'You think I'm tryin' to compete with that?' - Alec Baldwin, as Shelly Kaplow in The Cooler
27 October 2003 - 5:06PM
PR Newswire (US)
'You think I'm tryin' to compete with that?' - Alec Baldwin, as
Shelly Kaplow in The Cooler Diana Krall, N'Sync's Joey Fatone,
Bobby Caldwell and more headline the Commotion Records soundtrack
to The Cooler with extended selections from the score by composer
and trumpeter Mark Isham. NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Shangri-La is the last of the old-school Las Vegas casinos, where
hopes and dreams ride on a roll of the dice, and love is the only
saving grace for desperate people who've been dealt a hand from the
bottom of the deck... (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020312/KOCHLOGO ) Wayne
Kramer's directorial debut The Cooler, due out on November 19th in
New York and Los Angeles (and on December 19th nationwide) through
Lions Gate Films, stars William H. Macy, Maria Bello, and Alec
Baldwin. The Cooler is a cool, gritty, tense and at times even
hilarious drama set against the backdrop of Sin City and the
Shangri-La. The film's soundtrack will be the rollout release for
Commotion Records, a brand new label co-founded by legendary music
industry veteran Walter Yetnikoff and music supervisor and
powerhouse label executive Tracy McKnight. "I saw this film at the
Sundance Producers Conference in August," McKnight recalls, "and I
loved the movie. I mean, from the opening cue, I thought, this
music is spot on -- it's smart, it's well placed, and Mark Isham's
score is fantastic. It's the perfect soundtrack to launch our
label, and I'm really proud to be associated with it." "I am very
excited to be working with Tracy and Commotion Records," says Joel
C. High, Vice President of Music for Lions Gate. "Their enthusiasm
and experience in the film music world make them a great home for
this soundtrack." Mark Isham is the Academy Award(R)-nominated and
Grammy Award(R)-winning composer behind the music of such acclaimed
films as A River Runs Through It; Romeo Is Bleeding, Quiz Show and
Moonlight Mile. One of the first pictures for which he wrote and
performed the score was The Times of Harvey Milk, winner of the
1984 Academy Award(R) for Best Feature Documentary. For The Cooler,
Isham had several distinctively romantic moods in mind for the
music. "This is a score that embraces the classic sound of swing
that personified old world Vegas," he says, "and I wanted to mix
that with musical themes that reflect the warm and intimate
relationship between the main characters." An intimate, Vegas-style
lounge feel courses through the vocal performances on the
soundtrack, mirroring the classy sophistication and style of the
film. Diana Krall renders a steamy rendition of the jazz standard
"I'll String Along With You," while Bobby Caldwell channels the
spirit of Frank Sinatra on the casino classic "Luck Be A Lady."
Actor Paul Sorvino hits an ironic vein, so to speak, in "Getting To
Be A Habit With Me"-in the film, he plays Buddy Stafford, a
strung-out lounge singer whose addiction to heroin puts him at
Shelly's mercy. Joey Fatone (from 'N Sync) plays Johnny Capella,
the young upstart who steals Buddy's gig with his performance of
"Can I Steal A Little Love." And no story of the Vegas nightclub
and casino scene would be complete without "My Funny Valentine,"
delivered with smoldering cool by up- and-coming jazz siren Tierney
Sutton. The Cooler soundtrack CD will be released on November 11,
2003 on Commotion Records in partnership with KOCH Entertainment.
What's all the Commotion? Walter Yetnikoff spent twenty-five years
of his long and illustrious career in the music business with
CBS/Sony Records-many of those as the company's president. During
his tenure at CBS, he helped guide the careers of The Rolling
Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, The
Clash and countless others. His book, written with David Ritz:
Howling at the Moon: The Confessions of a Music Mogul in an Age of
Excess, will be published by Random House/Broadway Books in March
2004. Tracy McKnight is one of today's premiere talents in music
supervision for feature films and television, and has more than ten
years of experience in the record and film industries. She has
overseen the musical direction for over 50 features and has
produced or assisted in the production of over 200 recordings. Her
latest film collaborations include Undefeated (directed by John
Leguizamo), Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch), A Dirty Shame
(John Waters), Brooklyn (Jim McKay) and The United States of Leland
(Matthew Ryan Hoge), as well as the long-awaited documentary The
Ramones: End of the Century. KOCH Entertainment is the leading and
fastest-growing independent music company in the U.S. KOCH's
overall operations encompass record and video labels, music
publishing, as well as distribution companies in the U.S. and
Canada. KOCH Entertainment is the market leader among independent
labels and distributors in both the U.S. and Canada and its record
labels had the largest number of Billboard charting albums among
independents in 2002/2003.
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KOCH Entertainment CONTACT: Dave Cirilli, Big Hassle Media,
+1-212-619-1360, or Fax, +1-212-619-1669, ; Tracy McKnight,
Commotion Records, +1-212-243-2100, or Fax, +1-212-243-2329, Web
site: http://www.arecordcommotion.com/ http://www.bighassle.com/
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