Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Already in theaters since this past Wednesday is the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones directed by Harald Zwart and starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand and Jared Harris. Republic Records has released a soundtrack featuring the film’s songs by artists including Zedd, Jessie J, AFI and Demi Lovato. Check out our previous article for the full details. The film’s original score is composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released on Milan Records. Click here to learn more about the score release. Check out a video featurette about the score, including footage from the recording sessions at ET Online. Also visit CNN iReport, The Hollywood Reporter and Young Adult Hollywood’s YouTube channel for more interviews with Orvarsson about his work on the film.
Also opening wide is the comedy The World’s End directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan. ABKCO Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Primal Scream, Blur, The Doors, Kylie Minogue, Soup Dragons, Suede, Pulp, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Soul II Soul (click here for the full details). Steven Price (Gravity, Attack the Block) has composed the film’s score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement to find out more.
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming animated feature Justin and the Knights of Valour. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria). Also included is the original song Heroes performed by Rebecca Ferguson. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on September 9, 2013. Justin and the Knights of Valour is directed by Manuel Sicilia and features the voice talent of Freddie Highmore, Saoirse Ronan, Charles Dance, Rupert Everett, Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Tamsin Egerton and Olivia Williams. The movie follows an idealistic boy who is determined to become a knight in shining armor, but his magical kingdom is in painful transition to a modern age dominated by bureaucracy. The film will be released in the UK on September 13 throughout the rest of Europe over the next couple of months. 
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the heist drama Empire State. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Wittman (Fighting, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, The Son of No One). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on 
Michael Brook has scored the upcoming biopic Chavez. The movie is helmed by actor-turned director Diego Luna (Abel) and stars Michael Pena as Cesar E. Chavez and follows the Mexican-American labor leader as he organizes the largest non-violent protest in U.S. history to accomplish his ultimate goal of obtaining basic human rights for over 50,000 farm workers in California. America Ferrera stars as his wife, Helen Chavez and Rosario Dawson portrays Dolores Huerta who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America. Wes Bentley, Gabriel Mann, Michael Cudlitz, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias and Mark Moses are co-starring. Keir Pearson (Hotel Rwanda) has written the screenplay. Luna is producing the Canana Films production with Gael Garcia Bernal & Pablo Cruz (Miss Bala), alongside John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon & Russell Smith (Juno, Young Adult) for Mr. Mudd, as well as Pearson and Larry Meli. 
Verve International has released a second soundtrack album for the hit drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Gladys Knight, James Brown, Patti Drew, The Meditation Singers, Dean Martin, Shorty Long, Fantasia, Dinah Washington, The O-Jay’s and People’s Choice. Also included are two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Rodrigo Leão. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music 
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Lovelace. The album includes the songs featured in the film by artists including Gladys Knight & The Pips, Brenton Wood, KC & The Sunshine Band, Elvin Bishop, John Ellison & The Souls Brothers Six and Eddie Kenricks. Also featured is a track from the film’s original score composed by Stephen Trask (In Good Company, Hedwig and the Angry Inch). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 27, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on 
Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the BBC original movie The Thirteenth Tale. The film is based on Diane Setterfield’s novel of the same title and has been adapted for television by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement, The Quiet American). The drama is directed by James Kent (The White Queen, Inside Men) and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Robert Pugh, Gordon Winter, Sophie Turner and Antonia Clarke. The movie follows a famous novelist with failing health who enlists an amateur biographer to hear her story and ghostwrite her autobiography. David Heyman (Harry Potter series, I Am Legend) and his mother Norma Heyman (Dangerous Liaisons, Mrs Henderson Present) are producing the project. 
Konsonant Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Savannah. The album features the film’s original score composed by Gil Talmi who recorded his music with a live orchestra at East West Studios in Los Angeles. The soundtrack is now available to download on 
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Closed Ciruit. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Penelope, Son of Rambow). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 27, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on 
Director James Gunn has confirmed on his 