Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Y2K co-written and directed by Kyle Mooney and starring Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding and The Kid Laroi. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, Speak No Evil, The White Tiger, The Outsider, The Staircase, The Gift, Tokyo Vice) have composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by A24.
Also opening wide is the horror thriller Werewolves directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, James Michael Cummings, Ilfenesh Hadera and Lou Diamond Phillips. The Newton Brothers (X-Men ’97, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, The Fall of the House of Usher) have composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Click here for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment.
Opening semi-wide in around 600 theaters is the drama The Return co-written and directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Claudio Santamaria, Marwan Kenzari and Ángela Molina. The film’s original music is composed by Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma, The Vow, Never Let Me Go, Beloved, The Manchurian Candidate, One Day). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.
Also opening in around 600 theaters is the thriller The Order directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Jurnee Smollett, Tye Sheridan and Marc Maron. Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Monkey Man, The Babadook, Assassin’s Creed, Overlord, The Mustang, The Oxford Murders, The Pope’s Exorcist) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and is being distributed by Vertical.
Opening in around 500 theaters is the British horror comedy Get Away directed by Steffen Haars and starring Nick Frost (who also wrote the screenplay), Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft and Maisie Ayres. The film’s original music is composed by Hybrid (Dead in Tombstone, Billionaire Ransom, Vice, Interlude in Prague). No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows a family whose vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they’re on is inhabited by a serial killer, premiered at this year’s Fantastic Fest and is being released by IFC Films.
Opening in select theaters this weekend is the comedy Nightbitch written and directed by Marielle Heller and starring Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao, Emmett James Snowden, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Mary Holland, Jessica Harper and Archana Rajan. Nate Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me?) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as on original song performed by Heller & King Isis today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Searchlight Pictures release.
Also opening in select theaters is the musical drama The End co-written and directed by Joshua Oppenheimer and starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James and Michael Shannon. The film’s original songs are composed by Joshua Schmidt, with lyrics by Oppenheimer, and the movie’s original score is composed by Schmidt & Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Navalny, Strange Magic). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs and score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album for more information about the movie, which is being released by Neon.
Also opening in select theaters is the boxing drama Day of the Fight written and directed by Jack Huston and starring Michael C. Pitt, Nicolette Robinson, Ron Perlman, John Magaro, Joe Pesci, Steve Buscemi and Anatol Yusef. Ben MacDiarmid has composed the film’s original score and also contributed an original song. The movie, which follows a once renowned boxer as he takes a redemptive journey through his past and present, on the day of his first fight since he left prison, premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and is being distributed by Falling Forward Films.
Opening in New York this weekend before expanding to Los Angeles next Friday and expanding to more markets in the coming weeks is the drama Oh, Canada written and directed by Schrader and starring Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli and Victoria Hill. The film’s original music is composed by Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck). A soundtrack album featuring the artist’s score and songs has briefly been released today by Verve Records before being removed from most streaming services and is expected to be available again in the coming weeks. Click here for the album details and to learn more about the Kino Lorber release.
Also opening in select theaters today before premiering on January 16 on Prime Video is the sports drama Unstoppable directed by William Goldenberg and staring Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Anthony Robles, Michael Peña, Bobby Cannavale and Don Cheadle Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The Queen, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is expected closer to the project’s streaming debut. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Also opening in select theaters today before premiering on December 20 is the historical drama The Six Triple Eight written and directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Sarah Jeffery, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Susan Sarandon, Gregg Sulkin, Pepi Sonuga, Dean Norris, Scott Daniel Johnson, Sam Waterston and Oprah Winfrey. The film’s original score is composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, The Proposal, Bridge to Terabithia,Sex and the City, John Q, Wakefield, Escape from Planet Earth, The Ugly Truth). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which also features the original song The Journey written by Diane Warren and performed by H.E.R.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the neo-noir comedy drama Lake George written and directed by Jeffrey Reiner and starring Shea Whigham, Carrie Coon, Glenn Fleshler and Max Casella. René G. Boscio (Emergency, The Watchful Eye, 30 Miles from Nowhere, Like Dogs, The Time Capsule) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. The movie, which follows an ex-con, fresh out of prison, who visits a mobster to collect some money he’s owed, but instead gets assigned to kill the mobster’s former partner, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing.
