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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 31, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend (but advertised as a limited release) is the biographical sports drama Young Woman and the Sea directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia and Glenn Fleshle. The film’s original music is composed by Amelia Warner (Mr. Malcolm’s List, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mary Shelley, Mum’s List). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the comedy drama Ezra directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, William Fitzgerald, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg. Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Griselda, Hacks) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song written by Adrienne Ackerman and performed by Rae Isla today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.

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‘Robot Dreams’ Soundtrack Album Details

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Spanish/French animated feature Robot Dreams. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga (Transsiberian, Blancanieves, The Bookshop, Abracadabra, It Snows in Benidorm). The soundtrack is already available to stream/download overseas and will be released in the U.S. next year (visit Amazon to stream/download the album). Robot Dreams is written and directed by Pablo Berger based on the graphic novel by Sara Varon and tells the story of the friendship between a lonely dog and a robot who become separated during an ill-fated day-trip to Long Island in an imaginary 1980s New York populated by animals

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Alfonso de Vilallonga to Score Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams’

Composer Alfonso de Vilallonga (Transsiberian, The Bookshop, It Snows in Benidorm) is reuniting with director Pablo Berger on the upcoming animated feature Robot Dreams. The movie, which is based on the 2007 graphic novel of the same title by Sara Varon, is set in an imaginary 1980s New York populated by animals with no definable age or gender and tells the story of the friendship between Dog and Robot who become separated during an ill-fated day-trip to Long Island. The movie, which marks Berger’s first animated project and is being produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures (AMP), will also feature popular 1980s pop hits.

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‘It Snows in Benidorm’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller It Snows in Benidorm (Nieva en Benidorm). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga (Blancanieves, The Bookshop, Transsiberian, Princesas, Abracadabra). Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the CD. A digital version will be coming out this Friday, December 11 and will be available to stream/download here. It Snows in Benidorm is written and directed by Isabel Coixet and stars Timothy Spall, Sarita Clouhdury, Carmen Machi and Ana Torrent. The movie produced by Pedro Almodóvar follows a quiet British middle aged man who decides to visit his brother who lives in Benidorm and discovers that he has disappeared.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 24, 2018)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the comedy The Happytime Murders directed by Brian Henson and starring Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale and Elizabeth Banks. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Lost in Space, Ride Along, Agent Carter, Sausage Party). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. To learn more about the STX Entertainment release, check out our scoring assignment announcement and click here for a list of songs featured in the movie.

Also opening wide is the sci-fi family adventure A.X.L. written and directed by Oliver Daly and starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G and Alex MacNicoll. Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, The Gospel According to Andre, Animals, Ivory Tower, My Blind Brother) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

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‘Abracadabra’ Soundtrack Released

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for Pablo Berger’s fantasy comedy Abracadabra. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga (Transsiberian, My Life Without Me, The Bookshop) who previously scored the director’s 2012 feature Snow White (Blancanieves). The soundtrack is now available digitally in France with a CD version to be released next month. Visit the French Amazon store to listen to audio samples and check out the track list. No word yet on a domestic release. Abracadabra is written and directed by Berger and stars Maribel Verdú, Antonio de la Torre and Javier Anton.

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‘The Bookshop’ Soundtrack Announced

A soundtrack album will be released for Isabel Coixet’s drama The Bookshop. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga (Snow White, Transsiberian) who previously scored the director’s My Life Without Me. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 10, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Bookshop is written and directed by Coixet (The Secret Life of Words, Elegy) and stars Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson. The movie based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel is set in England in 1959 in a small East Anglian town and follows a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

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