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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 2, 2018)

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the biographical drama Bohemian Rhapsody directed by Bryan Singer and starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film performed by Queen. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Fox release.

Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Keira Knigthley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense) has composed the film’s score based on themes from Tchaikovsky’s classic 1892 ballet score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well an original song performed by Andrea Bocelli. Click here for the full album details.

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‘A Private War’ Soundtrack Details

Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the drama A Private War. The album features the film’s original score composed by H. Scott Salinas (Cartel Land, Birth of the Dragon, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Square). Also included is the original song Requiem for a Private War written and performed by Annie Lennox and co-produced by Salinas. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 2, 2018 and physically the following week. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A Private War is directed by Matthew Heineman and stars Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci and Tom Hollander. The movie is based on Marie Brenner’s 2012 Vanity Fair story Marie Colvin’s Private War and chronicles the life of the late American-born British war reporter Marie Colvin.

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‘A Private War’ to Feature Original Song by Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox has recorded the original song Requiem For a Private War for Matthew Heineman’s drama A Private War. The track is also written by Lennox and co-produced by the movie’s composer H. Scott Salinas. The song will be featured on the film’s official soundtrack album, which is set to be released on November 2, 2018 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Lennox has previously co-written the original song Into the West for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (with Howard Shore & Fran Walsh), for which she was honored with an Academy Award.

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H. Scott Salinas Scoring Matthew Heineman’s ‘A Private War’

H. Scott Salinas is reteaming with director Matthew Heineman on the upcoming biographical drama A Private War. The film starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci and Tom Hollander chronicles the life of the late American-born British war reporter Marie Colvin. Arash Amel (Grace of Monaco, The Titan) wrote the screenplay based on Marie Brenner’s 2012 Vanity Fair story Marie Colvin’s Private War. Heineman is also producing the project with Matthew George (Wind River) for Acacia Entertainment, alongside Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Sicario) for Thunder Road Pictures, Marissa McMahon for Kamala Films and Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde) for Denver & Delilah.

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