Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Horrible Bosses directed by Seth Gordon and starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudekis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx features music by Christopher Lennertz. The composer collaborated with several musicians, including Money Mark, Mick McCready, Dave Levita, Chris Chaney, Stefan Lessard, Victor Indrizzo and DJ Cheapshot on the score. A soundtrack album has been released on Watertower Music. To find out more about the album, listen to audio clips and watch a making of video of the soundtrack, visit our previous article. To learn more about the musicians featured on the soundtrack, click here.
Also opening wide is the family comedy Zookeeper directed by Frank Coraci and starring Kevin James, Rosario Dawso, Leslie Bibb, Donnie Wahlberg and the voices of Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, Nick Nolte, Cher, Jon Favreau and Judd Apatow. The film’s score is written by Rupert Gregson-Williams. As with most movies from Sandler’s production company Happy Madison Productions, no score album has been released. For more information about the movie, check out our article from last month.
Opening in limited release is the thriller The Ledge directed by Matthew Chapman stars Liv Tyler, Charlie Hunnam, Patrick Wilson and Terrence Howard. The film’s music is by composer Nathan Barr. No soundtrack album has been announced. To watch a short interview with Barr and the director at the Sundance Film Festival where the movie premiered, visit our previous news article. For more details about the film, visit IFC’s The Ledge site.
Also opening in select cities is the horror thriller The Ward directed by John Carpenter and starring Amber Heard, Lyndsy Fonseca, Danielle Panabaker, Jared Harris and Mamie Gummer. Mark Kilian composed the score for the film. A soundtrack album featuring Kilian’s score will be released on August 9 by Varese Sarabande. For more details on the film and album, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Also opening in limited release is the documentary Project Nim. The film’s score is written by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Last Chance Harvey). No soundtrack release plans have been announced for the film directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire) about a historic experiment to try to teach a chimpanzee language while raising the primate like a human child. To learn more about the film, which premiered at Sundance this January, visit the official movie website.
Also receiving a limited release is the action adventure Ironclad directed by Jonathan English and starring Brian Cox, Paul Giamatti, Kate Mara, James Purefoy and Derek Jacobi. Lorne Balfe (Megamind, The Dilemma) scored the film. A soundtrack album is available on Varese Sarabande. For more details on the release, visit our previous announcement. Also check out an interview with Balfe about the score from earlier this year on Scorenotes.
The final limited release of the week is the French thriller The Chameleon directed by Jean-Paul Salome and starring Marc-Andre Grondin, Famke Janssen and Ellen Barkin. Jeff Cardoni (Just Friends, CSI: Miami) composed the music for the film. No soundtrack is available, but a couple of tracks can be listened to on Cardoni’s official website. For more information about the film, check out the official movie website.
