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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 14, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Renfield directed by Chris McKay and starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ben Schwartz, Brandon Scott Jones and Adrian Martinez. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, A Quiet Place, Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker). 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 Universal Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller The Pope’s Exorcist directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero. Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Overlord,  Macbeth, The Mustang, The Oxford Murders, Assassin’s Creed) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate 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 Sony Pictures release.

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Christopher Lennertz to Be Named a BMI Icon at 39th BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards

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BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Christopher Lennertz will be named a BMI Icon at the 39th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on May 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, CA. The Grammy Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated composer whose scoring credits include the features Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, Bad Moms & Sausage Party, TV shows such as The Boys, Lost in Space, Agent Carter & Supernatural and video games for the Medal of Honor, James Bond, The Godfather and the Mass Effect series, will be receiving BMI’s highest honor for his significant contributions to the music community and exceptional body of work across film, television and gaming.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 7, 2023)

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Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie directed by Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and starring Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black Black and Seth Rogen. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast Five, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Iron Man 3) with original Nintendo themes by Koji Kondo. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music and two songs from the movie today. iam8bit will release physical editions in various formats. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Illumination Entertainment production.

Also already out since Wednesday is the biographical drama Air directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Affleck himself, Chris Tucker and Chris Messina. Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire) has contributed a few original score cues to the film, which mostly features tracks from 80s scores by Tangerine Dream, Harold Faltermeyer, among other composers . Sony’s Legacy Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the 80s hits from the movie by Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, The Clash, RUN DMC, Cyndi Lauper & other artists earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon Studios production.

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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Soundtrack Album Details

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The details of the soundtrack album for Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Yellowstone) with original Nintendo themes written by Koji Kondo. Also included is the song Peaches co-written and performed by Jack Black (as Bowser) and Ali Dee’s version of the Mario Brothers Rap. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 7 by Back Lot Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. iam8bit will release a CD, vinyl and cassette edition later this year (visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl versions). The Super Mario Bros. Movie is directed by Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and features the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Black, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Michael Richardson, Fred Armisen and Sebastian Maniscalco.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 – 2023)

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Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away this past Tuesday, March 28, at age 71. The Japanese composer has written dozens of scores for a wide range of international films since the early 1980s. He won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for his music for Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1987 feature The Last Emperor (shared with David Byrne & Cong Su). He was also Grammy-nominated for his scores for Bertolucci’s Little Buddha and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant (with Alva Noto).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 31, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith and Chloe Coleman. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Black Adam). Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full details) and Fiction Records has released Tame Impala’s end credits song Wings of Time earlier this month (click here to listen to the track).

Opening semi-wide in around 900 theaters this week is the drama A Thousand and One written and directed by A.V. Rockwell and starring Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Josiah Cross Aven Courtney and Aaron Kingsley Adetola. Gary Gunn (David Makes Man, Master of Light, Maggie Black). has composed the film’s original music. 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.

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Ben Affleck’s ‘Air’ to Feature Music by Paul Haslinger, Tangerine Dream, Harold Faltermeyer & Others

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The full list of music cues featured in Ben Affleck’s biographical drama Air has been revealed. While the film doesn’t have a credited composer, Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) appears to have contributed a few original music cues, credited in the end titles as I Want to Sign Him and Sneaker Anthem. The movie also features tracks from multiple 80s scores by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream (which Haslinger was a member of in the late 80s), including Running Out of Time & Through the Dark/Run Across the Street from Miracle Mile, Shop Territory from Firestarter, Jerry’s Decision & To the Head of the Class from Three O’Clock High, Love on a Real Train from Risky Business and Breathing the Night Away from Heartbreakers.

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Questlove to Direct and Oversee Music for Disney’s Live-Action ‘The Aristocats’ Movie

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Deadline is reporting that Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is set to direct Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the 1970 animated classic The Aristocats. He will also oversee the music for the movie, which follows a pedigreed cat and her kittens who are catnapped by a greedy butler. Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit, Easy A) is producing the project and is also co-writing the screenplay with Keith Bunin (Onward, Horns).

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Christopher Gunning (1944 – 2023)

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Christopher Gunning has passed away at age 78. The British composer has written numerous scores for film and television over a four decade-spanning career. Among his best known credits is his score for Olivier Dahan’s 2007 biopic La Vie en rose, for which he received the (BAFTA) Anthony Asquith Award. He composed the music for the first nine seasons of the long-running TV show Agatha Christie’s Poirot, for which he was honored with a BAFTA TV Award.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 24, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller John Wick: Chapter 4 directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Rina Sawayama, Bill Skarsgård, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Laurence Fishburne and Ian McShane. The film’s original score is composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Deadpool 2, Watchmen) & Joel J. Richard (Quantico, Books of Blood). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as two original songs by Sawayama and In This Moment & more. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.

Opening semi-wide in around 750 theaters is the British comedy drama The Lost King directed by Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Mark Addy and Harry Lloyd. Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Queen) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the movie opened in the UK. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the dramedy, which is being released in the U.S. by IFC Films.

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