story to return home is closing rapidly, and the tenants are putting their own lives at great risk to help her. Cleveland will have to face the demons that have followed him to the Cove - and the other tenants must seize the special powers that Story has brought out in them - if they hope to succeed in their daring and dangerous quest to save her world...and ours.

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Cat. No.: 477 6459
Barcode: 0028947764595
Label: DG CD
Release Date:
9 September

 

LANG LANG | Tan Dun: THE BANQUET (OST)


ARTISTS

Lang Lang, piano

 

TRACK LISTING

Only for Love (Theme Song)
Waiting
In the Bamboo Forest
Longing In Silence (woman)
Behind the Mask
Sword Dance
Punished Soul
Lost Days
Desire
Exile to Snowy West
Longing In Silence (man)
A Duel of Minds
Bridge of Sacrifice
Horsemen in Black
After Tonight
Lady in Red
Revenge
Play within a Play
The Banquet (Theme Music)

Music from the Original Soundtrack composed and conducted by Tan Dun

Feng Xiaogang's The Banquet is the highly anticipated follow-up to the movie blockbusters Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou's Hero

After his internationally bestselling soundtracks for Crouching Tiger and Hero, Chinese-American composer Tan Dun was commissioned to compose the original score for The Banquet

Tan Dun's Crouching Tiger soundtrack garnered both a Grammy Award and an Oscar for Best Original Score

The Banquet soundtrack also features star pianist Lang Lang as soloist, whose superb piano playing is heard on nearly half of the album's pieces

MOVIE WEBSITE
http://www.thebanquetthemovie.com

The story:
The Banquet is best described as a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet; it is a tale of fate and revenge set in 10th-century China, where a new Emperor has usurped the throne through murder. Zhang Ziyi plays the widowed Empress, who marries the new Emperor (Ge You) to protect herself, all the while secretly plotting his death with the help of the Crown Prince (Daniel Wu) and the Chief Minister (Ma Jingwu). Yet the Prince and Minister each have their own plans for the throne - as does, of course, the Emperor. All these intrigues are brought to a climax when the Emperor calls for a lavish banquet, where the murderous plans are set in motion

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Cat. No.: 984 1658
Barcode: 0602498416587
Label: Decca CD
Release Date:
9 September

 

SOUNDTRACK | Scoop

MOVIE WEBSITE
http://www.scoopmovie.net/

AUSTRALIAN CINEMA RELEASE DATE: 7 September

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

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 will feature many world renowned classical pieces by composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg and Johann Strauss.

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.: 170 4743
Barcode: 0602517047433
Label: Decca CD
Release Date:
2 September

 

CAST RECORDING | Wicked


ARTISTS

Original Broadway Cast
Kristin Chenoweth
Idina Menzel

 

OFFICIAL WICKED WEBSITES
http://www.wickedthemusical.co.uk/home.php
http://www.wickedthemusical.com/

 

TRACK LISTING

No One Mourns The Wicked
Dear Old Shiz
The Wizard And I
What Is This Feeling?
Something Bad
Dancing Through Life
Popular
I'm Not That Girl
Once Short Day
A Sentimental Man
Defying Gravity
Thank Goodness
Wonderful 4
I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)
As Long As You're Mine
No Good Deed
March Of The Witch Hunters
For Good
Finale

WICKED, the spellbinding and spectacular hit musical opens at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London on 7 September!! WICKED is the untold story of the legendary witches from L. Frank Baum's classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...

When Dorothy famously triumphed over the Wicked Witch, we only ever heard one side of the story. Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, 'Wicked: The Life & Times of the Wicked Witch of the West', created "one of the great heroines of fantasy literature" (Los Angeles Times), explaining how a misunderstood, green girl named Elphaba became 'wicked' but her unlikely friend, Glinda, became 'good'.

The exceptional team that has brought this captivating story to life on stage includes many of Broadway's most celebrated creative talents: the Oscar® and Grammy® Award-winning composer and lyricist STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Godspell, Pocahontas, The Prince of Egypt), writer WINNIE HOLZMAN (My So-Called Life, The Wonder Years, thirtysomething), scenic designer EUGENE LEE (Tony® Award-winner for Candide, the original Sweeney Todd and Wicked), costume designer SUSAN HILFERTY (Into The Woods, Tony® Award-winner for Wicked), lighting designer KENNETH POSNER (The Odd Couple, Hairspray), choreographer WAYNE CILENTO (Disney's Aida and a Tony® Award-winner and Olivier Award nominee for The Who's Tommy) and director JOE MANTELLO (Tony® Award-winner for Take Me Out, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, and Assassins.) JOE MANTELLO has also recently directed Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in The Odd Couple and is directing Julia Roberts' Broadway debut in Three Days of Rain.

Winner of 15 major awards, this "spectacular spectacle" (New York Post) transports audiences to a fantasy land of wizardry and witchcraft with Grammy® Award-winning music, Tony® Award-winning sets and costumes, and stunning special effects.

The New York Times calls WICKED "Broadway's biggest blockbuster". Now you can experience this magical new musical adventure in London and discover that you've not been told the whole story about the land of Oz!

"BROADWAY'S BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER."
The New York Times

"A SPECTACULAR SPECTACLE."
New York Post

"A CULTURAL PHENOMENON."
Variety

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