Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru directed by Kyle Balda and starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Julie Andrews and Alan Arkin. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Angry Birds Movie, Smallfoot, The Smurfs). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists such as Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala, St. Vincent, BROCKHAMPTON, among others, as well as score suite by Pereira. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Illumination Entertainment production.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm’s List directed by Emma Holly Jones and starring Freida Pinto, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Zawe Ashton, Ashley Park and Theo James. Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mum’s List) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records 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 Bleecker Street release.
Opening in select theaters is the drama The Forgiven written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith, Caleb Landry Jones, Ismael Kanater, Abbey Lee, Saïd Taghmaoui and Christopher Abbott. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Black Widow, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials, The Lego Batman Movie). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Check our previous article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released by Roadside Attractions & Vertical Entertainment.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters is the Swedish/Costa Rican/Belgian drama Clara Sola co-written and directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and starring Daniel Castañeda Rincón, Flor María Vargas Chavez, Wendy Chinchilla Araya and Ana Julia Porras Espinoza. Ruben De Gheselle (A Cops and Robbers Story) has composed the film’s original music. MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the action thriller Hot Seat directed by James Cullen Bressack and starring Mel Gibson, Kevin Dillon, Sam Asghari and Shannen Doherty. The film’s original music is composed by Timothy Stuart Jones (aka Tim Jones) (Chuck, Human Target, Beast of Burden, Hide and Seek, Office Uprising). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Also opening in select theaters on and VOD today is the documentary Accepted directed by Dan Chen T.M. Landry, an unconventional prep school in Louisiana that national attention for sending its graduates to elite universities. Nathan Matthew David (Deadly Class, Young Rock, Slice, The Last Word, Surviving R. Kelly) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is being released by Greenwich Entertainment.
Opening exclusively at New York’s Paris Theatre today before premiering on Netflix on July 15 is the period romantic comedy drama Persuasion directed by Carrie Cracknell and starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Richard E. Grant and Henry Golding. The film’s original music is composed by Stuart Earl (And Then There Were None, My Brother the Devil, Rillington Place, The Accident, Ordeal by Innocence, Angela Black). Check out our previous news article for more information about the Jane Austen adaptation.
