On 19 July 2011, the breakthrough single "Midnight City",[18] the first from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, was released for streaming and free download on the band's official website.[34] Beginning in October, they toured North America and Europe to promote the album; Active Child supported the US leg of the tour.[35] The album placed 3rd in Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2011 list;[36] the single "Midnight City" was placed 1st on the Top 100 Tracks list.[37] On 26 January 2012, M83 came in at number 5 on the Triple J Hottest 100 with the single "Midnight City". The track received further exposure in 2013 as the remixed soundtrack to the Gucci Premier fragrance television advert featuring Blake Lively.[38] It was also used in the 2013 film Warm Bodies.
Oblivion - Film 2013 Torrent French
On 28 June 2012, it was announced that M83 would compose the soundtrack for the 2013 movie Oblivion, directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise.[39] The score was co-written with Joseph Trapanese. The soundtrack album was released on 9 April 2013 by Back Lot Music featuring Susanne Sundfor on vocals.[40] On 26 February 2014, a new song titled "I Need You" was included on the Divergent soundtrack.[41] The song "Wait" was featured in the 2014 film The Fault in our Stars. It was also featured in the "Perception" episode of Revenge in 2012, "The Backup Dan" episode of Gossip Girl in 2012, "Imperfect Circles" episode of Under the Dome in 2013 and "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" episode of The Vampire Diaries in 2014. More recently, "Wait" was used as part of the documentary "The Day We Walked On The Moon" commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and screened in the UK by ITV in July 2019. Also from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, two tracks, "Another Wave from You" and "Outro", featured in the 2014 remake of The Gambler. In 2015 and 2016, British-Franco-Canadian drama Versailles, uses "Outro" as the theme title. "Outro" was also featured in the popular snowboarding documentary The Art of Flight, in the reveal trailer for the games "Paragon" and "Kerbal Space Program 2", in a Mazda commercial entitled "Feel Alive" in 2018,[42] and as the final song in the finale of both the USA Networks TV show Mr. Robot and Fox TV show Enlisted. Moonchild was featured in Top Gear's McLaren Mercedes SLR Oslo challenge. The Italian-French film Suburra from 2015 features music by M83 extensively.
A number of box office hits were released in 2013. Freeman appeared in the action-thriller Olympus Has Fallen, the first installment in what would become the Has Fallen film series;[135] he portrays Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull. The San Francisco Chronicle critic gave Olympus Has Fallen 3 out of 4 stars and opined that Freeman gave an amicable supporting performance.[136] He then starred in the science fiction drama Oblivion, with co-star Tom Cruise, as veteran soldier Malcolm Beech,[137] and appeared in the thriller Now You See Me, as an ex-magician.[138] Lastly, he played a retiree in Last Vegas, with co-stars Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen.[139] Filmed in Las Vegas and Atlanta,[140] Last Vegas was praised for its cast's chemistry, and one critic thought Freeman brought the most amusement.[141]
On October 28, 2006, Freeman was honored at the first Mississippi's Best Awards in Jackson, Mississippi with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in film and theater. He received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from Delta State University during the school's commencement exercises on May 13, 2006.[238] In 2013, Boston University presented him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.[239] On November 12, 2014, he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London.[240] 2ff7e9595c
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