Mercury Studios has announced the Blu-ray release of Peter Gabriel: Taking the Pulse, which drops on October 10 and captures the former Genesis front man’s powerful performance with the New Blood Orchestra. Filmed at the historic Arena di Verona in Italy in 2010 and directed by Anna Gabriel, the concert features Gabriel performing songs from his album New Blood with bold orchestral reinterpretations of his beloved songs, arranged by John Metcalfe. With 50 musicians, vocalists Melanie Gabriel and Ane Brun, and a striking visual backdrop, the film showcases Gabriel’s enduring artistry through a dramatic, reimagining of his most popular songs. Get it at store.mercurystudios.co.

Depeche Mode’s concert film Depeche Mode: M will receive a limited theatrical and IMAX release beginning on October 28 and following the film’s Tribeca premiere earlier in the year. Directed by Fernando Frías de la Parra (Oscar-nominated I’m No Longer Here), the documentary captures the band’s three sold-out Mexico City performances to more than 200,000 fans at Estadio GNP Seguros during the English electronic group’s Memento Mori Tour in 2023. Released through Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing, the film screened in more than 2,500 theaters worldwide. Blending live performance with cultural storytelling, Depeche Mode: M examines music, mortality and Mexican death traditions, while celebrating the musical legacy of the band. Find out if the film will be showing near you at depechemodem.com. 

GRAMMY Award-winning composer Carla Patullo released her new album Nomadica, inviting listeners into a “dreamlike realm of memory and music.” Influenced by the loss of her mother, Patullo crafted an entrancing soundscape of ethereal vocals, orchestral swells and electronic pulses, while weaving in recordings of trains, water, and wind. Featuring contributions from Martha Mooke, Lorenza Ponce, Leah Coloff, Tonality choir, Martha Wainwright, Frederika Krier, and the Scorchio Quartet, this album is a musical journey through grief and healing, and a meditation on love and connection. For more information, contact Sarah Roche at sarah@whitebearpr.com.

T-65b Records has released the Original Game Soundtrack for Giant Squid’s Sword of the Sea, featuring music by award-winning composer Austin Wintory. Departing from his lush orchestral and global folk styles, Wintory crafted a score centered on solo piano and children’s choir, with solo strings contributed by cellist Tina Guo, custom Native American drone flutes and winds by Kristin Naigus, men’s choir, and electronics. As in all Giant Squid titles, the score is dynamic and adapts to gameplay, underscoring an atmospheric surfing adventure that explores humanity’s relationship with nature. It’s inspired by classic skateboarding and snowboarding games. Contact Chris Galasso at chris@whitebearpr.com for further details. 

FX and Hollywood Records has released Alien: Earth (Original Soundtrack), created by Emmy-winning composer Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, The Last Rodeo) as the musical companion to the first of the sci-fi horror Alien franchise to take place on Earth. Russo brought in new musical textures while honoring the franchise’s earlier two scores, sustaining the haunting tension of the original film—the Ridley Scott creation released in 1979—while channeling the momentum of the second film. Russo used voices with acoustic instruments to humanize the score, which he said was to find the connection between alien, human and hybrid, amplifying the series’ high-stakes narrative of survival and terror on Earth. For more information, contact Chris Galasso at chris@whitebearpr.com.

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