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It’s been such a long wait for the release of the new film from Wes Anderson that the filmmaker himself is already prepping to shoot his next film this summer. 2021, however, is finally the year of The French Dispatch and ahead of a Cannes Film Festival debut, a stateside premiere at New York Film Festival, and a release on October 22, we’ve now got another tease in the form of the official soundtrack details and a preview.

Made up of 25 tracks, the score comes from Anderson’s recent frequent collaborator Alexandre Desplat as well piano solos performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet, notes Film Music Reporter, who revealed the first details. Also including songs by Grace Jones, Ennio Morricone, Jarvis Cocker, Chantal Goya, and more, we’ve collected the currently available tracks on a Spotify playlist. The tracklist itself also gives some hints at what to expect from the story with car chases,...

Everyone loves silent film vamps, moonshine and a little light Heidegger reading. Here are 18 reasons you should remember the year 1927:

1.) Fritz Lang's dazzling silent film "Metropolis" opens to widely negative reviews, including one that accused it of portraying "foolishness, cliché, platitude, and muddlement about mechanical progress and progress in general."

2.) Clara Bow stars in "It" and becomes the original "It girl."

3.) Actress and cabaret star and "Santa Baby" singer Eartha Kitt is born. She later goes on to play Catwoman on the Batman television series as well as Yzma on Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove".

4.) Blotto is the word for crunk. (Runner up: Splifficated, which means the same thing.)

5.) The ladies loved the corsets.

6.) Elementary, my dear Watson! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes the "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes," the final set of twelve Holmes-centric short stories.

7.) Bob Fosse, the choreographer of "Cabaret" and "Chicago," is born, jazz hands in full swing.

I didn’t think I would have to insult the intelligence of our readers by pointing out a very simple fact, but based on the first comment we received, I guess I should make something clear. This is a list of our favourite soundtracks of 2011. We are currently working on a list of the best original scores, which should be posted sometime within the week. Let us know if you think we left out any soundtracks you would recommend. Enjoy!

10 – Young Adult

One of the themes of Jason Reitman’s upcoming film Young Adult, is the idea of being stuck in the past, and trying to relive your glory days, and so it’s no surprise that the soundtrack to the film is loathed with 1990s alt-rock cuts. Due December 6th via Rhino Records, the fifteen-track disc features the Replacements, the Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Teenage Fanclub, Cracker, 4 Non Blondes, Veruca Salt and many more.

Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the dramedy Beginners. The album includes the original score by Roger Neill, David Palmer and Brian Reitzell. Also featured on the soundtrack are several songs from the movie from artists including Hoagy Carmichael, Gene Austin, Josephine Baker and Jolly Roll Morton. The album will be released on May 31, 2011 and is available to pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added later this month. Beginners is directed by Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) and stars Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Melanie Laurent. Focus Features will release the film on June 3. For more information on the project, visit the official movie webpage.

Here’s the album track list:

1. Stardust (Hoagy Camichael)

2. Everything’s Made For Love (Gene Austin)

3. Bach Suite (David Palmer, Roger Neill, Brian Reitzell)

4. 1955 (David Palmer, Roger Neill, Brian Reitzell)

5. Sweet Jazz Music (Jelly Roll Morton)

6. That Da Da Strain (Mamie Smith)

7. Mamanita...