Los Angeles, CA: Johnny Depp's company Infinitum Nihil will release The Rum Diary—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack through Lakeshore Records digitally on October 28th and in stores on November 29, 2011 in conjunction with the release of the film by FilmDistrict on October 28th. The soundtrack features original music by Christopher Young (Spiderman 3, Drag Me To Hell) with songs performed by the JD Band, Dean Martin, Patti Smith, and a duet performed by Johnny Depp with JJ Holiday.
Young, a former jazz drummer, was influenced by the large jazz bands of the 50s and 60s. “Most of the tracks on the CD were presented as thematic possibilities for the film," said Young. “This gave me a chance to pour out music that has been inside of me all these years."
Christopher Young has received numerous awards and nominations throughout his celebrated career. He was honored at the Temecula International Film & Music Festival with the award for Outstanding Career Achievement in Film Composing. He has been nominated for two Emmys® (Norma Jean and Marilyn, Last Flight Out) and received both Golden Globe® and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nominations for The Shipping News. The composer created memorable action scores for two Marvel movies: Spiderman 3 and Ghostrider. His spine-tingling score for The Grudge propelled the film to a sleeper hit and his score to Drag Me To Hell has made several film music site listings as Best Score for 2009.
Young received BMI's highest honor, The Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award. In addition to his busy film-composing schedule, Young is imparting his knowledge to a new generation of film composers. He has taught at USC since the early 90s and bought a house to offer free residency to fledgling young composers because he never forgot his own personal struggles.
Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, THE RUM DIARY tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen's financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.
Track Listing
- Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)—Dean Martin
- Rum Diary—Christopher Young
- Suckfish and Snake—Christopher Young
- Mother of Balls—Christopher Young
- Chenault—Christopher Young
- Flagged Me Smiling—Christopher Young
- Pink Jelly Remains—Christopher Young
- Rockin' on Rooster (With My Dead Monkey's Mother)—Christopher Young
- Sweat Bee—Christopher Young
- Cock-Of-The-Rock—Christopher Young
- Black Note Blues—Christopher Young
- My Car the Cockroach—Christopher Young
- Neon Popsicles—Christopher Young
- Hefti-Tefti—Christopher Young
- He Must Be a Sadist—Christopher Young
- Puerto Rican Piss-Off—Christopher Young
- Whacking a Salesman—Christopher Young
- The Biggest Crook in New Jersey—Christopher Young
- Desperate Drunks and Postcard Loons—Christopher Young
- The Mermaid Song (Instrumental)—Johnny Depp
- What About El Monstruo?—JD Band
- Roll Out the Roosters—JD Band
- Kemp in the Village—Johnny Depp and JJ Holiday
- The Mermaid Song—Patti Smith
FilmDistrict presents The Rum Diary in theaters on October 28, 2011. The Rum Diary—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be released digitally on October 28th and in stores on November 29, 2011.
ABOUT FILMDISTRICT:
FilmDistrict is a multi-faceted acquisitions, distribution and financing company focusing on wide release, commercial pictures. Founded by Graham King and Tim Headington's GK Films, in partnership with Peter Schlessel, the company's upcoming releases include THE RUM DIARY, October 28; IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY, December 23; PLAYING THE FIELD, March 9, 2012 and LOCKOUT, April 13, 2012. The company's previous releases INSIDIOUS, SOUL SURFER, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, and DRIVE have collectively grossed over $150 million to date at the US Box Office. For more information, visit filmdistrict.com or call (646) 380-4470.
About GK Films:
Graham King launched GK Films with business partner Tim Headington. Most recently, GK Films produced the animated tale “Rango," directed by Gore Verbinski and produced with his Blind Wink Productions for Paramount Pictures, “The Town," written and directed by Ben Affleck for Warner Bros., and “The Tourist," directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp.
The company is currently in post-production on the 3D adventure film “Hugo," directed by Martin Scorsese set for release through Paramount Pictures on November 23rd 2011, “In The Land of Blood and Honey," written and directed by Angelina Jolie which is set to be released December 23rd domestically by FilmDistrict, a subsidiary of GK Films and “The Rum Diary" starring Johnny Depp and produced with Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil and will be released domestically on October 28th, 2011 by FilmDistrict.
GK Films has announced several projects in development including the untitled Freddie Mercury story starring Sacha Baron Cohen and written by Peter Morgan, and a reboot of the successful action franchise, “Tomb Raider." Infinitum Nihil, Graham King and Tim Headington are currently producing “Dark Shadows" for Warner Bros with Johnny Depp starring and Tim Burton directing.
Previous GK Films releases include “Edge of Darkness," and the three-time Academy Award® nominated “The Young Victoria."
GK Films, in partnership with Peter Schlessel, formed FilmDistrict, a multi-faceted studio that encompasses acquisitions, distribution, production and financing on wide release commercial pictures. The company will theatrically distribute several films per year.
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