Bandslam’

Release date: July 27 (Hollywood)

You want to sell soundtracks? Make a movie that appeals to teenage girls. (See: The “Twilight” soundtrack, which has sold 1.9 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and the soundtrack to “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” which has sold 826,000.) “Bandslam” stars Alyson Michalka-better-known as half of pop duo Aly & AJ-and “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens as misfit high school students prepping for a battle of the bands, and both women have songs on the soundtrack. “It’s a real music picture in a way Cameron Crowe would make a music picture,” says Mitchell Leib, president of music and soundtracks at Walt Disney Pictures. Disney is also trying to encourage young women to explore older acts; other featured tracks come from the Velvet Underground, Cheap Trick and David Bowie, who also makes a cameoa

Source