JT has worked with the BRIT winner on a song for Coen Bros new movie…

16:37, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 via MTV

Justin Timberlake has confirmed he’s recorded a collaboration with the lead singer of Mumford & Sons for his new flick.

The Mirrors singer revealed he’s teamed-up with Marcus Mumford on a tune for his latest movie, Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, which also stars Mumford’s wife, actress Carey Mulligan.

Revealing the news during an interview with Capital FM, Timberlake stated: “OK I can tell you this. There’s a Coen brothers film coming out soon that I was lucky enough to work with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan.

“And coincidentally I did work with Marcus Mumford on the soundtrack, so I became very good friends with them.”

The former NSYNC star continued: “Marcus and myself, we all kind of worked on the music together and I don’t know any other world where we would have the opportunity to collaborate like that but it was so much fun.

“So not only will that be a great movie, but the music to it will be fantastic.”

The movie is due for release later this year.

Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Records.

When you think “Pixar soundtracks,” you probably think of Randy Newman — but for this summer’s ‘Brave,’ the studio is going in a whole new direction, featuring a new track from the 16-year-old U.K. singing sensation known as Birdy, with added support from Mumford and Sons.

The new song, titled ‘Learn Me Right,’ is the sole pop cut on the soundtrack, which mostly consists of more traditional, Celtic-flavored material, including an original Patrick Doyle score and a pair of performances from singer Julie Fowlis. According to a press release, producer Katherine Sarafian says, “‘Learn Me Right’ is an amazing song. I feel something every time I hear it. Mumford and Sons sketched out a piece that would do justice to the culminating moment of the movie, underscoring the emotion, heart and the lessons learned between mother and daughter. They really found that moment of truth in the story we were trying to tell and it takes the movie to a new level at the end.”

“I love it because it tells a story,” adds Birdy. “Although it has a lot of emotion, it’s also very upbeat and you want to dance to it, which is why it works so well.”

“It’s quite fun doing a song for a movie rather than for an album,” says Mumford and Sons’ Marcus Mumford. “We liked the idea of having an orchestra in the background and having a girl like Birdy sing — it’s been quite liberating.”
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Details are starting to squeak by in the lead-up to the June 22^nd launch of Disney/Pixar’s newest bauble, “Brave.” The first details of the “Brave” soundtrack (it will be released physically, unlike “Toy Story 3” and “Up,” which were exclusively digital downloads) have emerged from Amazon (via UpcomingPixar), and it looks like the disc is set to include tracks featuring Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, a song featuring Birdy along with indie darlings Mumford & Sons (presumably over the closing credits) and a pair of songs featuring members of the cast (Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson, most notably). The rest of the tracks are orchestral cues from Patrick Doyle’s score.

This is Doyle’s first score for Pixar, and more to the point is the first Pixar score not composed by Thomas Newman, Randy Newman or Michael Giacchino. Doyle did a pretty bang-up job for his dark Disney overlords last summer on Marvel’s “Thor,” which is probably what helped him secure the gig. A lot of the song titles could be considered spoilery, so we’ll tread lightly, but the song that Billy Connolly sings is about the movie’s mythical bear (remember the movie was originally, more creatively called “The Bear and the Bow”), so we’re guessing this will be some kind of musical number where Connolly’s character (King Fergus) lays out the stakes for our young heroine. 

And speaking of the king, he takes center stage in one of two new photos released from the film (courtesy of SlashFilm). In the first, it showcases leading lady Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) sparring jovially with her king father, while her mother, Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), looks on. The second still shows the local townspeople tying up the once-titular bear and Merida defending it. This undoubtedly comes from the second part of the movie, after Merida has run away from the kingdom and made a dark deal with a very witchy woman (Julie Walters), and we actually know surprisingly little about the film’s plot, so we’ll stay away from guessing.

All will be revealed when “Brave” opens on June 22nd. The soundtrack hits a few days before on June 19th.    

“Brave” Soundtrack Details

01. “Touch the Sky” (Performed by Julie Fowlis)
02. “Into the Open Air” (Performed by Julie Fowlis)
03. “Learn Me Right” (Performed by Birdy – with Mumford & Sons)
04. “Fate and Destiny” (score)
05. “The Games” (score)
06. “I Am Merida” (score)
07. “Remember to Smile” (score)
08. “Merida Rides Away” (score)
09. “The Witch’s Cottage” (score)
10. “Song of Mor’du” (Performed by Billy Connolly and Cast)
11. “Through the Castle” (score)
12. “Legends Are Lessons” (score)
13. “Show Us the Way” (score)
14. “Mum Goes Wild” (score)
15. “In Her Heart” (score)
16. “Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal)” (Performed by Emma Thompson and Peigi Barker)
17. “Not Now!” (score)
18. “Get the Key” (score)
19. “We’ve Both Changed” (score)
20. “Merida’s Home” (score)