Tag: Alexandre Desplat

Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 4, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World Rebirth directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend, Luna Blaise, Philippine Velge, David Iacono, Ed Skrein and Bechir Sylvain. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Godzilla, The Queen). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.

Opening in around 300 theaters this week is the Canadian post-apocalyptic thriller 40 Acres co-written and directed by R.T. Thorne and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes, Kataem O’Connor, Leenah Robinson, Elizabeth Saunders, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Jaeda LeBlanc, Haile Amare and Tyrone Benskin. Todor Kobakov (Born to Be Blue, Backstabbing for Beginners, The Samaritan, Most Dangerous Game, Tricksters, Sweetness in the Belly) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures.

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‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World Rebirth have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, The King’s Speech, The Queen). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Wednesday, July 2 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mutant will release a physical version (click here to order the CD and vinyl edition). A first track (Boat Chase) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below.  Jurassic World Rebirth is directed by Gareth Edwards, written by David Koepp and stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo,Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Ed Skrein, Philippine Velge and Bechir Sylvain. The movie follows a covert operations expert on a top-secret mission who – together with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos – gets stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park.

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‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Soundtrack Set for July 2 Release

Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World: Rebirth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech) and will be released digitally on July 2. Mutant will release a physical version. Check out the cover art and listen to an excerpt from a first track (Boat Chase) after the jump. Also check back on this page for the details of the soundtrack album and to listen to the full track.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 30, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the martial arts action adventure Karate Kid: Legends directed by Jonathan Entwistle and starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen and Joshua Jackson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster, Your Friends & Neighbors,The King’s Man, Violent Night, Spirited). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide today is the upcoming supernatural horror thriller Bring Her Back directed by Danny & Michael Philippou and starring Sally Hawkins, Billy Barrat, Sora Wong,  Jonah Wren Phillips and Sally-Anne Upton. Cornel Wilczek (Talk to Me, Apple Cider Vinegar, Together, Clickbait, Nowhere Boys, These Final Hours, Glitch, The Mule, Cut Snake) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and visit our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the A24 release.

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‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Soundtrack Album Details

ABKCO Records will release the official soundtrack album for Wes Anderson’s comedy The Phoenician Scheme. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water,  The Queen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Godzilla). Also included are classical pieces by Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as tracks by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Gene Krupa & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 30 (visit Amazon to stream/download). A vinyl edition is scheduled to come out on July 11 and is now available for pre-order here. Check back on this page for the purchase links. Already out now as a digital single (from Sony Classical) is Stravinsky’s L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) (1910 Version). Listen to the piece, as well as Desplat’s first score track below and also click here to check out the project’s music team credits.

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Alexandre Desplat Scoring Tarik Saleh’s ‘Eagles of the Republic’

Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The King’s Speech, Philomena, The Queen) has composed the original score for the upcoming Swedish/French political thriller Eagles of the Republic. The film is written and directed by Tarik Saleh (Metropia, The Contractor) and stars Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri, Zineb Triki and Amr Waked. The movie marks the third installment’s in Saleh’s Cairo trilogy and follows Egypt’s most adored actor who is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities and, as he finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power, begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.

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Alexandre Desplat Scoring Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

Composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, The King’s Speech, Philomena, Godzilla) is reteaming with director Wes Anderson on the upcoming comedy drama The Phoenician Scheme. The film starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Hope Davis, Rupert Friend and Benedict Cumberbatch tells the story of a family and a family business. Anderson also wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and Roman Coppola.

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‘Lee’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the British biographical drama Lee. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat and Marion Cotillard. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water,  The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Godzilla). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s title track below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Lee is directed by Ellen Kuras and stars Kate Winslet, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård and Marion Cotillard. The movie tells the true story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

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Alexandre Desplat Scoring Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’

Composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Philomena, Godzilla) is reteaming with director Guillermo del Toro on the upcoming Netflix original film Frankenstein. The movie is written and directed by del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) and stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Lars Mikkelsen, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Charles Dance and Christoph Waltz. The gothic horror film is based on Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in an experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

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‘Unstoppable’ Soundtrack Album Details

Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the sports drama Unstoppable. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, Godzilla). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (High School Match) below. Unstoppable marks the directorial debut of editor William Goldenberg and stars Jharrel Jerome as Anthony Robles, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Don Cheadle and Jennifer Lopez. The movie is based on Robles’ & Austin Murphy’s book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion and tells the story of Robles who was born with one leg but whose indomitable spirit  and – with the unwavering love and support of his devoted mother and the encouragement of his coaches – fights through adversity to earn a spot on the Arizona State Wrestling team.

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