Opening in around 800 U.S. theaters this weekend is the sci-fi horror movie Crimes of the Future written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Don McKellar, Welket Bungué, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Nadia Litz, Tanaya Beatty and Lihi Kornowski. The film’s original music is composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, The Silence of the Lambs, Hugo). Howe Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check back on this page for the full details of the album and check our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the Neon release.
Also opening semi-wide is the thriller Watcher directed by Chloe Okuno and starring Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman and Burn Gorman. Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Swallow, One Percent More Humid, Minding the Gap, In the Same Breath) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by IFC Midnight.
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen) has composed the original score for the upcoming crime drama The Outfit. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) and stars Mark Rylance, Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch and Johnny Flynn. The movie follows an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row who ends up on Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters. 
