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Movie Soundtrack “Joyful Noise” Debuts at #1 on Billboard Sountrack Chart

“JOYFUL NOISE” SOUNDTRACK DEBUTS AT #1 ON BILLBOARD SOUNDTRACK CHART



Soundtrack Features New Music Performed by Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Kirk Franklin, Keke Palmer, Karen Peck and Others

JOYFUL NOISE SOUNDTRACK FEATURES DOLLY PARTON, QUEEN LATIFAH, KIRK FRANKLIN, KEKE PALMER, KAREN PECK AND OTHERS
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 18, 2012) –– WaterTower Music’s soundtrack to Alcon Entertainment’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ Joyful Noise debuts this week at #1 on Billboard’s Soundtrack Chart, #1 on the Billboard Gospel chart, #2 on Billboard’s Christian chart, #2 on the Billboard Independent Current Albums chart, and landed a Top 20 debut on Billboard’s Top Current Albums chart.

The soundtrack features performances by Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and Oscar® nominee Dolly Parton; Oscar® nominee, Grammy® and Golden Globe Award winner Queen Latifah; BET and NAACP Award winner Keke Palmer; 11-time Singing News® female vocalist of the year, three-time Grammy® nominee and three-time Dove nominee Karen Peck; and seven-time Grammy®, 35-time Stellar, 12-time Dove, five-time NAACP, and two-time BET Music Award winner Kirk Franklin. To continue, please click “MORE”!

“Pan Am: Music From And Inspired By The Original Series” CD | Coming Jan. 17th, 2012

‘PAN AM: MUSIC FROM AND INSIRED BY THE ORIGINAL SERIES,’ CD COMING
JANUARY 17 FROM VERVE MUSIC GROUP, BRINGS MUSIC FROM A MORE OPTIMISTIC
ERA IN AMERICA

 

Soundtrack features Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Brenda Lee, Sergio Mendes, Connie Francis and more.


NEW
YORK, N.Y. — Pan Am: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series, a
collection of music from and inspired by the ABC television drama,
slated for January 17, 2012 CD release from Verve Music Group, is a
non-stop flight back to the early ’60s. The collection features 14 songs
by Buddy Greco, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz & João
Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Peggy Lee, Shirley Horn, Sergio
Mendes & Brasil ’66, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Brenda Lee, Connie
Francis and Dinah Washington, plus new artists Grace Potter and Nikki
Jean. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Geri Allen’s “A Child Is Born” Used as Soundtrack in Short Film, “A Gift”


PIANIST GERI ALLEN’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CHRISTMAS ALBUM, A CHILD IS BORN, — — USED AS SOUNDTRACK IN SHORT FILM, “A GIFT”


Watch A Gift on YouTube

FILM INSPIRED BY CHILDREN OF KENYA EMBODIES THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT   


Motéma Music is proud to announce its collaboration with Media Voices for Children
on a short film titled A Gift. Produced by Media Voices, the project is a new cultural music video set to music from jazz pianist Geri Allen’s new Christmas album, A Child Is Born (released on Motéma, October 11). Now available for viewing on YouTube, the filmmakers and Allen present the film as a gift to the public during this holiday season. In return, the public is encouraged to make donations to Media Voices and/or Media Voice’s project, Kenyan SchoolHouse (both non-profit initiatives). Donors who donate $100 or more will receive a gift of Allen’s album. To Continue, please click “MORE”!

Movie Soundtrack for “PARIAH” Will Be Available Dec. 20th, 2011

Music from the critically acclaimed film PARIAH is almost ready for your iPods!

Digital release available 12/20 on iTunes
Physical CD available in stores and online 1/31
iTunes Pre-order: itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/pariah/id487011363

Amazon Pre-order: tinyurl.com/73cnmzr

Tracklist

1 My Neck, My Back – Khia
2 Shut Up – emoniFela
3 Doin My Thing – Sparlha Swa
4 Pearl – Tamar-kali
5 Echelon – Honeychild Coleman
6 Song of the Morning – Sparlha Swa
7 Do You – Kandi Cole
8 Top Blow – Daisha
9 Gimmie Room – Kandi Cole
10 Parallel Audio – Dyslexia
11 Fire with Fire – Tamar-kali

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Trumpeter Terence Blanchard Completes Score for New Movie, “RED TAILS” | Coming Jan. 20th, 2012

GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER TERENCE BLANCHARD COMPLETES SCORE FOR LUCASFILM’S RED TAILS, SET FOR RELEASE JANUARY 20TH BY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

Film is Golden-Globe nominated Composer’s 52nd film score and stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Ne-Yo and more


Los Angeles, CA— World-renowned film composer and musician Terence Blanchard has completed the score for the soundtrack for Lucasfilm’s RED TAILS.  A high-flying action epic inspired by the heroic exploits of the first all African-American aerial combat unit, The Lucasfilm Ltd. production of RED TAILS will launch on January 20, 2012, released by Twentieth Century Fox.  Produced by Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson, the gripping WWII actioner is directed by Anthony Hemingway (“Treme,” “The Wire,” “Battlestar Galactica”). To Continue, Please click “MORE”!

Motion Picture Soundtrack, “Joyful Noise” to be Released Jan. 10th, 2012 | WATCH VIDEO!


 
“Joyful Noise” Soundtrack To Be Released January 10, 2012
 
Soundtrack Features New Music Performed by Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Kirk Franklin, Keke Palmer and Others
 
December 12, 2011 – WaterTower Music announces the release of the soundtrack to Alcon Entertainment’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Joyful Noise,” a funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal, which opens in theatres January 13, 2012.

R&B Singer Kem Joins the Cast of Movie Remake ‘Sparkle’

Universal Motown Singer/Songwriter KEM Makes His Big-Screen Acting Debut as He Joins the Cast of the Movie Remake ‘Sparkle’
 


DETROIT, Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Universal Motown Grammy® nominated singer/songwriter KEM will make his big-screen acting debut in a remake of the 1976 film “Sparkle,” which is set in, and currently being filmed in, his hometown Detroit, Michigan. To continue, please click “MORE”!

“Sing Your Song” – The Music, Hope & Vision of Harry Belafonte, Premieres Oct. 17th on HBO

SING YOUR SONG, CHRONICLING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EXTRAORDINARY ENTERTAINER AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST HARRY BELAFONTE, DEBUTS OCT. 17, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO


During the course of an inspiring life that has paralleled the American civil rights
movement, artist and crusader Harry Belafonte has tirelessly used his humanitarian
influence to advance causes of social justice, while forging a unique career punctuated by prestigious awards and industry firsts.

Filmmaker Susanne Rostock tells the rich life story of this remarkable artist and humanitarian in the intimate feature-length documentary SING YOUR SONG, debuting MONDAY, OCT. 17 (10:00-11:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Grammy-Winning Trumpet Player Terence Blanchard to Score “Red Tails”

GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER/TRUMPET PLAYER

TERENCE BLANCHARD TO SCORE RED TAILS, A GEORGE LUCAS PRODUCTION

 

Film is Golden-Globe nominated Composer’s 52nd film score and stars Cuba Gooding Jr.,

Terrence Howard and more


 

Los Angeles, CA— World-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard is set to score the soundtrack for RED TAILS, the feature film directorial debut by Anthony Hemingway.  Based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, RED TAILS tells the tale of a group of African-American combat pilots at battle.  This marks the first Lucasfilm production in 17 years that is independent of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars film franchises. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The Sam Cooke Biopic is Moving Forward – Screenplay Complete

Sam Cooke Biopic Moving Forward, Screenplay Complete


by Phil Gallo, L.A.  |   March 14, 2011 9:10 EDT

 ABKCO

Start singing “Ain’t That Good News”: A Sam Cooke biopic has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality.

 
Start
singing “Ain’t That Good News”: A Sam Cooke biopic has taken a
significant step toward becoming a reality. The screenwriters behind the
all-Beatles musical “Across the Universe” have finished their
adaptation of Peter Guralnick’s definitive biography of Sam Cooke for
ABKCO, which owns Cooke’s publishing and the bulk of his master
recordings. ABKCO CEO Jody Klein is now looking for a director.

Dick
Clement and Ian La Frenais recently completed their adaptation of
“Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke,” which Klein optioned in the
fall of 2009. The book was published in 2005, two years after Guralnick
had written the script for “Sam Cooke: Legend,” the only authorized
documentary on Cooke. It won a Grammy for longform video. To continue, please click “MORE”!