The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller Let Him Go written and directed by Thomas Bezucha and starring Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Booboo Stewart, Kayli Carter and Will Brittain. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). 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 Focus Features release.
Opening in select theaters today before coming out on VOD, next Tuesday, November 10, is the drama Jungleland directed by Max Winkler and starring Charlie Hunnam, Jack O’Connell and Jessica Barden. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, His Dark Materials, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, Gemini Man) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD today is the crime thriller The Informer co-written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano and starring Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Common and Ana de Armas. The film’s original music is composed by Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Hold the Dark, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore., Black Christmas, Blue Ruin). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last year when the movie was originally set to open in theaters. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the thriller, which is being released by Vertical Entertainment.
Also opening in select theaters and on VOD is the horror thriller The Dark and the Wicked written and directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr. and Xander Berkeley. Tom Schraeder (Hurt, Beast Mode) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and original songs has been released today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the RLJE Films release.
Another limited release is the British psychological thriller Kindred co-written and directed by Joe Marcantonio and starring Fiona Shaw, Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden, Edward Holcroft, Chloe Pirrie, Anton Lesser, Kiran Sonia Sawar and Michael Nardone. The film’s original music is composed by Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, Herself, Press, Knightfall, Fever Dream) & Jack Halama (Rogue, Traces). No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows a vulnerable mother-to-be as she is taken in by her recently deceased boyfriend’s mother and her stepson, who seem increasingly obsessed with her every move, is being released in theaters and on VOD by IFC Midnight.
Opening on VOD in the U.S. today is the French drama Proxima written and directed by Alice Winocour and stars Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Zélie Boulant-Lemesle, Lars Eidinger, Aleksey Fateev and Sandra Hüller. Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Snake Eyes, The Last Emperor) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the movie opened overseas. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the drama, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being distributed stateside by Vertical Entertainment.
Another movie opening on VOD today is the horror thriller Triggered directed by Alastair Orr and staring Reine Swart, Liesl Ahlers, Russel Crous, Cameron Scott, Steven John Ward, Paige Bonnin, Kayla Privett and Suraya Rose Santo. The film’s original music is composed by Jason van Wyk and Andries Smit (House on Willow Street, Vagrant Queen, An Elephant’s Journey). Pressure Cooker Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Samuel Goldwyn Films release.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Netflix next Friday is the musical Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey directed by David E. Talbert and starring Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Hugh Bonneville and Madalen Mills. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, The Jungle Book) has composed the film’s original score. Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. Atlantic Records has released a first song from the movie and will release a full soundtrack album next Friday. Click here to listen to the first track and to learn more about the movie.
Also opening in select theaters before making its debut on Netflix next Friday is the drama The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé) directed by Edoardo Ponti and starring Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Diego Iosif Pirvu, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora and Babak Karimi. The film’s original score is composed by Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Betty Blue, City of Angels, 1408). WM Italy has released the original song Io sì (Seen) written by Diane Warren and performed by Laura Pausini from the movie. Check out our previous news article to listen to the track and for more information about the drama.
