Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie Malignant directed by James Wan and starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michole Briana White, Jake Abel and Ingrid Bisu. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (Insidious, Annabelle, The Conjuring, The Curse of La Llorona, The Unholy). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release, which is also premiering today on HBO Max.
Also opening wide is the faith-based documentary Show Me The Father directed by Rick Altizer and produced by Alex, Stephen & Shannon Kendrick (known as the Kendrick Brothers). Kyle McCuiston (Like Arrows, Snitches, Less Than 30) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score was released earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures’ AFFIRM Films.
Opening semi-wide in around 600 theaters is the revenge thriller The Card Counter written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe. The film’s original music is composed by Robert Levon Been (of the rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) and Giancarlo Vulcano (Briarpatch, Great News, Modern Persuasion). BMG has released a soundtrack album featuring Levon Been’s original songs today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which recently premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival and is being released by Focus Features.
Opening in a couple of hundred Cinemark theaters before premiering on Paramount+ on September 31 is the comedy Queenpins directed by Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly and starring Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Vince Vaughn, Paul Walter Hauser and Bebe Rexha. Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways, Only Murders in the Building, Looking for Alaska, The Royals) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song by Steady Holiday today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the STXfilms release.
Opening in limited release is the documentary Fauci directed by John Hoffman & Janet Tobias about top infectious disease expert and public servant Dr. Anthony Fauci. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, The Green Knight, A Ghost Story, The Old Man & the Gun, Strange Angel). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the National Geographic Films production, which is being distributed for its theatrical release by Magnolia Pictures.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Amazon Prime next Friday, September 17 is the film adaptation of the stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie directed by Jonathan Butterell and starring Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan,Lauren Patel, Ralph Ineson, Shobna Gulati, Adeel Akhtar and Samuel Bottomley. Dan Gillespie Sells and Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, American History X, Poldark, The Crying Game, The Hustle) have composed the film’s score. Universal-Island Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie written by Gillespie Sells & Tom McRae today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Also opening in select theaters today is the comedy drama Small Engine Repair written and directed by John Pollono and starring Pollono himself, Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Jordana Spiro, Ciara Bravo and Spencer House. The film’s original music is composed by Kathryn Kluge & Kim Allen Kluge (Silence, The Milky Way, Grace and Grit). No soundtrack album has been released. Click here for more information about the movie, which was originally set to premiere at last year’s canceled SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Vertical Entertainment.
