SOUNDTRACK MUSIC COVERAGE

THE PURGE Motion Picture Soundtrack Set for 6/4 Release

Back Lot Music will release the soundtrack for The Purge, Universal Pictures' upcoming speculative thriller starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, on June 4, 2013, it was announced today. The Purge Ori... (more...)

AUDIO: First Listen - A Great Big Pile of Leaves' 'Pet Mouse' Feat. Motion City's Justin Pierre

Premiering with PureVolume is a new take on a track from A Great Big Pile of Leaves titled 'Pet Mouse'-and, uh, bonus: It now features Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack. Click below for a first ... (more...)

Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo's PRINCE AVALANCHE Score to be Released 8/6

Hailed by everyone from The New Yorker and Rolling Stone to Judd Apatow to their hundreds of thousands of fans for the cinematic scale and sweep of its instrumental epics, Explosions In The Sky & Da... (more...)

Top Tracks & Albums: GATSBY Soundtrack Holds on to No. 1 iTunes Spot , Week Ending 5/19

The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's recently released remake of THE GREAT GATSBY, featuring tracks from Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Lana Del Ray, held on to the no. 1 spot on iTunes' best selling albums list thi... (more...)

39th Annual Jazz Record Collectors Bash Set for Iselin, NJ, 6/21-22

The 39th Annual Jazz Record Collectors Bash will be held June 21-22, 2013 at the Hilton Woodbridge Iselin, NJ, featuring 78s, LPs, CDs & memorabilia. (more...)

The Crystal Method Delays Release of Fifth Album

Brain surgery leads Grammy-nominated THE CRYSTAL METHOD to announce that they are delaying the release of their fifth studio album. (more...)

THE GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack Lands at No. 2 on Billboard Album Chart

The Great Gatsby, the companion album to the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie of the same name, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week, selling 136,840 copies and becoming the bes... (more...)

Harry Nilsson's THE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION Commemorates Decade Of Recording From 1967 To 1977

The profound musical gifts of Harry Nilsson, an artist whose fans ranged from all four Beatles to the Monkees, Randy Newman, Keith Moon, Jimmy Webb, and dozens more, are on full display in THE RCA ALB... (more...)

Elektra to Release BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Soundtrack, 5/21

Elektra Records has announced the release of 'BEHIND THE CANDELABRA - MUSIC FROM THE HBO ORIGINAL FILM,' the musical companion to the highly anticipated HBO Films production. (more...)

AUDIO: First Listen - TECLA's 'Money'

NYC singer, rapper, DJ, producer and boundary-breaking artist TECLA released her new album, We Are The Lucky Ones, on March 19th via Mayimba Music. It blends tropical, Caribbean, pop, and funk element... (more...)

Cristin Milioti, Tonya Pinkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda and More Set for Joe's Pub, May-June 2013

Joe's Pub at The Public welcomes world premieres, highly-anticipated debuts and the return of many esteemed performers this May and June. Funny girl JULIE KLAUSNER makes her debut with two evenings of... (more...)

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Original Broadway Cast Recording to Be Released 6/4

The original Broadway cast recording of “MOTOWN THE MUSICAL,” a show nominated for four TONY Awards, is to be released June 4, 2013, by Motown/Universal Music Enterprises (more...)

Top Tracks & Albums: GATSBY Soundtrack Outsells Competition, Week Ending 5/12

The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's recently released remake of THE GREAT GATSBY, featuring tracks from Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Lana Del Ray, was the no. 1 best selling album on iTunes this week. Macklemore ... (more...)

Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Rita Moreno and Jimmy Webb to Be Inducted Into Songbook Hall of Fame, 6/28-29

The Center for the Performing Arts and the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative announce the 2013 Encore Celebration Gala Weekend presented by Krieg DeVault on Friday, June 28 and Satu... (more...)

Vision Films Picks Up Duff McKagan Documentary

Vision Films, a worldwide distributor of independent films, has announced today that the company has secured worldwide distribution rights to former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan's auto-biographi... (more...)

GREAT GATSBY Limited Edition Record Pre-Sale Begins Today

Third Man Records is humbled to be a part of such a stellar confluence of literature, art and music in handling the vinyl release of the soundtrack to Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby. (more...)

STUCK IN LOVE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Due Out Digitally 5/21

Varèse Sarabande Records will release the Stuck in Love – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on May 21st and on CD and vinyl June 11, 2013. (more...)

ANTIVIRAL Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Due Out 5/21

Lakeshore Records will release the Antiviral – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on May 21, 2013. Antiviral was written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg and debuted at Cannes in 2012. E... (more...)

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS Soundtrack Set for 5/21 Release

Back Lot Records will issue a digital release of the soundtrack for We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, the new documentary from Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, on Tuesday May 21st . The Origi... (more...)

New Trailer, Poster For Timberlake In Coen Bros INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

A new red-band trailer has been released for the new music-themed feature film from Academy Award-winning writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. (more...)

EVIL DEAD Original Motion Picture Score Released Today

La-La Land Records, Tri-Star Pictures and Ghost House Pictures present the original motion picture score to the 2013 feature film EVIL DEAD, starring Jane Levy, Jessica Lucas and Shiloh Fernandez, and... (more...)

Second Sountrack for ABC's Hit Drama NASHVILLE Released Today

THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE (SEASON I, VOLUME 2) will be released today, May 7 on Big Machine Records. (more...)

PEEPLES Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Released Today

Lakeshore Records will release the Peeples – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack EP digitally today, May 7, 2013. (more...)

STRING CITY: NASHVILLE'S TRADITION OF MUSIC AND PUPPETRY Set for 6/20 at Country Music Hall of Fame

Many of country music's most impactful artists, from early musical architects to contemporary superstars, will perform together on the Ford Theater stage this summer—in a manner of speaking: The world... (more...)

PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD! Film Series Runs at Moving Image, Now thru 6/9

Museum of the Moving Image will present an eighteen-film screening series celebrating music movies on the big screen, in conjunction with its current exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video. Taking its ... (more...)