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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 27, 2017)

Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror thriller Jigsaw directed by Peter & Michael Spierig and starring Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Mandela Van Peebles, Paul Braunstein, Brittany Allen and Josiah Black. Charlie Clouser (Wayward Pines, Resident Evil: Extinction) who previously scored all movies in the Saw series has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the comedy drama Suburbicon co-writtten and directed by Clooney and starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe and Oscar Isaac. The film’s original music is composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). ABKCO Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

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‘Suburbicon’ Soundtrack Announced

ABKCO Records has announced a soundtrack album for George Clooney’s comedy drama Suburbicon. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) who previously scored Clooney’s The Ides of March and The Monuments Men. Also included is Victor Young’s & Edward Heyman’s When I Fall In Love from the 1952 film One Minute to Zero. The soundtrack will be released on October 27, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Suburbicon is co-writtten and directed by Clooney and stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe and Oscar Isaac.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’

Alexandre Desplat confirmed in a recent interview with Arturia (embedded after the jump) that he is reuniting with Wes Anderson on the upcoming stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs. The movie is written and directed by Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore) and features the voices of F. Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban, Bud Cort, Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Kunichi Nomura, Edward Norton, Yoko Ono, Koyu Rankin, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton, Akira Takayama & Frank Wood. The film is set in Japan and follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his dog.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 21, 2017)

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets directed by Luc Besson and starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer. Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) has composed the film’s original music. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Alexiane, Julien Rey, David Bowie, Bob Marley & The Wailers & more. Click here for the full album details.

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‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Soundtrack Details

valerian-planetsThe full details of the soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s fantasy adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Queen). Also included are the original tracks A Million On My Soul performed by Alexiane (composed & produced by Stargate), as well as Bubble Dance by Julien Rey (produced by DJ Mustard). Also featured is the movie’s opening credits song, David Bowie’s Space Oddity and Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Jamming. The soundtrack will be released on July 21, 2017 by EuropaCorp and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 

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EuropaCorp to Release ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Soundtrack

valerian-planetsEuropaCorp will release the official soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s sci-fi action adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) who recorded his music at Radio France Studio 104 with the National French Orchestra. Also included are original pop songs and existing famous songs as featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on July 21, 2017 and will be available for pre-order on Amazon within the next few days. Check back on this page for the full album details.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Kursk’

alexandre-desplatEuropaCorp announced today that Alexandre Desplat is set to score the upcoming thriller Kursk. The film is directed by Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, Far from the Madding Crowd) and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Colin Firth, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Max Von Sydow and Michael Nyqvist. The movie is inspired by the true story of the K-141 KURSK, a Russian flagship nuclear-powered submarine that sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000. Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Thor: The Dark World) wrote the screenplay. Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) and Ariel Zeitoun (Miss Sloane, Colombiana) are producing the project.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 14, 2017)

fate-furiousIn addition to the nationwide expansion of Gifted, the only nationwide release this week is the action sequel The Fate of the Furious directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Click here for the full album details. The film’s original score is composed by Brian Tyler (Fast Five, Furious 7). Back Lot Music will release the composer’s score later this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to watch a video from the scoring sessions.

sparkOpening in around 350 theaters is the animated feature Spark: A Space Tail written and directed by Aaron Woodley and featuring the voices of Jace Norman, Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Stewart and Hilary Swank. Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Timeless, The Unit, Terriers) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album is in the works and will be announced soon. Spark is inspired the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West and follows a teenage monkey who leads a space expedition to save the planet from a cruel dictator. 

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Alexandre Desplat Scoring Roman Polanski’s ‘Based on a True Story’

alexandre-desplatAlexandre Desplat is currently scoring Roman Polanski’s upcoming French-language thriller Based on a True Story. The film starring Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green and Vincent Perez follows a Parisian author with writer’s block who discovers a mysterious woman at a book signing. Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) and Polanski wrote the screenplay based on Delphine de Vigan’s novel of the same title. Wassim Beji (Yves Saint Laurent, A Perfect Man) is producing the project for WY Productions.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’

Alexandre Desplat is reteaming with George Clooney on the upcoming crime comedy Suburbicon. The film directed by Clooney and stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe and Glenn Fleshler. The movie centers on a father who hatches a plan to kill his wife in order to be with the woman’s sister, with whom he’s having an affair. Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, Fargo) wrote the screenplay.

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