Film Music Reporter

Northern Artists Outlet has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Royal Game (Schachnovelle). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel (Young Goethe in Love, The Physician, The Tunnel, The Last Supper). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Royal Game is directed by Philipp Stölzl and stars Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Andreas Lust, Rolf Lassgård and Samuel Finzi. The movie is based on Stefan Zweig’s novella of the same name and tells the story of a lawyer who recalls on a cruise his prior torture and imprisonment by the Nazis in Vienna. The drama will be released in German theaters this Thursday, September 23. Film Movement has recently picked up domestic distribution rights for a release in the U.S. in 2022.