Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action/animated hybrid comedy Coyote vs. Acme directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, Eric Bauza, Martha Kelly, Kenneth Choi, Candi Milo and Jim Cummings. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, The Aeronauts, The Running Man, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Heads of State, Heart of Stone). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and iam8bit will release a vinyl edition. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Ketchup Entertainment.
Also opening wide is the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Ewen Bremner, Sam Spruell and Allison Janney. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood 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 movie, which is being released by 20th Century Studios.
Also opening wide is the comedy Idiots written and directed by Macon Blair and starring Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Nicholas Braun, Kiernan Shipka and Peter Dinklage. The film’s original music is composed by Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, The Toxic Avenger, Rebel Ridge, The Informer, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Hold the Dark, Blue Ruin, Black Christmas). Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as several songs from the movie today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the comedy, which is being distributed by the Independent Film Company.
Also opening wide is the slasher comedy Buddy written and directed by Casper Kelly and starring Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Topher Grace, Michael Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key and Patton Oswalt. Michael Yezerski (Dangerous Animals, The Devil’s Candy, Blindspotting, The Tax Collector, The Vigil, Feel the Beat, Corporate Animals) has composed the film’s original score and Shawn Coleman has written the film’s original songs. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follow a brave girl and her friends who must escape a kids television show, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by Roadside Attractions & Saban Films.
Opening semi-wide in around 700 theaters is the British romantic comedy Finding Emily directed by Alicia MacDonald and starring Spike Fearn, Angourie Rice and Minnie Driver. The film’s original score is composed by Morgan Kibby (All’s Fair, The Watcher, Grotesquerie, Mothering Sunday, The Shards, Queens, The Power, Grand Army, Wilderness). Back Lot Music & Silva Screen Records have released the soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie by Blossoms and W.H. Lung earlier this year when the movie opened in the UK. Click here for the details of the digital album and click here for the details of the physical versions and for more information about the Focus Features release.
Opening in Chicago this weekend before expanding to most major markets next Friday, September 4 is the drama The Sun Never Sets written and directed by Joe Swanberg and starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, Cory Michael Smith, Anna Konkle, Debby Ryan, Lamorne Morris and Karley Sciortino. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Chris Swanson & Jessica Berndt are the project’s music supervisors. The movie, which follows a young woman whose life is thrown into chaos when her boyfriend, who is older and divorced with children, insists they take space to evaluate the relationship, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by the Independent Film Company.
Opening in select U.S. theaters this weekend is the South Korean zombie thriller Colony (Gunche) written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-been, Kim Shin-rock and Go Soo. Chai Min-joo has composed the film’s original music. Wave Music Production & Showbox Corp have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the movie opened in South Korea. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the thriller, which is being released stateside by Well Go USA Entertainment.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters this weekend before expanding semi-wide next Friday, September 4, is the British drama The Salt Path directed by Marianne Elliott and starring Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs, James Lance and Hermione Norris. The film’s original music is composed by Chris Roe (Blue Jean, After Love, Payback, Trigger Point, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, Wolf, Lancaster, Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo). Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the movie opened in the UK. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the drama, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Rialto.
Opening in select theaters today before coming out on Tuesday, September 1 on VOD is the crime thriller Just Play Dead directed by Martin Campbell and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, Maria Pedraza, Jason Fernandez and Eoin Macken. Robert Folk (There Be Dragons, The NeverEnding Story 2, Toy Soldiers, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Police Academy, Nothing to Lose, Maximum Risk) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Vertical.
Also opening in select theaters this weekend is the documentary Hanging by a Wire directed and produced by Mohammed Ali Naqvi. The film’s original music is composed by Sven Faulconer (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Scream VI, Psycho Killer, Unstable, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Elephant Whisperers, Blood Father, Lost & Found in Cleveland). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follows a a group of rescuers who race to save a eight passengers, including six schoolboys, dangling 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by Abramorama.
