Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Matthew Heineman’s documentary City of Ghosts. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jackson Greenberg and H. Scott Salinas (Birth of the Dragon, The Ivory Game) who previously co-scored Heineman’s Cartel Land. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 21. The download link will be added to this article later this week. City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” – a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up for domestic distribution by Amazon Studios and IFC Films.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 7, 2017)
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Opening in limited release is the indie drama A Ghost Story written and directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky and Liz Franke. Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Tumbledown,Film Music Magazine Comet, The Exorcist) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also visit for a recent interview with Hart about his work on the project.