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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 11, 2020)

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Opening in around 450 theaters and on VOD today is the drama Wild Mountain Thyme written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken and Dearbhla Molloy. The film’s original music is composed by Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Mum’s List). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Sinéad O’Connor & more. Check out our previous news article for the full album details  and to learn more about the Bleecker Street release.

Opening exclusively on PVOD today is the thriller Songbird co-written and directed by Adam Mason and starring KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Paul Walter Hauser, Craig Robinson, Demi Moore, Peter Stormare, Bradley Whitford and Alexandra Daddario. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song by Royale today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the STX Entertainment release.

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Alexandre Desplat’s ‘Airlines’ Album Released

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Warner Classics  has released the album Airlines by Academy Award-winning composer Alexandre Deplat. The album features unreleased recordings, including revisited versions of music from the composer’s films, including the Oscar-winning scores for The Shape of Water and The Grand Budapest Hotel, as well as Lust, Caution, Girl with a Pearl Earring and Birth. Also included are two original concert works.  The music is conducted by Desplat himself and is performed by flautist Emmanuel Pahud accompanied by the National Orchestra of France. The album is now available to stream/download here and visit Amazon to order a CD and vinyl version.

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Alexandre Desplat Scoring George Clooney’s ‘The Midnight Sky’

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Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) confirmed in a recent interview with Indiewire that he is reuniting with George Clooney on the upcoming Netflix original film The Midnight Sky. The post-apocalyptic drama is directed by Clooney who also stars in the film, alongside Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Caoilinn Springall, Demián Bichir, Sophie Rundle, Ethan Peck, Tim Russ and Miriam Shor. The movie is based on the novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton and follows the parallel stories of a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to make contact with the crew of the Aether spacecraft as they try to return home to Earth.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’

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Alexandre Desplat has been hired to score Marvel Studios’ upcoming spy thriller Black Widow. The film is directed by Cate Shortland (Lore, Somersault) and stars Scarlett Johansson in the title role, alongside Florence Pugh, David Harbour, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, O-T Fagbenle and Rachel Weisz. Eric Pearson (Thor: Ragnarok) wrote the screenplay based on a story by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle) and Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby). Kevin Feige (Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man) is producing the project.

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Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Guillermo del Toro on Netflix Animated Movie ‘Pinocchio’

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Alexandre Desplat is reteaming with director Guillermo del Toro on the upcoming Netflix animated film Pinocchio. The composer is set to score and is also composing original songs for the stop motion musical, which marks the del Toro’s animated feature film directorial debut. Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall, Adventure Time) co-wrote the script with the director and Mark Gustafson is co-directing the movie, which is set in Italy during the 1930s and tells the classic tale of the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2019)

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Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the new film adaptation of Little Women written and directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also playing nationwide is the animated feature Spies in Disguise directed by Troy Quane & Nick Bruno and starring Will Smith, Tom Holland, Ben Mendelsohn, Karen Gillan, Rashida Jones, DJ Khaled and Masi Oka. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Tropic Thunder) has composed the film’s original score. Fox Music/Hollywood Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full details) and RCA Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information).

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‘Little Women’ Soundtrack Details

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Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for Greta Gerwig’s new film adaptation of Little Women. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on December 13, 2019. Click here to order the digital version and visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition and check out the cover art of the vinyl version after the jump. Little Women is written and directed by Gerwig and stars Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Louis Garrel, Tracy Letts, Eliza Scanlen and Meryl Streep.

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Soundtrack Album for Roman Polanski’s ‘An Officer and a Spy’ (‘J’accuse’) to Be Released

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Warner Classics will release a soundtrack album for Roman Polanski’s drama An Officer and a Spy (J’accuse). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) who previously scored the director’s last four features, The Ghost Writer, Carnage, Venus in Fur and Based on a True Story. Also included are two classical pieces by Gabriel Fauré. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 8 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. A CD version is also being released overseas (click here to order). An Officer and a Spy is co-written and directed by Polanski and stars Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner and Grégory Gadebois.

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‘Adults in the Room’ Soundtrack Released

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Warner Classics has released a soundtrack album for the French/Greek drama Adults in the Room. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music. Adults in the Room is directed by Costa-Gavras and stars Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Ulrich Tukur, Daan Schuurmans, Christos Stergiouglou, Dimitris Tarlow, Alexandros Logothetis and Josiane Pinson.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 21, 2019)

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Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Toy Story 4 directed by Josh Cooley and starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger and Tony Hale. The film’s original music is composed by Randy Newman (Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, Cars, The Natural, Avalon). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and two new original songs (including one performed by Chris Stapleton). Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the horror movie Child’s Play directed by Lars Klevberg and starring Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Gabriel Bateman and Mark Hamill. Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day) has composed the film’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music last week. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

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