Two new movies are opening wide this Memorial Day weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi comedy Men in Black 3 directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Alice Eve and Emma Thompson. The film’s score is composed by Danny Elfman. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. To listen to audio clips and for the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement. The movie’s end credits song Back in Time by Pitbull was released separately and is available to downloaded here.
Also opening wide is the horror film Chernobyl Diaries based on a story by Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity), directed by Bradley Parker and starring Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolso Berdal and Dimitri Diatchenko. The film follows six tourists who take an extreme tour of Pripyat, the abandoned city near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Diego Stocco is the composer of the film. No soundtrack album is available, but audio clips and more information about the score can be checked out here. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Opening in limited release this week is the comedy drama Moonrise Kingdom directed by Wes Anderson and starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Alexandre Desplat has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album featuring selection from the composer’s score, as well as music by Benjamin Britten, Hank Williams, Françoise Hardy and Peter Jarvis had been released on ABKCO Records. For the full soundtrack details including audio clips, visit our previous news article.
Also opening in limited release is the French dramatic comedy The Intouchables, which has been breaking box office records in several European countries over the last couple of months. The film is directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano and stars François Cluzet and Omar Sy. The movie’s score is composed by Ludovico Einaudi. A soundtrack album featuring selections from the score, as well as the songs from the film, including Earth, Wind & Fire’s September is now available on iTunes. To learn more about the film, visit the Weinstein Company’s official movie website.
