Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy 2 Guns directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original score is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband). Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally next Tuesday, August 6. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the hybrid live action/animated family movie The Smurfs 2 directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria and Brendan Gleeson. RCA Records has released a soundtrack album featuring songs from and inspired by the film, including Britney Spears’ new single Ooh La La, as well as songs by Owl City, Nelly Furtado (feat. Ace Primo)and Right Said Fred. Check out out previous article for the full details. A separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me) is now available on Varese Sarabande (click here for more information and audio clips). Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers are scoring the upcoming crime thriller Life of Crime. The film is directed by Daniel Schechter (Supporting Characters) and stars Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Isla Fisher, Will Forte, Mark Boone Junior and Tim Robbins. The film based on the novel The Switch by Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight, Get Shorty) serves as a prequel to Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown with Hawkes and Bey playing younger versions of Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson’s characters Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie. The comedy follows the duo as they plan to kidnap a corrupt real estate developer’s wife. Leonard is producing the project with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Spiderwick Chronicles) and Lee Stollman (Abduction), Liz Destro & Jordan Kessler (About Cherry) and Michael Siegel. 
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Paranoia. The album features the film’s original score composed by Junkie XL (300: Rise of an Empire). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 13, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on 
Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo are set to reunite with David Gordon Green on the director’s upcoming drama Manglehorn. The film stars Al Pacino as an eccentric man who tries to come to terms with a past crime that cost him the love of his life. Paul Logan has written the screenplay based on an original story by Green and Logan. Green is also producing the project with Lisa Muskat (Snow Angels, Compliance, All the Real Girls) and Worldview Entertainment’s Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (Killer Joe, The Immigrant, Blood Ties). Explosions in the Sky and Wingo have previously co-scored Green’s 
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Ron Howard’s upcoming racing drama Rush. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Frost/Nixon. The soundtrack will be released on September 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on 
George Fenton has been hired to score Disneynature’s upcoming documentary Bears. The film is directed by Alastair Fothergill (Earth, African Cats, Chimpanzee) and Keith Scholey (African Cats) and showcases a year in the life of two mother bears as they impart life lessons to their impressionable young cubs. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop teeming with life, their journey begins as winter comes to an end and the bears emerge from hibernation to face the bitter cold. Fenton has previously scored Disneynature’s first release Earth, which was released in 2007. Bears is set to be released on April 18, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures in time for next Earth Day. For updates on the film, visit 
World Wide Mind Films has released a soundtrack album for the drama Drift. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Jezabels, Dennis Coffey fest. Paolo Nutini, Kula Shaker, Chuck Berry and T. Rex. Also included are four tracks from the film’s original score composed by Michael Yezerski (Mental, Storm Surfers 3D). The soundtrack is now available to download on 
The details of the soundtrack album for Francois Ozon’s drama Young & Beautiful (Jeune et jolie) have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Philippe Rombi who has previously worked with the director on such films as Swimming Pool, Angel, In the House and Potiche. Also included are the songs featured in the film by Françoise Hardy, M83, Crystal Castles, The Citizens and Poni Hoax. The soundtrack will be released in France both physically and digitally on August 19, 2013 (visit 
Continuing the celebration of their 35th Anniversary, Varèse Sarabande Records presents The Varèse Sarabande Summer Signing to take place on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. Composers in attendance include Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (Rome, Monk, Appaloosa) whose Emmy-nominated score for the Netflix original series 
John Debney is scoring the upcoming Lifetime/History Channel mini-series Bonnie & Clyde. The four hour series is directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy) and stars Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger in the title roles of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the 1930s couple whose crime spree enraptured the American public. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser, Lane Garrison, Austin Hebert and Dale Dickey are co-starring. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Steel Magnolias, The Bucket List, Chicago) are producing the Sony Pictures Television production. John Rice and Joe Batteer (Windtalkers, Blown Away) have written the script. Debney has previously co-scored the History Channel’s Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning mini-series Hatfields & McCoys for Sony Pictures Television. 