The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action adventure Kong: Skull Island directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Lights Camera Jackson and Behind the Notes for recent interviews with Jackman about his work on the project.
Opening in limited release is the French horror thriller Raw written and directed by Julia Ducournau and starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf and Rabah Nait Oufella. Jim Williams (Sightseers, Kill List, A Field in England) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. A vinyl version is set to come out in April. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus World release.
Also opening in limited release is the drama The Sense of an Ending directed by Ritesh Batra and starring Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer, Billy Howle, Joe Alwyn and Freya Mavor. The film’s original music is composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Miss Sloane, Taboo, Disconnect, Waltz with Bashir) who previously scored Batra’s The Lunchbox. No soundtrack album has been announced. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the CBS Films release.
Also opening in select theaters is the dramatic thriller Personal Shopper written and directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Kristen Stewart and Lars Eidinger. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. The movie follows a young American woman in Paris, who makes her living as the personal shopper for a celebrity and starts to suspect she may possess psychic powers when she is receiving messages from an ambiguous source.. The thriller premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being released in U.S. theaters by IFC Films. For more information about the film, visit the official movie website.
Also opening in select cities is the romantic drama The Ottoman Lieutenant directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley. Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Disturbia, Hitman, The Pacific) has composed the film’s original score. No word yet on a soundtrack release. The movie centers on a young woman who is frustrated by ongoing injustice at home and leaves the United States, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire, just before World War I. The drama is being released by Paladin.
Another limited release this week is the western Brimstone directed by Martin Koolhoven and starring Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Emilia Jones, Carice Van Houten and Kit Harrington. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Black Mass). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. The movie is also being released on VOD today.
Also opening in limited release is the fantasy drama This Beautiful Fantastic written and directed by Simon Aboud and starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Anna Chancellor and Jeremy Irvine. Anne Nikitin (The Imposteer) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. The movie centers on the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower. The drama is being released by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Click here for more information.
Also opening in select theaters is the documentary My Scientology Movie written and directed by John Dower. The film’s original music is composed by Dan Jones (Shadow of the Vampire, Lady Macbeth, Max, SS-GB, The Hollow Crown). Wave Theory Reocrds has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the movie opened in the UK. Visit Amazon to download the album. The documentary is being released in U.S. theaters and on VOD by Magnolia Pictures. Visit the official movie website for more details.
Opening in select theaters while being released simultaneously on Netflix is the drama Burning Sands directed by Gerard McMurray and starring Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard and Trevante Rhodes. Kevin Lax has composed the film’s original music and Common has contributed an original song to the film (click here for more information). The movie follows a promising students who opens his eyes to some hard truths when his fraternity’s violent hazing escalates into a disastrous hell night. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is now available to stream on Netflix.
