Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher movie I Know What You Did Last Summer directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and starring Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Billy Campbell, Austin Nichols, Sarah Pidgeon, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Gabbriette Bechtel and Freddie Prinze Jr. The album film’s original music is composed by Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, Devotion, One of Them Days, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Also opening nationwide is the western Eddington written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Clifton Collins Jr., Micheal Ward, Deirdre O’Connell, Amélie Hoeferle and William Belleau. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Birds of Prey) & Bobby Krlic (Midsommar, Blue Beetle, Him, Beef, Beau Is Afraid, Returnal) have composed the film’s original music. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by A24.
Also opening wide this weekend is the animated feature Smurfs directed by Chris Miller and starring Rihanna, James Corden, Daniel Levy, Sandra Oh, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Amy Sedaris, Hannah Waddingham, Kurt Russell, Natasha Lyonne, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Xolo Maridueña,Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd and John Goodman. The film’s original score is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Kong: Skull Island, Big Hero 6). Roc Nation Records has released two soundtrack albums featuring Jackman’s score today and the songs from the movie (by Rihanna & others) last month. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for the details of the song album and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Opening in New York this weekend before expanding to more U.S. markets in the coming weeks is the Japanese psychological thriller Cloud (Kuraudo) written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and starring Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Amane Okayama, Daiken Okudaira, and Masataka Kubota. Takuma Watanabe (Aristocrats, Chime, A Beautiful Star) has composed the film’s original music. The composer has released a soundtrack album featuring his score last fall when the movie opened in Japan. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the move, which is being distributed stateside by Janus Films & Sideshow.
Opening in select theaters this weekend is the romantic drama Unicorns directed by Sally El Hosaini & James Krishna Floyd and starring Jason Patel and Ben Hardy. The film’s original music is composed by Stuart Earl (Rillington Place, Persuasion, The Accident, And Then There Were None, Angela Black, Ordeal by Innocence). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, opened in the UK last year and is being released in the U.S. by Cohen Media Group.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD this weekend is the Italian coming-of-age drama Finally Dawn (Finalmente l’alba) written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and starring Lily James, Rebecca Antonaci, Alba Rohrwacher, Joe Keery, Rachel Sennott and Willem Dafoe. Massimo Martellotta (Blanca, La cura) has composed the film’s original music. Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score early last year when the movie opened in Italian theaters (following a premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival). Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the drama, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters this weekend is the Chinese action comedy A Cool Fish 2 directed by Rao Xiaozhi and starring Zhang Yu, Ren Suxi, Guo Yiqian, Pan Binlong and Ma Yinyin. The film’s original music is composed by Deng Ouge (A Cool Fish, Endgame). Emperor Entertainment Group & Shenzhen Yiyiyi Culture Media Co. have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this month. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released stateside by Well Go USA Entertainment.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller Saint Clare co-written and directed by Mitzi Peirone and starring Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, Rebecca DeMornay, Frank Whaley and Bart Johnson. Singer/songwriter Zola Jesus has composed the film’s original music and has made her scoring debut on the project. A soundtrack album is in the works. The movie, which follows a solitary woman who is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended people and get away with it, until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole, premiered at last year’s Taormina Film Festival and is being released by Quiver Distribution.
Also opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the action comedy Guns Up directed by Edward Drake and starring Kevin James, Christina Ricci and Luis Guzman. The film’s original music is composed by Aoife O’Leary & Gerry Owens (Cut Killer, The Clean Up Crew). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follows a mob henchman and ex-cop whose final job goes off the rails and has one night to get his unsuspecting family out of the city before he gets snuffed out, is being distributed by Vertical.
