Film Music Reporter

Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the Brazilian western thriller Bacurau. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mateus Alves and Tomaz Alves Souza. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 23 and will be available to download/stream on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Bacurau is directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles and stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Thomas Aquino and Bárbara Colen. The movie revolves around a woman who comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find that its citizens have been sold as prey to bloodthirsty foreign hunters.The thriller premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was just released in Brazilian theaters. Kino Lorber has picked up domestic distribution rights for a theatrical release in the U.S. in 2020.