Tag: Alan Silvestri

‘Behemoth!’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Behemoth! The album features the film’s original music composed by The Behemoth! Collective, including composers Michael Abels (Get Out, Us), Emily Bear (Moana 2, Dog Gone), Lukas Frank (East of Wall), Michael Giacchino (Up, The Incredibles), James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Fugitive), Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Dream Productions), Brandon Roberts (Andor, Thanksgiving) and Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump).  The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 13 and on vinyl on December 11. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition. Also check out our previous article for more details about each composer’s contribution.

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Multi-Composer Approach for Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’ Revealed

Searchlight Pictures has revealed more details about the music for Tony Gilory’s upcoming drama Behemoth!. The movie features numerous fictional sources of music in the film, including two Peter Serian (a French horn player, played by Hank Azaria, who, in the wake of his father’s death, abandoned his classical aspirations to become a successful, albeit bitter, composer) title themes, a solo cello practice Etude, and four “invented” feature films that are being scored. As previously reported, nine composers, credited as The Behemoth! Collective, have contributed original music to the movie. They recorded their respective original scores at the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage, the Newman Scoring Stage at Fox, as well as at Los Angeles’ EastWest Studios.

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Teaser Trailer for Tony Gilory’s ‘Behemoth!’ Released

Searchlight Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for the drama Behemoth! The film is written and directed by Tony Gilory (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy) and stars Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Kaya Ralls, Alexa Swinton, Erik Griffin, Margarita Levieva, Jobeth Williams, Hank Azaria and Will Arnett.The movie follows a gifted cellist who returns home to Los Angeles after twenty years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry him on an adventure that will change him forever.

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‘Play Dirty’ Soundtrack Album Details

Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Play Dirty. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Avengers: Endgame, Captain America: The First Avenger, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, The Polar Express). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Play Dirty is co-written and directed by Shane Black and stars Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key, Nat Wolff, Chukwudi Iwuji, Tony Shalhoub and Thomas Jane. The movie follows an expert thief who – together with a skilled crew – roll out the biggest heist of their lives when they stumble onto a score that pits them against the New York mob.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 28, 2025)

Premiering on Tuesday, September 30, is the Hulu original series Chad Powers created by Glen Powell & Michael Waldron and starring Powell himself, Perry Mattfeld, Quentin Plair, Wynn Everett, Frankie A. Rodriguez and Steve Zahn. The show’s original music is composed by Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Princess, Victoria, Knightfall, The Honorouble Woman, Journey’s End, Herself, Beecham House, Press). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

Premiering on Wednesday, October 1, is the crime thriller Play Dirty co-written and directed by Shane Black and starring Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Chukwudi Iwuji, Keegan-Michael Key, Nat Wolff, Thomas Jane and Tony Shalhoub. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Avengers: Endgame, Predator, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cast Away, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

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Expanded ‘How Did You Get In? We Didn’t See You Leave’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1984 French comedy How Did You Get In? We Didn’t See You Leave (Par où t’es rentré ? On t’a pas vu sortir) written and directed by Philippe Clair and starring Jerry Lewis, Clair himself, Marthe Villalonga, Jackie Sardou and Connie Nielsen. The album features the expanded original score composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Avengers: Endgame, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, The Polar Express), including previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you also check out the track list, listen to audio samples and find out more about the release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 7, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 written and directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette and Steven Yeun. The film’s original music is composed by Jung Jaeil (Parasite, Squid Game, Okja, Broker, Twinless). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Also click here to check out the music team credits.

Also opening in theaters nationwide is the drama Rule Breakers co-written and directed by Bill Guttentag and starring Ali Fazal, Nikohl Boosheri, Amber Afzali, Sara Malal Rowe, Nada El Belkasmi, Noorin Gulamgaus and Nina Hosseinzadeh. Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Carnivale, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm, Rome, Appaloosa, Blackfish) has composed the film’s original music. Categorical Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Aryana Sayeed and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Angel Studios.

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‘The Electric State’ Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film The Electric State. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Avengers: Endgame, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Predator, Cast Away, The Polar Express). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The Electric State is directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Woody Harrelson, Woody Norman, Anthony Mackie and Brian Cox. The sci-fi adventure is set in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the ’90s and follows an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick in search of her younger brother.

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Alan Silvestri Scoring Shane Black’s ‘Play Dirty’

Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Avengers: Endgame, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, The Polar Express) has been tapped to score the upcoming crime thriller Play Dirty. The film is directed by Shane Black (Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) and stars Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Tony Shalhoub, Nat Wolff, Dermot Mulroney, Keegan-Michael Key, Chukwudi Iwuji and Thomas Jane. The movie is based on Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels and revolves around a professional thief who – after being double-crossed and left for dead – sees his hunt for revenge bring with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 1, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the drama Here co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring  Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly and Paul Bettany. The film’s original music is composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Avengers: Endgame, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Mummy Returns). Sony Classical 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 movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Also opening nationwide is the animated feature Hitpig! directed by Cinzia Angelini & David Feiss and starring Jason Sudeikis, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Anitta, Andy Serkis, Hannah Gadsby, Lorraine Ashbourne, Charlie Adler and Shelby Young. Isabella Summers (of Florence + the Machine) (KAOS, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Little Fires Everywhere, The Offer, Lisa Frankenstein, Physical) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore 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 movie, which is being distributed by Viva Pictures.

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