BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney
Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack for
Cinderella on March 10, 2015.
The album features original music by Patrick Doyle ("Brave," "Thor") marking the
eleventh time Doyle has teamed with director Kenneth Branagh. The score was recorded at Air
Lyndhurst Studio in London, and
was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
James Shearman and produced by
Maggie Rodford. The film
arrives in theaters on March 13,
2015.
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Patrick Doyle's long-time
creative collaboration with Branagh began in 1989 with "Henry
V." The film's song 'Non Nobis Domine' was awarded the
1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme. In 1991, they
re-teamed for "Dead Again," which earned Doyle a Golden
Globe®-nomination. Subsequent collaborations include
"Frankenstein," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Love's Labour's Lost,"
"As You Like It," "Hamlet" (for which Doyle received an Oscar®
nomination for Best Original Score), "Sleuth," and "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit."
Doyle has scored over 50 international feature films, including
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Gosford Park," "Sense and Sensibility,"
"Indochine," "Carlito's Way" and "A Little Princess." His work has
led to collaborations with some of the most acclaimed directors in
the world, including Regis Wargnier,
Brian De Palma, Alfonso Cuarón,
Ang Lee, Chen Kaige, Mike
Newell and Robert Altman.
In addition to the score, the soundtrack also includes end
credit tracks by Lily James
("Cinderella") and Helena Bonham
Carter ("Fairy Godmother"), plus the end credit
original theme song "Strong" (written by Patrick Doyle, Kenneth
Branagh and Tommy
Danvers) performed by Compound/Motown recording artist
Sonna Rele and produced by TommyD
(Kylie, Kanye West, Corinne Bailey Rae, FUN). Sonna, the
London born
singer-songwriter, was discovered by multi Grammy®-Award
winning singer-songwriter/ actor NE-YO and chosen by Kenneth Branagh to record "Strong."
The album was produced by Patrick
Doyle and executive produced by Kenneth Branagh.
Cinderella track list follows:
- "A Golden Childhood"
- "The Great Secret"
- "A New Family"
- "Life and Laughter"
- "The First Branch"
- "Nice and Airy"
- "Orphaned"
- "The Stag"
- "Rich Beyond Reason"
- "Fairy Godmother"
- "Pumpkins and Mice"
- "You Shall Go"
- "Valse Royale"
- "Who Is She"
- "La Valse de L'Amour "
- "La Valse Champagne"
- "La Polka Militaire"
- "La Polka de Paris"
- "A Secret Garden"
- "La Polka de Minuit"
- "Choose That One"
- "Pumpkin Pursuit"
- "The Slipper"
- "Shattered Dreams"
- "Searching the Kingdom"
- "Ella and Kit"
- "Courage and Kindness"
- "Strong" Performed by Sonna Rele
- "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart
Makes" Performed by Lily
James
- "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (The Magic
Song) Performed by Helena Bonham Carter
The story of "Cinderella" follows the fortunes of young Ella
(Lily James) whose merchant father
remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her
loving father, Ella welcomes her new Stepmother (Cate Blanchett)
and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday
Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie
McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella's father
unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a
jealous and cruel new family.
Soon, she is forced to become their servant, disrespected,
covered in ashes and spitefully renamed Cinderella. Yet, despite
the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella will not give in to despair
nor despise those who mistreat her, and she continues to remain
positive, determined to honor her mother's dying words and to "have
courage and be kind."
When Ella meets a dashing stranger in the woods, unaware that he
is really the Prince (Richard
Madden) and not merely Kit, an apprentice at the palace, she
believes she has finally found a kindred soul. It appears her
fortunes may be about to change when the King (Derek Jacobi) summons all maidens in the kingdom
to attend a royal ball at the palace, raising Ella's hopes of once
again encountering the charming Kit. Alas, her Stepmother forbids
her to attend and callously destroys her dress.
Meanwhile, the calculating Grand Duke (Stellan Skarsgård)
devises a plan to thwart the Prince's hopes of reuniting with Ella
and enlists the support of the devious Stepmother. But, as in all
good fairy tales, help is at hand. Soon, a kindly beggar woman
(Helena Bonham Carter) steps forward
and, armed with a pumpkin, a few mice and a magic wand, changes
Cinderella's life forever.
The Cinderella original motion picture soundtrack will be
available wherever music is sold on March
10, 2015. The album is now available for pre-order at
iTunes http://smarturl.it/cnsa1 and Amazon
http://smarturl.it/cnsama1. The physical CD will include an insert
to download a new original song performed by Idina Menzel, Kristen
Bell and Cast from the short "Frozen Fever." The
animated short will be shown in front of "Cinderella" and includes
the new song written by Oscar and Grammy-winning composers
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and
Robert Lopez.
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Publicity contact:
Maria Kleinman
Walt Disney Records/Disney Music
Group
maria.kleinman@disney.com
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