Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the western Butcher’s Crossing. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Bottoms, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Son of Zorn, Twisted Metal). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 24 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Butcher’s Crossing is co-written and directed by Gabe Polsky and stars Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Jeremy Bobb, Xander Berkeley, Paul Raci and Rachel Keller. The movie is set in the 1870s and tells the story of a buffalo hunter who lures a naïve young man into an ambitious expedition in the Colorado Rockies.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 20, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide is the crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon co-written and directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser. The film’s original music is composed by Robbie Robertson (The Color of Money, The Irishman) who also served as the project’s executive music producer. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Opening in select theaters today is the comedy drama The Persian Version written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz and starring Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet, Bijan Daneshmand, Bella Warda and Chiara Stella. Rostam Batmanglij (Sound of My Voice, The OA) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Leo Birenberg Scoring Gabe Polsky’s ‘Butcher’s Crossing’
Composer Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, PEN15, Son of Zorn, Secret Society of Second-Born Royals) is reteaming with director Gabe Polsky (Genius, The Motel Life) on the upcoming western Butcher’s Crossing. The film starring Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Jeremy Bobb, Xander Berkeley, Rachel Keller & Paul Raci is set in the 1870s and tells the story of a buffalo hunter who lures a naïve young man into an ambitious expedition in the Colorado Rockies. Polsky also co-wrote the screenplay with Liam Satre-Meloy based on John Williams’ 1960 literary western.