The film, which closed out this past weekend (Oct. 28-30th) in the Top 10 of the box office, has made a cumulative total of $67,421,000 so far.

The film’s soundtrack was composed by Mychael Danna, who in my opinion, at least, put a very solid score together. This is a movie about a group of undervalued baseball players, what would the movie be without some inspiring and uplifting music to go with that story?

In addition to the superb script and amazing performances from Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the musical score helps make “Moneyball” stand out, to me, as one the best films of the year.

If you haven’t already listen to Danna’s incredible work with the soundtrack, push play below on the following video and be amazed by this guy’s work.

Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane in "Moneyball" (Photo Credit: Columbia Pictures)

If you’ve read Michael Lewis’ best-selling book, Moneyball, you were probably a little intrigued when Hollywood announced that Brad Pitt would be starring in a film-adapted version of the best-seller.

The book, considered to be among one of the most influential and ground-breaking sports books ever written, focused on the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their highly modernized, analytical approach to assembling a competitive team.

The movie version, which was written by Oscar winners Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network) and Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List), effectively utilizes most of the book’s main ideas and concepts while telling the story of the 2002 Oakland A’s and their resilient GM Billy Beane.

Beane, portrayed by Brad Pitt, is put under a microscope in the film-version, as director Bennett Miller (“Capote”) orchestrates a very deep character study of Beane. (more…)

Since the A’s won’t be making any playoff push this month, A’s fans can turn their undivided attention to the release of Brad Pitt’s movie adaptation of the critically acclaimed Michael Lewis book, Moneyball. Pitt, who portrays A’s GM Billy Beane, remained attached to the movie project for what seems like forever, and despite some early up’s and down’s, the movie is finally a reality.

Moneyball follows the cash-strapped Athletics as they try to find a way to win despite having one of baseball’s lowest payrolls. It’s a story that many baseball fans have learned to love, and I’m pretty sure it’s a story that’s had a profound impact on the game of baseball. The book itself dealt a lot with economics, statistics (sabermetrics), and other elements that may not appeal to the general public, or non-baseball fan.

The movie version, however, does not deal with those aspects of the story as closely, but instead turns its focus onto Billy Beane himself. Beane gets a lot of credit for putting together perennial playoff contenders during the early 2000′s despite having a very limited budget. He used sabermetric principles to run his team in a very cost-effecitve manner, and really had a profound effect on the game. (more…)