Lakeshore Records To Release Soundtrack For Sundance Film Festival Winner Crank: High Voltage

Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ CineMedia Promotions) - Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE, available digitally (iTunes and Amazon Digital) and in stores on April 7, 2009. Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) composed the score.

Composer Mike Patton founded the band Mr. Bungle as a teenager. While they were having problems with their then lead singer Faith No More scouted Patton. He would join the band as their vocalist. Their 1989 album The Real Thing broke into the Billboard Top 200 after the second single "Epic" became a favorite on MTV. The band would record three more studio albums before breaking up in 1998. Patton continued to work with Mr. Bungle, release solo albums, and worked extensively with John Zorn. The yet-unreleased Pinion was Patton's first effort scoring a film. Faith No More has announced they will re-form this year.

2006's Crank introduced freelance hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) who wakes up with a big problem. While Chev was asleep, he was injected with a deadly synthetic drug from China-known as the Beijing Cocktail as payback for his last hit. Chev's only hope to stay alive is to keep his adrenalin pumping, while keeping his girlfriend, out of the mob's hands. Luckily, Doc Miles offers some temporary lifesaving advice; his drugged pal has to keep moving. Downing cans of Red Bull and popping over-the-counter energy pills. Chev is a crazed man on a mission. He has to exact revenge, save his girlfriend, and find an antidote, all while keeping his slowing heart pumping.

In CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE, the high-octane sequel, Chelios launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Reprising their roles from the 2006 original are Amy Smart as Eve, Dwight Yoakum as Doc Miles, and Efren Ramirez as Venus. Rounding out the cast are Clifton Collins Jr. and Bai Ling. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE is written and directed by Neveldine/Taylor, the duo behind the 2006 hit film Crank, and the upcoming Game starring Gerard Butler.

Lakeshore Entertainment and Lionsgate present CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE released in select theaters on April 17, 2009. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes, Amazon Digital, and in stores on April 7, 2009.