Opening in theaters nationwide is the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore directed by David Yates and staring Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, William Nadylam, Callum Turner and Victoria Yeates. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, The Fugitive, Jungle Cruise, Signs). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and a song by Gregory Porter last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama Father Stu written and directed by Rosalind Ross and starring Mark Wahlberg, Teresa Ruiz, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Faith Jeffries, Cody Fern, Ned Bellamy and Malcolm McDowell. Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the film’s original score. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today..Click here for the full album details. Available separately as a digital single is an original song by Brett Young (click here to listen to the track and for more information about the song and movie).
Opening in select theaters is the satirical sci-fi thriller Dual written and directed by Riley Stearns and starring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale and Theo James. The film’s original music is composed by singer/songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle who made her feature scoring debut on the project. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which revolves around a woman who opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by RLJE Films.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters is the French drama Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Noemie Merlant, Genevieve Doang, Line Phe, Jehnny Beth and Stephen Manas. French electronic music artist Rone (Night Ride) has composed the film’s original music. InFiné has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the movie opened overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the drama, which is being distributed in the U.S. by IFC Films.
Opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD today is the British drama To Olivia directed by John Hay and starring Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville and Sam Heughan. The film’s original music is composed byDebbie Wiseman (Wilde, Vampire Killers, Wolf Hall, Adventures of Arsene Lupin). Decca Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the movie premiered in the UK on Sky Cinema. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the drama, which is being released stateside by Vertical Entertainment.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on HBO Max next Friday, April 22 is the coming-of-age horror drama We’re All Going to the World’s Fair written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Anna Cobb and Michael J Rogers. Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex G (aka Alex Giannascoli) has made his feature scoring debut on the project. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the artist’s music today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Utopia release.
Opening in select theaters while also premiering on Shudder today is the Irish horror thriller The Cellar written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Abby Fitz and Dylan Fitzmaurice Brady. The film’s original music is composed by Stephen McKeon (Pilgrimage, The Hole in the Ground, Evil Dead Rise, Norm of the North, Queen & Country). MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released theatrically by RLJE Films.
Opening in select theaters while also premiering on Netflix is the British horror thriller Choose or Die directed by Toby Meakins and starring Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Eddie Marsan, Ryan Gage, Robert Englund, Angela Griffin, Kate Fleetwood and Joe Bolland. Liam Howlett (of the EDM band The Prodigy) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie.
