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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 19, 2020)

Already out on VOD since this past Thursday is the psychological thriller You Should Have Left written and directed by David Koepp and starring Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex and Geoff Bell. The film’s original music is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Disturbia,  The Odd Life of Timothy Green). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Thursday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production/Universal Pictures release.

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the Australian comedy drama Babyteeth directed by Shannon Murphy and starring Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis and Ben Mendelsohn. Amanda Jones (Son of a Lion, Look Both Ways) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. The movie, which revolves around a family that juggles first love, suburban malaise, and heavy pharmaceuticals, premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and is being released in the U.S. by IFC Films. Visit the official movie website for more information.

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‘Outlaw King’ Soundtrack Album Released

Rock Action Records has released a full soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Outlaw King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grey Dogs. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Milan Records has previously released a single featuring three tracks from Grey Dogs’ score when the movie premiered back in 2018. Outlaw King is directed by Outlaw King is directed by David Mackenzie and stars Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh and Billy Howle. The movie is set in 14th-century Scotland and tells the true story of Robert The Bruce as he claims the crown and leads a fierce uprising to win back the country’s independence from English rule.

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Antony Partos Scoring Jeremy Sims’ ‘Rams’ Remake

Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover, 99 Homes, I Am Mother, Adore) has composed the original music for the Australian comedy drama Rams. The film is directed by Jeremy Sims (Last Cab to Darwin) and stars Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson, Asher Keddie, and Hayley McElhinney . The movie is based Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 Icelandic feature of the same title (scored by Atli Orvarsson) and tells the story of a decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers which comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.

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Soundtrack Album for Disney+ Series ‘The Imagineering Story’ Released

Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Disney+ docu-series The Imagineering Story. The album features the show’s original music composed by Jeff Kryka (Sophie Gold, the Diary of a Gold Digger). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Imagineering Story is executive produced and directed by Leslie Iwerks and chronicles the sixty-seven year history of Walt Disney Imagineering. The show is narrated by Angela Bassett and centers on the little-known design and development center of The Walt Disney Company that has created, designed and built twelve Disney theme parks around the world.

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‘The Fight for Greenland’ Soundtrack Released

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Fight for Greenland. The album features the film’s original music composed by Uno Helmersson (The Painter and the Thief, Armadillo, Magnus, The Lion Woman, On the President’s Order, Bobbi Jene). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Fight for Greenland is directed by Kenneth Sorento and follows four strong-willed and dynamic young Greenlanders that deeply disagree on which direction their country should follow, but all are fighting for a better Greenland.

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‘Body Cam’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Body Cam. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, Dark Skies). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released Mary J. Blige’s original song Can’t Be Life from the movie. Body Cam is directed by Malik Vitthal and stars Mary J. BligeNat Wolff andDavid Zayas. The movie follows a police officer investigating a fellow officer’s murder who discovers an evil spirit targeting the cops in her unit, uncovering a sinister secret surrounding the shooting and cover up of an unarmed youth.

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Ben Platt’s Songs ‘Corner of the Sky’ & ‘Run Away’ from ‘The Politician’ Season 2 to Be Released

Atlantic Records will release two songs from the second season of the Netflix original series The Politician performed by the show’s lead actor The Politician. To be released as a digital single tomorrow is Platt’s cover of Corner of the Sky from Stephen Schwartz’s musical Pippin, as well as Run Away (written by Platt for his debut album Sing to Me Instead) as featured in Season 2 of the comedy. Visit Amazon to stream/download the songs. The label has previously released an EP featuring Platt’s songs from the show’s first season. The Politician is created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan and stars Platt, Zoey Deutch, Judith Light, Bette Midler, Lucy Boynton, David Corenswet, Julia Schlaepfer, Theo Germaine, Laura Dreyfuss, Rahne Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow.

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‘Love, Victor’ Soundtrack EP Announced

Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack EP for the new Hulu original series Love, Victor. The 3-track EP features the show’s theme song Somebody to Tell Me written by Brett McLaughlin (aka Leland) and Jordan Palmer and performed by Tyler Glenn (of Neon Trees). Also included is the track Athlete performed by Greyson Chance and written by himself, McLaughlin and Palmer, as well as God, This Feels Good performed by Isaac Dunbar and written by Dunbar, McLaughlin & Palmer. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 19 and will be available to stream/download here. Love, Victor is created by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and stars Michael Cimino, Ana Ortiz, James Martinez, Isabella Ferreira, Rachel Naomi Hilson, Bebe Wood, George Sear, Anthony Turpel and Mason Gooding.

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‘Scare Package’ Soundtrack Details

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy anthology film Scare Package. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Alex Cuervo (A Bad Idea Gone Wrong). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Scare Package is directed by Emily Hagins, Chris McInroy, Hilary & Courtney Andujar, Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn, Anthony Cousins & Aaron B. Koontz and stars Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn, Chase Williamson, Jocelyn DeBoer, Jeremy King, Dustin Rhodes, Zoe Graham, Hawn Tran, Kirk Johnson, Chelsey Grant, Jon Michael Simpson and Josephine McAdam.  premiering today exclusively on Shudder. The movie tells seven different stories (in different horror sub-genres) in a world where cell phones magically stop working and help is always a minute too late.

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Raffertie Scoring Andrew Baird’s ‘Zone 414’

Raffertie (aka Benjamin Stefanski) (White Dragon) has been tapped to score the upcoming British sci-fi thriller Zone 414. The film is directed by Andrew Baird and stars Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz and Travis Fimmel. The movie is set in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots and follows a private investigator who has been hired by the colony’s creator to bring his missing daughter home and teams up with a highly advanced and self-aware A.I., to help track her down. Bryan Edward Hill (The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Satra) wrote the screenplay.

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