Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has recorded an original song for the drama Wild Mountain Thyme. The track, entitled I’ll Be Singing, is written by the film’s composer Amelia Warner and director John Patrick Shanley and will be featured in the movie starring Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Dearbhla Molloy and Christopher Walken. The movie is based on Shanley’s Broadway play Outside Mullingar and revolves around two obstinate star-crossed lovers whose families are caught up in a feud over a hotly contested patch of land that separates their two farms.
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Amelia Warner Scoring John Patrick Shanley’s ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Mum’s List) has recently recorded her score for the upcoming romantic drama Wild Mountain Thyme. The film is written and directed by John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Joe Versus the Volcano) and stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Dearbhla Molloy and Christopher Walken. The movie is based on Shanley’s Broadway play Outside Mullingar and centers on two obstinate star-crossed lovers whose families are caught up in a feud over a hotly contested patch of land that separates their two farms.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 25, 2018)
The only movie opening nationwide this week is Solo: A Star Wars Story directed by Ron Howard and starring Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Paul Bettany. The film’s original score is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity) and John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark) contributed the Han Solo theme. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music. Click here for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine, Film.Music.Media and Billboard for recent interviews with Powell about his work on the project.
Opening in limited release is the sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties directed by John Cameron Mitchell and stars Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman and Ruth Wilson. Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret), Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Matmos have written original music for the film. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the original music, as well as tracks by The Damned, The Dyschords, The Velvet Underground, A.C. Newman & others. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the A24 release.
‘Mary Shelley’ Soundtrack Announced
Universal Music Classics/Decca Gold announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Mary Shelley. The album features the film’s original score composed by Amelia Warner (Mum’s List). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 25, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon. Mary Shelley is co-written and directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour and stars Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Bel Powley, Douglas Booth, Joanne Froggatt and Stephen Dillane. The movie chronicles the Frankenstein author’s tempestuous marriage to dissolute poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the fateful night at a Swiss chateau that inspired her most famous creation.
‘Mum’s List’ Soundtrack Details
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Mum’s List. The album features the film’s original music score by Amelia Warner. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on November 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mum’s List is written and directed by Niall Johnson (Keeping Mum, White Noise) and stars Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox, Elaine Cassidy, William Stagg and Matthew Stagg. The movie is based on the best-selling book by St John (Singe) Greene and revolves around a couple from North Somerset, whose lives were turned upside down when one of them was diagnosed with an incurable breast cancer.