ALAN SILVESTRI's "G.I.JOE" [cd-sound clips]

When one of the renaming greats of film music, like Alan Silvestri in this case, releases a new score on CD, it's big news on its own.

Here are the details for the latest assignments, G.I.Joe: The rise of the Cobra, an upcoming live action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise, to be released on August 7, 2009.

The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios.

Set ten years in the future, the film is an origin story, showing the rise of the Cobra Organization. Stephen Sommers said, "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense. And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from." The film focuses on Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord's (Marlon Wayans) induction into the G.I. Joe Team, providing the audience's point-of-view. Locations include the Arctic, Paris, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Australia and the Sahara. The G.I. Joe Team is based in the Pit, while it was indicated Cobra Island will appear.

Quoting from colosseum.de, the releasing label (VareseSarabande.com) said the following about the music:

Alan Silvestri, who is the modern master of scoring action blockbusters like Predator, The Mummy Returns and Night At The Museum, not to mention the Back To The Future trilogy, composes the apocalyptic score.

Click here to read more and listen to SOUND CLIPS from the score.

ALAN SILVESTRI's CD for "G.I.JOE" gets tracklisting info out

1. Clan McCullen (3:07)
2. MARS Industries (1:42)
3. Delivering The Warheads (7:24)
4. General Hawk (1:36)
5. It Had To Be NATO’s Fault! (1:40)
6. King Cobra (2:58)
7. What Happened To Her? (1:16)
8. I Promise (2:07)
9. The Pit Battle (7:24)
10. They Intend To Use Them (1:06)
11. Snake Eyes (2:23)
12. I Have A Target In Mind (2:23)
13. The JOEs Mobilize (8:24)
14. Northern Route (6:10)
15. Who Are You? (3:36)
16. Deploy The Sharcs (7:32)
17. Final Battle (:54)
18. Just About Close Enough (3:57)
19. The Rise Of Cobra (1:52)
20. I’m Not Giving Up On You (1:49)
21. End Credits (2:21)

Further info on the release, quoted from colosseum.de

G.I. Joe is a highly trained, classified Special Operations Unit composed of men and women from around the globe. Officially, these warriors don't even exist. Few know the truth — that G.I. Joe fights a secret war, as the first and last line of defense against forces that seek to plunge our world into chaos. Wherever there's trouble, G.I. Joe is there! Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces of the organization known as COBRA. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, respectively, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, and Asian film star Lee Byung-hu. Alan Silvestri, who is the modern master of scoring action blockbusters like Predator, The Mummy Returns and Night At The Museum, not to mention the Back To The Future trilogy, composes the apocalyptic score.