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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 11, 2019)

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide:

Opening in most theaters is the family drama A Dog’s Way Home directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Wes Studi, Alexandra Shipp, Jonah Hauer-King and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine, On the Basis of Sex). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the comedy drama The Upside directed by Neil Burger and starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman. Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Foxcatcher, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works and will be announced soon. The movie, which follows a recently paroled ex-convict who strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a paralyzed billionaire, is being released by STX Entertainment. Visit the official movie website for more information.

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Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) to Score ‘Ashes in the Snow’

ashes-in-the-snowHauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has been hired to score the upcoming period drama Ashes in the Snow. The film is directed by Marius Markevicius (The Other Dream Team) and stars Bel Powley, Jonah Hauer-King, Martin Wallstrom, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Sophie Cookson, Peter Franzen, Sam Hazeldine, James Cosmo, Adrian Schiller and Tom Sweet. The movie is based on Ruta Sepetys’ best-selling novel Between Shades of Gray and follows a 16-year-old girl who is forced to live in a Siberian work camp amid Stalin’s reign of terror in the Baltic region and attempts to use her art to send messages to her imprisoned father. Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Breathe In) has written the screenplay. 

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