Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the adventure drama Arthur the King directed by Simon Cellan Jones and starring Mark Wahlberg, Nathalie Emmanuel, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Bear Grylls, Ali Suliman and Paul Guilfoyle. The film’s original music is composed by Kevin Matley (The Family Plan, Cocaine Cowboy, Path of the Panther, Daniel). Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Also opening wide is the satirical comedy The American Society of Magical Negroes written and directed by Kobi Libii and starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, Michaela Watkins, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Rupert Friend and Nicole Byer. Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Bad Education, The Burial, Breaking, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Nightbooks, See You Yesterday) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music 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 Focus Features release.
Also opening nationwide is the biographical drama One Life directed by James Hawes and starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn, Alex Sharp, Romola Garai and Jonathan Pryce. The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Adrift, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Ammonite, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the movie opened in the UK. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the drama, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Bleecker Street.
Opening semi-wide in around 750 theaters is the noir thriller Knox Goes Away directed by Michael Keaton and starring Keaton himself, Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden, James Marsden, John Hoogenakker, Joanna Kulig, Suzy Nakamura, Ray Mckinnon and Lela Loren. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Regime, Touching the Void, Roots, Queen of Katwe, State of Play) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in the coming weeks. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Saban Films.
Opening in a couple of hundred theaters is the coming-of-age comedy drama Snack Shack written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier and starring Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla, David Costabile and Nick Robinson. The film’s original music is composed by Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, A Teacher, Love Again, The Hero, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Gemini, Divorce, Sorry for Your Loss). No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous article to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Republic Records.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Netflix next Friday, March 22 is the biographical drama Shirley written and directed by John Ridley and starring Regina King, Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges, André Holland, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie and Brian Stokes Mitchell. The film’s original music is composed by Tamar-kali (Mudbound, The Assistant, Palmer, The Lie, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Come Sunday, Mixtape). Netflix Music 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.
Also opening in select theaters is the drama The Neon Highway co-written and directed by William Wages and starring Beau Bridges, Rob Mayes, T.J. Power, Brett Gentile, Sandra Lee-Oian Thomas, Ezekiel Bridges, Pam Tillis, as well as Brice himself. Arturo Sandoval (The Mule, Richard Jewell, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, At Middleton) has composed the film’s original score. Curb Records has released the project’s title song from written by Dallas Davidson and performed by Lee Brice earlier this year. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the movie.
Opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD today is the French sci-fi adventure The Animal Kingdom (Le règne animal) co-written and directed by Thomas Cailley and starring Romain Duris, Paul Kircher and Adèle Exarchopoulos. Andrea Laszlo De Simone (Promises) has composed the film’s original music. Hamburger Records & Ekleroshock have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the movie opened in France. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed stateside by Magnet Releasing.
Opening in New York this week before coming out on VOD on April 12 is the horror thriller Blackout written and directed by Larry Fessenden and starring Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Ella Rae Peck, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Michael Buscemi, John Speredakos and Rigo Garay. The film’s original music is composed by Will Bates (Dumb Money, The Magicians,Unbelievable, Immaculate, The Path, Away, I Origins, The Looming Tower, Bliss). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Dark Sky Films release.
Opening in select theaters today before coming out on VOD this coming Tuesday, March 19, is the romantic comedy French Girl directed by James A Woods & Nicolas Wright and starring Zach Braff, Evelyne Brochu, Vanessa Hudgens, Luc Picard, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Charlotte Aubin, Isabelle Vincent, Muriel Dutil and William Fichtner. Scott Price has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which follows a hopeless romantic whose plans are thrown into chaos when his girlfriend’s ex offers her a job in Quebec and follows her home to win over her skeptical French-speaking family, is being released by Republic Pictures.
Also opening in select theaters and on today is the comedy The Throwback written and directed by Mario Garcia and starring Justina Machado, Will Sasso, Greg Sulkin, Michelle Randolf and Bobby Lee. The film’s original music is composed by Dylan Glatthorn (Lies I Told My Little Sister, Bear With Us). Hauler Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists including WINDR, VANYO, Anthony Cruz,Junior College, B-HYPER today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Myriad Pictures release.
