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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 10, 2023)

Opening in theater nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Scream VI directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and starring Melissa Barrera, Courteney Cox, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Dermot Mulroney and Samara Weaving. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron) & Sven Faulconer (Blood Father, The Last Ice, The Elephant Whisperers). Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller 65 written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Adam Driver, Chloe Coleman and Ariana Greenblatt. Chris Bacon (Source Code, Wednesday, Gnomeo & Juliet, Men in Black: International, Bates Motel) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (including several tracks co-written by Danny Elfman) today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.

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Michael Franti Scoring Bobby Farrelly’s ‘Champions’

Singer/songwriter, poet and political activist Michael Franti has composed the original music for the upcoming sports comedy Champions. The film is directed by Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary) and stars Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin and Matt Cook. The movie is based on the 2018 Spanish feature Campeones and revolves around a former minor-league basketball coach who, after a series of missteps, is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities.

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‘Champions’ (‘Campeones’) Soundtrack Released

Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish hit sports comedy drama Champions (Campeones). The album features the film’s original score composed by Rafa Arnau (Camino, Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible). Also included are songs by Coque Malla, Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro and Mermelada. The soundtrack is now available to on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full track list. Champions is directed by Javier Fesser and stars Javier Gutierrez, Jose de Luna, Gloria Ramos, Roberto Chinchilla, Athenea Mata and Luisa Gavasa.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 4, 2018)

Premiering on Wednesday, March 7, in the U.S. is the crime drama series Hard Sun created by Neil Cross and starring Agyness Deyn, Jim Sturgess and Nikki Amuka-Bird. The show’s original music is composed by Neil Davidge (Unleashed, Push, Monsters: Dark Continent, Britannia, Good People). The series, which follows detective who seeks to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction, premiered in January in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Wednesday on Hulu.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the new CW comedy drama Life Sentence created by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith and starring Lucy Hale, Carlos PenaVega, Elliot Knight, Dylan Walsh, Gillian Vigman, Jayson Blair and Brooke Lyons. The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows a young woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying”. To learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on the CW, visit the official show website.

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NBC’s ‘Champions’ to Feature Music by Jesse Novak

Jesse Novak is scoring the new NBC comedy Champions. The show is created by Charlie Grandy & Mindy Kaling and stars Anders Holm, Fortune Feimster, Andy Favreau, J.J. Totah and Mouzam Makkar. The series follows a washed-up high school baseball star who reluctantly gave up his dreams to take over the family gym in Brooklyn. Grandy and Kaling are also executive producing the Universal Television & 3 Arts Entertainment production with Howard Klein, Matt Warburton and Michael Spiller.

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