Daft Punk’s “TRON: Legacy” Soundtrack Debuts At #10 On Billboard Dan Koelsch, December 16, 2010 As you may have guessed from our review and my tweets, we here at MovieViral are big fans of the TRON: Legacy Soundtrack that is produced exclusively by Daft Punk. It looks like the rest of the world loves the music of The Grid as well, as the album, released on the 7th, debuted at #10 on Billboard Top 200 albums. The soundtrack sold 70,794 units in the United States and Canada for the period of 12/7-12/12, which is more than the Inception soundtrack has sold TO DATE (62,000). In fact, it is the first score soundtrack to debut in the Top 10 in five years (last one was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in 2005). Globally, the album is in the Top 10 on the iTunes chart: in the U.S. (#3), France (#1), Australia (#1), Canada (#1), Belgium (#1), Germany (#2), Ireland (#2), New Zealand (#2), UK (#3), Spain (#3), Denmark (#3), Mexico (#3), Italy (#4), Norway (#9), Sweden (#9). The album has shipped Gold in France and is #1 on the Digital Album chart. Source: Walt Disney Studios News Daft PunkMusicSoundtrackTron Legacy
Battle: Los Angeles – A Whole 4 Seconds of Footage Released! July 28, 2010July 28, 2010Wait….. Only 4 seconds? What the hell are we supposed to get from 4 seconds of footage? Well, for starters, and probably the reason this has been released, is to get people talking about Battle: Los Angeles. And it’s definitely doing that. Is the talk about the clip what they… Read More
Salt Director Grateful For Wasted Taxpayer Money July 20, 2010We’ve been covering the Salt Day X Exists game for several weeks now, so I found this news from NBC LA rather interesting. Director Phillip Noyce made what almost seemed like a political comment, claiming that wasted taxpayer money actually helped the film. Read More
Kevin Smith To Distribute “Red State” Himself, Forgo Any Advertising January 24, 2011January 24, 2011The big buzz late Sunday night was Kevin Smith’s surprise announcement at the Sundance Film Festival. After screening his latest film Red State, Smith was supposed to hold an auction for potential distributors. However, Smith instead chose a very unique distribution method. Get the details after the break. Read More