Walt Disney Records Releases The Jungle Book Soundtrack CD

Walt Disney Records releases The Jungle Book soundtrack, featuring score by award-winning composer John Debney ("Iron Man 2"), the end-credit tracks including "Trust in Me" performed by Scarlett Johansen and produced by Mark Ronson, "I Wan'na Be Like You" performed by Christopher Walken, plus Dr. John & The Nite Trippers' rendition of "The Bare Necessities." The original music was composed and produced by John Debney. The original motion picture soundtrack is available now.

Directed by Jon Favreau ("Iron Man"), based on Rudyard Kipling's timeless stories and inspired by Disney's classic animated film, "The Jungle Book" is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. "The Jungle Book" seamlessly blends live-action with photorealistic CGI animals and environments, using up-to-the-minute technology and storytelling techniques to immerse audiences in an enchanting and lush world. The wild adventure swung into theaters in 3D this past weekend

The all-star voice cast includes Oscar-winners Ben Kingsley ("Learning to Drive," "The Walk"), Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave," "Star Wars: The Force Awakens") and Christopher Walken ("The Deer Hunter"), as well as Bill Murray ("Lost in Translation"), Idris Elba ("Star Trek Beyond"), Scarlett Johansson ("Avengers: Age of Ultron") and Giancarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad').

Original Santana Back with Santana IV CD

The legendary original lineup of Santana releases Santana IV this Friday, April 15th.  The Santana

IV release is being supported by a ton of press from outlets ranging from Billboard and Rolling Stone to NPR, who reports "Santana IV captures that magic. They invented this sound. To this day, no one does it better."

Carlos Santana recently recorded a video discussing the Santana lineup's reformation and the recording of the new album. See below from B&T AV.

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol 58 Announced

The world’s best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That’s What I Call Music! has gathered

today’s biggest hits for NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 58, to be released April 29, 2016 by the Universal Music Group.

NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 58 features 16 major current hits from today’s hottest artists, including The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Zayn, Selena Gomez, Kelly Clarkson, Ellie Goulding, The Chainsmokers w/Rozes, G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, Bryson Tiller, DJ Snake w/Bipolar Sunshine, Alessia Cara, Robin Schulz w/Francesco Yates, Troye Sivan, James Bay, and Rachel Platten, plus six free up-and-coming “NOW What’s Next” New Music Preview tracks.

Each numeric NOW release features "NOW What's Next" bonus tracks, previewing tomorrow's biggest hits. NOW 58 showcases hot new tracks from Andrew Grant, Bibi Bourelly, That Poppy, Phoebe Ryan, Jodie Abacus, and Chris Lane.

As previously announced, NOW That’s What I Call Music! will also release NOW That's What I Call Broadway! on April 29. NOW’s first collection celebrating Broadway’s best features 18 top original cast recordings from many of the Great White Way’s most legendary shows.

Pet Shop Boys Back in April with "Super"

Pet Shop Boys are back and will release their new album Super on x2 Records via Kobalt on

April 1, 2016. Produced and mixed by Stuart Price in Los Angeles, the album was written in London and Berlin. The record features twelve new Tennant/Lowe compositions including the lead single, “The Pop Kids,” evoking the London club scene of the early 90s.
Super will be available on CD and vinyl from B&T.

And, the band has confirmed a four night residency at London’s Royal Opera House on July 20-23. Entitled “Inner Sanctum,” the site-specific concert series will be staged by longtime PSB designer Es Devlin and choreographer Lynne Page. The band notes, “It was fantastic to be back in the studio with Stuart Price continuing from where we left off with Electric and we’re thrilled with the results. It’s also very exciting to take electronic music into the Royal Opera House—such a grand and beautiful venue. These will be four very special nights for us and our only UK concerts this year.”