Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie Insidious: Out of the Further co-written and directed by Jacob Chase and starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Lin Shaye, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Charli Penton and Island Austin. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Malignant, Hokum. Annabelle, The Curse of La Llorona, Tarot, Dark Skies, The Unholy). 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Mutiny directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller and Adrian Lester. Marcus Trumpp (Plane, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Fear Street Part 1 & 3, Mesrine, Love and Monsters, Turbulence, Clown in a Cornfield) has composed the film’s original score and Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Scream,A Quiet Place, The Hurt Locker) serves as the score producer. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Trumpp’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 Lionsgate.
Also opening nationwide is the comedy Spa Weekend written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore and starring Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Anna Faris, Michelle Buteau and Adam Demos. The film’s original music is composed by Philip Trumbull White (Nobody’s Fool, Jexi, The Winchesters, Alex & Me, A Madea Homecoming/Family Funeral, The Loud House Movie). Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music 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 distributed by Black Bear Pictures.
Also opening wide this weekend is the fantasy adventure The Magic Faraway Tree directed by Ben Gregor and starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nonso Anozie, Nicola Coughlan, Jennifer Saunders, Jessica Gunning and Rebecca Ferguson. Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lucky, Lisa Frankenstein, KAOS, Ride or Die, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Dust Bunny, Physical, My Oxford Year,The Offer) has composed the film’s original score. Vertigo Abbey Road Recordings has released a soundtrack album featurintgthe composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Garfield this past March when the movie opened in the UK. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the film, which is being released stateside by Vertical.
Opening semi-wide in around 300 theaters is the sci-fi thriller Hot Spot directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska and starring Andrzej Konopka, Noomi Rapace, Reika Kirishima, Filippa Koutoupa, George Aurimas Cris and Niki Sereti. The film’s original music is composed by Marcin Macuk (Just One Look, Spider’s Web, The Breach, Tesciowie 2) & Zuzanna Wrońska (The Silent Twins). No soundtrack album has been released yet. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Focus Features.
Opening in Los Angeles and New York this weekend before expanding nationwide next Friday, August 28, is the horror thriller It Ends written and directed by Alexander Ullom and starring Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth amd Mitchell Cole. Matthew Robert Cooper (Night Comes In, Home) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows a group of recent grads who head out on a late night drive, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge, but accidentally end up on a never-ending, two lane hellscape with no exits, premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Neon.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters is the Czech/German/Poland biographical drama Franz directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Idan Weiss, Peter Kurth, Jenovéfa Boková, Sandra Korzeniak, Ivan Trojan, Katharina Stark, Sebastian Schwarz, Carol Schuler and Gesa Schermuly. The film’s original music is composed by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz (Copying Beethoven, Quo Vadis, Aida?, In Darkness, Rosemary’s Baby, In the Rearview) and Mary Komasa (Treasure, Cracow Monsters, Lead Children, Charlatan). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follows the imprint of iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna, premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being distruibuted stateside by Cohen Media Group.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters is the French comedy drama The Marching Band (En fanfare) co-written and directed by Emmanuel Courcol and starring Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin and Sarah Suco. Michel Petrossian (And the Party Goes On, La Pie voleuse) has composed the film’s original music. Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score back in 2024 when the movie opened in France. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the dramedy, which is being released in the U.S. by Greenwich Entertainment.
Another movie in select theaters is the documentary Never Stop Chasing directed by Ken Cole about storm chaser Reed Timmer and his crew who ppursue the world’s most powerful tornadoes. The film’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Twisted Metal, The Breadwinner, Super Troopers 3, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, Florida Man, Obliterated). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Abramorama.
Opening in New York today before expanding to more markets in the coming weeks is the drama Dreams in Nightmares written and directed by Shatara Michelle Ford and starring Denée Benton, Sasha Compère, Dezi Bing, Charlie Barnett, Mars Storm Rucker and Jasmin Savoy Brown. Lia Ouyang Rusli (aka OHYUNG) (Sorry, Baby, Problemista, Happyend, Fantasmas, Test Pattern, Bruiser, Photographer) has composed the film’s original music. The composer has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s score this past Wednesday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the drama.
