Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Black Phone 2 co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies and Arianna Rivas. The film’s original music composed by the director’s son, Atticus Derrickson, who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening in theaters nationwide is the comedy Good Fortune written and directed by Aziz Ansari and starring Seth Rogen, Ansari himself, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Oh and Keke Palmer. Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Blind Side, Twilight, Anomalisa) 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 Lionsgate release.
Also opening wide is the historical drama Truth & Treason co-written and directed by Matt Whitaker and starring Ewan Horrocks, Rupert Evans, Ferdinand McKay, Nye Occomore and Daf Thomas. The film’s original music composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia, John Q, Sex and the City, The Six Triple Eight, The Proposal, The Ugly Truth, Wakefield, Escape from Planet Earth). Angel Studios has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Angel Studios.
Also opening nationwide is the animated feature Pets on a Train (aka Falcon Express) directed by Benoît Daffis & Jean-Christian Tassy and starring Angela Galuppo, Wyatt Bowen, Terrence Scammell, Chimwemwe Miller, Tristan Lalla and Mark Camacho. Le Feste Antonacci (Leonardo Rizzi & Giacomo Lecchi D’Alessandro) (7 Bears) have composed the film’s original music. 22D Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the duo’s score this past July. Check out out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed stateside by Viva Pictures.
Opening semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters is the British family comedy Grow directed by John McPhail and starring Golda Rosheuval, Nick Frost, Priya-Rose Brookwell, Jeremy Swift, Jane Horrocks, Dominic MacLaughlin, Tim McInnerny and Joe Wilkinson. The album features the film’s original score composed by Roddy Hart & Tommy Reilly (Anna and the Apocalypse, Coldwater, Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases, Our Ladies). Sky Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’.score, as well as an original song performed by KT Tunstall last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released stateside by Fathom Entertainment.
Opening in select theaters today is gothic sci-fi/horror movie Frankenstein written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Christian Convery and Lars Mikkelsen. Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, The King’s Speech, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Queen) has composed the film’s original music. Netflix Music has released a first track from the composer’s score last Friday (click here to listen to the track) and will release the full soundtrack album on November 7 when the movie is premiering on Netflix. Check back on this page for the album details.
Opening in Los Angeles and New York this weekend before expanding to more markets in the coming weeks is the crime drama The Mastermind written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann, Eli Gelb, Amanda Plummer and Cole Doman. The film’s original music is composed by Rob Mazurek. No soundtrack album has been released yet. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being distributed by MUBI.
Also opening in New York and Los Angeles this weekend is the biographical drama Blue Moon directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott. Graham Reynolds (A Scanner Darkly, Hit Man, Bernie, Before Midnight, Where’d You Go, ,Bernadette, Last Flag Flying, Sister Aimee) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and is being released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday is the psychological thriller Ballad of a Small Player directed by Edward Berger and starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Alex Jennings, Deanie Ip and Tilda Swinton.The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Lion, The Amateur, Dune: Prophecy, A House of Dynamite, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Day of the Jackal, One Life). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released in the coming weeks. Click here for more information about the thriller, which will premiere on October 29 on Netflix.
Also opening in select theaters this weekend is the thriller The Wilderness written and directed by Spencer King and starring Hunter Doohan, Lamar Johnson, Sam Jaeger, Matt Gomez-Hidaka and Aaron Holliday. Isaac Middleton (of the Nashville synth-rock band New Translations) has composed the film’s original music. Crooked Face Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the musician’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Dark Star Pictures.
Opening in select theaters while also premiering on Netflix today is the animated feature The Twits directed by Phil Johnston and starring Johnny Vegas, Margo Martindale, Emilia Clarke, Natalie Portman, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ryan Lopez, Nicole Byer, Timothy Simons, Jason Mantzoukas, Alan Tudyk, Mark Proksch, Charlie Berens and Rebecca Wisocky. The film’s original score is composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Full Monty, Breeders, Catastrophe, Renegade Nell, How to Build a Girl) and the movie’s original songs are written by David Byrne (of Talking Heads). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring both score and songs today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the animated comedy.
