Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller One Battle After Another written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Alana Haim, Regina Hall and Wood Harris. The film’s original music is composed Jonny Grennwood (There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, The Master, The Power of the Dog, Inherent Vice, Spencer, You Were Never Really Here, Licorice Pizza). Nonesuch 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 Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the family adventure Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie directed by Ryan Crego and starring Laila Lockhart Kraner, Gloria Estefan, Kristen Wiig, Kyle Mooney, Thomas Lennon, Jason Mantzoukas, Fortune Feimster, Ego Nwodim and Melissa Villaseñor. Stephanie Economou (Ruby Gilman: Teenage Kraken, Jupiter’s Legacy, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, About My Father) has composed the film’s original score. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring a score suite, as well as the songs from the film performed by the cast, as well as aespa, Lu Kala & others today. Click here for the album details and for more information about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening nationwide this weekend is the slasher sequel The Strangers: Chapter 2 directed by Kenny Harlin and starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath. The film’s original music is composed by Justin Burnett (Dungeons & Dragons, Getaway, An American Haunting, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Java Heat) and Òscar Senén who previously scored last year’s first chapter. The second part of a new trilogy, which follows the sole survivor of The Strangers’ murdering spree of the previous night as she tries to survive the continued attack from the masked killers while reckoning with the ways that these events are transforming her into someone else, is being distributed by Lionsgate.
Opening in around 900 theaters this weekend is the drama Eleanor the Great directed by Scarlett Johansson and starring June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rita Zohar and Jessica Hecht. Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Transparent, Like Crazy, Ammonite, The Essex Serpent, The Old Guard, A Spy Among Friends) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records 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 Sony Pictures Classics.
Opening semi-wide in around 600 theaters today is the thriller Dead of Winter directed by Brian Kirk and starring Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Gaia Wise, Paul Hamilton, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden, Cúán Hosty-Blaney, Brían F. O’Byrne, Dalton Leeb and Lloyd Hutchinson. The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, The Amateur, Dune: Prophecy, Lion, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, One Life). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Vertical.
Also opening semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters is the period biographical drama Bau: Artist at War directed by Sean McNamara and starring Emile Hirsch, Inbar Lavi, Josh Zuckerman, Yan Tual and Eugene Lipinski. John Coda (Reagan, The King’s Daughter, Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite, Bratz, Hoovey) has composed the film’s original music. Intrada Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Ryn Kid. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by ShowBiz Direct.
Opening in select theaters today is the romantic drama All of You co-written and directed by William Bridges and starring Brett Goldstein, Imogen Poots, Zawe Ashton and Steven Cree. The film’s original music is composed by Ian Hultquist (The Walking Dead: Dead City, One of Us Is Lying, Assassination Nation, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Turtles All the Way Down) & Sofia degli Alessandri (aka Drum & Lace) (Red, White & Royal Blue, Rosaline, Dickinson, Cobweb, Summering). Platoon has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’s score today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is also premiering on Apple TV+ today.
Opening in several U.S. markets today following a release in New York last Friday is the Finnish/British drama The Summer Book directed by Charlie McDowell and starring Glenn Close, Emily Matthews and Anders Danielsen Lie. Hania Rani (Sentimental Value, The Lost Flower of Alice Hart, Rosalie, I Never Cry, Subuk) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s BFI London Film Festival and is being distributed stateside by Music Box Films.
Opening in Los Angeles this weekend following a release in New York last weekend is the documentary Predators directed by David Osit about the rise of fall of To Catch a Predator, the popular television show designed to hunt down child predators. The film’s original music is composed by Electronic music artist Tim Hecker (Infinity Pool, The North Water, Luzifer, The Free World). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by MTV Documentary Films.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller Stolen Girl directed by James Kent and starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Eastwood, Matt Craven and Jordan Duvigneau. Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, Last Seen Alive, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Beautiful Disaster, Paradise City, Slotherhouse, Victor Crawley) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released yet. Click here to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Vertical.
