Among the many new films set to debut during the Christmas season is This Is 40, written and directed by Judd Apatow, with a bevy of hot Hollywood stars set to splash across the screen. Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks are all featured within a large ensemble cast.
From the trailer, it would appear that the film trades heavily in the sort of crude humor very much in vogue these days, but regardless of your taste in cinema, This Is 40 has one major attraction for fans of acoustic string music. The score and soundtrack include a healthy portion of music from Punch Brothers.
The soundtrack album was released yesterday, produced by Jon Brion, who served as producer for the last full Punch Brothers album, Antifogmatic. He has become a friend of the band, and when the time came to record the movie soundtrack, he called upon the Brothers to serve supporting roles behind the big name pop artists whose voices are out front. Listen for them providing accompaniment for Fiona Apple, Norah Jones, Lindsay Buckingham, Graham Parker and Wilco.
They are also featured in a number of places in the score, written by Brion, which you will hear should you catch the film after its December 12 theatrical release.
The Avett Brothers also have a song on the soundtrack. Check it out in iTunes.
