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Nonesuch Nabs Soundtrack for Upcoming "Sweeney Todd" Film

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By Ernio Hernandez 10 Sep 2007 Nonesuch Records -- which produced the

cast recording for the recent revival of Sweeney Todd -- will also

release the soundtrack for the forthcoming "Sweeney Todd" film. Titan

Books will publish the film's companion book. The new film, directed

by Tim Burton, is slated for a Dec. 21 release. An updated credits

listing reveals that Nonesuch Records will issue the film's

soundtrack. A release date has not yet been announced. Also in the

works is a companion book for the film to be released on Dec. 4 by

Titan Books. The hardback -- penned by (the only on-set) journalist

Mark Salisbury -- will include "interviews with Burton and the cast

and crew, extracts from the shooting script, over 200 photos, plus

concept drawing and production designs," as a release states.

Following the reveal of a poster at San Diego's Comic-Con

International and another shot of stars Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham

Carter, the place holder on the official website has been replaced

with an ominous graphic of Depp (as Sweeney) at the end of a tunnel

with a straight-blade in hand. A sign that flashes down into view

reads, "Beware, Sweeney Todd is coming this Christmas." Fans can

currently sign up for updates on the film by visiting

sweeneytoddmovie.com. *The official synopsis for the film follows:

"Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen

adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller

'Sweeney Todd.' Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to

prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for

the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and

daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd

becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who 'shaved the heads of

gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.' Joining Depp is

Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's amorous accomplice, who

creates diabolical meat pies. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, who

portrays the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison and

Timothy Spall as the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha

Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.

The DreamWorks/Warner Bros. film adaptation of the Stephen

Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical is penned by John Logan ("The Aviator,"

"Gladiator"). Filming has completed on the film, which receives a wide

opening Dec. 21. Depp ("Edward Scissorhands," "Ed Wood") takes on the

title role with Carter ("Big Fish," "Planet of the Apes") as piemaker

Mrs. Lovett. The film will also feature Alan Rickman (Private Lives,

the "Harry Potter" films) as Judge Turpin, Timothy Spall ("Harry

Potter") as Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen ("Borat," "Talladega

Nights") as Signor Adolfo Pirelli. Rounding out the cast are Laura