The details of the soundtrack album for the horror movie Annabelle: Creation have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, It, A Cure for Wellness, Bitter Harvest). The soundtrack will be released on August 4, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Annabelle: Creation is directed by David Sandberg and stars Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Anne Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto.
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‘Blade Runner 2049’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer is currently scoring Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. While we first heard of the composer’s involvement in the project back in May, Villeneuve clarified in a recent interview with Studio Cine Live that the composer is collaborating with Benjamin Wallfisch on the score and the theme written for the movie by the film’s original composer Johann Johannsson who is still involved in the project will be used in the score. The sci-fi thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto takes place thirty years after the events of the first film and follows a new blade runner who unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. Hampton Fancher and Michael Green (Green Lantern) have written the screenplay.
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score Andrés Muschietti’s ‘It’
Benjamin Wallfisch has been hired to score the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s It. The film is directed by Andrés Muschietti (Mama) and stars Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jack Dylan Grazer. The movie based on King’s bestselling novel centers on seven children known as The Losers Club who come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 24, 2017)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Get Out written and directed by Jordan Peele and starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones and Catherine Keener. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Abels. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Rock Dog directed by Ash Brennon and featuring the voices of JK Simmons, Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon and Sam Elliot. Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Election, Legally Blonde, Wedding Crashers) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring composer’s music, as well as two original songs by Adam Friedman. Click here for the full album details.
‘Bitter Harvest’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama Bitter Harvest. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, A Cure for Wellness, The Escapist, Desert Dancer). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 24 and will be available to download on Amazon. A limited edition CD can now be pre-orderered on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Bitter Harvest is directed by George Mendeluk and stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp. The movie is set in 1930s Ukraine and centers on a man’s fight to save his family and everything he holds dear from complete annihilation as Stalin uses mass starvation and executions to crush resistance to his totalitarian regimen.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2017)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy epic The Great Wall directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang and Zheng Kai. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here for a video featurette on Djawadi’s music.
Also opening nationwide is the psychological thriller A Cure for Wellness directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs and Mia Goth. Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out, Hidden Figures, The Escapist, Desert Dancer) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Wallfisch about his work on the project. Also click here for a video about the scoring process.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 30, 2016)
No new movies are opening nationwide this week.
Playing in limited release since this past Sunday before expanding nationwide on January 6 is the drama Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell and Kevin Costner. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator), Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out). Columbia Records has released two soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film, as well as the composers’ score. Also click here to check out a video featurette about the music from the movie.
Also playing in select cities before expanding nationwide on January 13 is the crime drama Live by Night directed by Ben Affleck who also stars in the movie, alongside Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek) who previously scored Affleck’s The Town and Gone Baby Gone. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Moonshine by Foy Vance feat. Kacey Musgraves. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
‘A Cure for Wellness’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller A Cure for Wellness. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out, Hidden Figures, The Escapist, Desert Dancer). The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and on vinyl on February 17, 2017. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A Cure for Wellness is directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Ring) and stars Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs and Mia Goth. The movie follows an ambitious young executive who is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps and soon starts to suspect that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
Behind the Music of ‘Hidden Figures’
20th Century Fox has published a video featurette on the music for Theodore Melfi’s drama Hidden Figures. The 3-minute piece features interviews with composers Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch, as well as jazz legend and pianist Herbie Hancock who is featured as a soloist on the score. Also shown is footage from a live performance of Williams’ original songs at the Toronto Film Festival and video from the scoring sessions at the Alfred Newman Scoring Stage on the Fox lot. Check out the video after the jump. Two different soundtrack albums featuring the songs and score from the movie will be released by Columbia Records. Click here for more information.
‘Hidden Figures’ Score Album Details
Columbia Records will release a score album for the drama Hidden Figures. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King), Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out, A Cure for Wellness, The Escapist). The soundtrack is set to be released physically and digitally on January 6, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original songs will be released next week. Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell and Kevin Costner will be released in select theaters on December 25, 2016 by 20th Century Fox before expanding nationwide on January 13, 2017.