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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 20, 2017)

Five new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in mos theater is the disaster movie Geostorm directed by Dean Devlin and starring Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Daniel Wu, Ed Harris and Andy Garcia. The album features the film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Genius, Home, Terminator Genisys, Megamind). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the action drama Only the Brave directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, James Badge Dale, Taylor Kitsch & Jennifer Connelly. Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Insurgent, Straight Outta Compton, The Raid: Redemption) has composed he film’s original score. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more details). Capitol Records Nashville has released a separate soundtrack featuring songs from and inspired by the film, including an original song (click here for more information).

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Christopher Lennertz Scoring David E. Talbert’s ‘El Camino Christmas’

Christopher Lennertz is scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie El Camino Christmas. The film is directed by David E. Talbert (Almost Christmas, Baggage Claim) and stars Tim Allen, Vincent D’Onofrio, Luke Grimes, Jessica Alba, Dax Shepard, Kimberly Quinn, Kurtwood Smith, Michelle Mylett, Emilio Rivera and Jimmy O. Yang. The comedy follows a a young man who seeks out a father he has never met and, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve.

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Christopher Lennertz Scoring ‘Pitch Perfect 3’

This past week, Christopher Lennertz has recorded his score for the upcoming musical comedy Pitch Perfect 3. The film is directed by Trish Sie (Step Up All In) and stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee, Ester Dean, Alexis Knapp, Chrissie Fit, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Ruby Rose, John Lithgow, John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks. The movie follows the Bellas as they find themselves split apart and discovering there aren’t job prospects for making music with your mouth when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour.

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Tyler Perry’s ‘Boo 2! A Madea Halloween’ to Feature Themes by Christopher Lennertz & Score by Philip White

Christopher Lennertz is composing the themes and Philip White is writing the score for the upcoming comedy sequel Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. The film is written and directed by Tyler Perry who also stars in the movie with Cassi Davis, Tito Ortiz, Yousef Erakat, Patrice Lovely, Lexy Panterra, Andre Hall and Brock O’Hurn. The movie follows Madea, Bam, and Hattie as they venture to a haunted campground and must run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the boogeyman are unleashed.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 26, 2017)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

pirates-5Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales directed by Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg and starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites and Geoffrey Rush. The film’s original music is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Disturbia, Into the West, The Pacific, The Odd Life of Timothy Green). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film.Music.Media, Film Music Magazine and ComingSoon for recent interviews with Zanelli about his work on the project.

baywatchAlso opening wide is the action comedy Baywatch directed by Seth Gordon and starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera and Jon Bass. Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Ride Along, Supernatural) has composed the film’s original music. Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details. Island Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie by The Notorious B.I.G., Vince Staples, The Chemical Brothers, Lionel Richie & more. The full details can be checked out by clicking here.

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Christopher Lennertz to Score Tim Hill’s ‘The War with Grandpa’

christopher-lennertzChristopher Lennertz is set to reteam with director Tim Hill on the upcoming family comedy The War with Grandpa. The film stars Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin, Oakes Fegley, Jane Seymour and Faizon Love. The movie is based on the bestselling book by Robert Kimmel Smith and follows a boy who’s forced to move out of his room when his recently widowed grandfather moves in and devises outrageous pranks to make his grandfather surrender the room. Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember (Get Smart, Home) and Dave Johnson wrote the screenplay.

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‘Baywatch’ Score Album Details

baywatchThe full details of the score album for the action comedy Baywatch have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Ride Along, Identity Thief, Supernatural). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 26 by Paramount Music and is now available for pre-order here. A limited edition physical release is set to be released next month by La-La Land Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, Island Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Baywatch directed by Seth Gordon and starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jon Bass and David Hasselhoff is being released in theaters nationwide today by Paramount Pictures. 

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Christopher Lennertz to Return for ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’

christopher-lennertzChristopher Lennertz is set to return as the composer for the upcoming comedy sequel A Bad Moms Christmas. The film is written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore who also helmed last year’s original movie and stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jay Hernandez, David Walton and Wanda Sykes who return in their roles from the previous movie. They are joined by new cast members Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, Peter Gallagher and Justin Hartley. The movie follows follows Amy, Kiki and Carla as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas.

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WaterTower Music & La-La Land Records to Release ‘Riverdale’ Score Album

riverdaleWaterTower Music and La-La Land Records will release a score album for the CW drama Riverdale starring K. J. Apa, Lili Reinhart and Camila Mendes. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, The Pacific, Everwood, Life As We Know It). The physical version will be limited to 3000 copies and is set to be released in July. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check back on this page for the full album details. La-La Land Records will also release a limited edition CD for the action comedy Baywatch directed by Seth Gordon and starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario.

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Behind the Score of ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’

smurfsSony Pictures Animation has published a video featurette about the music for the studio’s animated feature Smurfs: The Lost Village. The video features composer Christopher Lennertz (Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, Identity Thief) and director Kelly Asbury talking about their work on the project, as well as footage from the scoring sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out the full video after the jump. Lennertz’ score, as well as an original song he co-wrote with KT Tunstall is now available on Madison Gate Records.

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