Film Music Reporter

ABKCO Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Obituary composed the film’s composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs). Also listen to the full track after the jump. The full soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 22. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the double vinyl edition. Also check our previous article for the full album details (updated with track times). The French Dispatch is written and directed by Anderson and stars Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Léa Seydoux, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Bill Murray, Stephen Park and Owen Wilson. The movie premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released exclusively in theaters on October 22, 2021 by Searchlight Pictures.