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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 17, 2013)

Only one movie is opening nationwide this weekend:

star-trek-into-darknessExpected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller. The film’s music is composed by Abrams’ regular musical collaborator Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is now available digitally from Varese Sarabande and will be released on CD next week. For audio clips and the full album details, check out our previous article. Also check out a video featurette about the score, as well as interviews with Giacchino at Film Music Magazine, WQXR and ASCAP’ We Create Music blog.

frances-haOpening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Frances Ha co-written and directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver and Michael Zegen. ABKCO Records will release a soundtrack album featuring four tracks from classic film scores by composer Georges Delerue, Paul McCartney’s Blue Sway, David Bowie’s Modern Love, T. Rex’s Chrome Sitar and more next week. Also included is a track by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips who scored Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.

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‘Black Rock’ Soundtrack Details

black-rockLovers Label will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Black Rock. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ben Lovett (Sun Don’t Shine). The soundtrack album is being released today and is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Black Rock is directed by Katie Aselton who also stars in the film alongside Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Will Bouvier, Jay Paulson and Anslem Richardson. The Mark Duplass-scripted thriller follows three friends who are going on a weekend getaway to an isolated island in Maine and discover that they are not alone. The movie premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released today in select theaters by LD Entertainment.

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‘Black Rock’ to Feature Music by Ben Lovett

Ben Lovett is writing a new score for the indie horror thriller Black Rock. The film is directed by Katie Aselton (The Freebie) who also stars in the film alongside Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Will Bouvier, Jay Paulson and Anslem Richardson. The movie follows three friends who are going on a weekend getaway to an isolated island in Maine and discover that they are not alone. Mark Duplass (Cyrus, Jeff Who Lives at Home) has written the screenplay and is also executive producing with his brother Jay. Adele Romanski is producing the project. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it featured a different score by Peter Golub as reported earlier this year. Lovett has previously scored a number of movies, including the cult horror film The Signal.

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Peter Golub Scoring ‘Black Rock’

Peter Golub has recently scored the indie horror thriller Black Rock. The film is directed by Katie Aselton (The Freebie) and written by Mark Duplass (Cyrus, Jeff Who Lives at Home) who is also executive producing with his brother Jay Duplass. Aselton, Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth are starring as three friends who are going on a weekend getaway to a remote island in Maine and discover that they are not alone. Adele Romanski (The Myth of the American Sleepover) is producing the project.

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