Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters this week is the horror sequel Final Destination 5 directed by Steven Quale and starring Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Tony Todd and David Koechner. The film’s score is composed by Brian Tyler who is scoring his second movie in the horror series. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on August 16 by Varese Sarabande. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the track list and cover art.
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the drama The Help directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel Jessica Chastain and Cicely Tyson. Thomas Newman has written the score for the movie. Varese Sarabande will release the score on September 13 as reported here. A soundtrack featuring songs from the movie, including Mary J. Blige’s The Living Proof is available on Geffen/Interscope Records (click here for audio clips and more details).
Also opening wide is the comedy 30 Minutes or Less directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson and Michael Pena. The movie’s score is written by Community composer Ludwig Göransson who is making his studio feature scoring debut on the film. To find out more about the comedy, visit our scoring assignment announcement. No soundtrack album has been announced at this point.
The final wide release of the week is Glee: The 3D Concert Movie. The film was shot in East Rutherford, NJ on June 16, 2011 and features all fourteen cast members of the FOX hit show, who perform several numbers from the first two seasons. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album earlier this week. For audio clips and to order the album, visit Amazon. For more information on the film, visit the official Facebook movie website.
Opening in limited release is the documentary Senna about the Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34. Antonio Pinto (Lord of War, City of God) composed the score for the film. No soundtrack album is available, but check out two tracks from the score on YouTube. Senna directed by Asif Kapadia had its US premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. To find out more about the documentary, visit the official movie website.
