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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 11, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated documentary Piece by Piece directed by Morgan Neville and featuring the voices of Pharrell Williams (who also wrote the movie’s original songs), Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. The film’s original score original score is composed by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Freaks & Geeks, Daddy’s Home, Bridesmaids, Bad Teacher, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Funny People). Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the animated feature today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.

Also opening wide is the biographical drama The Apprentice directed by Ali Abbasi and starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan. Martin Dirkov (Holy Spider, Shorta, Border, Knocking, Holiday, The Charmer) has composed the film’s original score and David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight) & Brian Irvine (Ordinary Love) have contributed additional music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment.

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‘The Apprentice’ Soundtrack Album Details

Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Apprentice. The album features the film’s original score composed by Martin Dirkov (Holy Spider, Shorta, Knocking, Border, Holiday, The Charmer), as well as additional music by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Haywire, Out of Sight) & Brian Irvine (Ordinary Love) and a track by Danny Forde. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to Dirkov’s first track (Roy and Donald) below. The Apprentice is directed by Ali Abbasi and stars Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan and Maria Bakalova. The movie is set in 1970s New York and follows young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry second son of a wealthy family, as he comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today.

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Martin Dirkov Reteams with Ali Abbasi on ‘The Apprentice’

Composer Martin Dirkov (Shorta, Knocking, Holiday, The Charmer) is reteaming with director Ali Abbasi on the upcoming drama The Apprentice. The film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr. The movie charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with Cohn, the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight, Haywire) & Brian Irvine (Ordinary Love) have also contributed music to the project. Gabriel Sherman (The Loudest Voice) wrote the screenplay.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 14, 2024)

Premiering today is the HBO original series True Detective: Night Country written and directed by Issa López and starring Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Isabella Star Lablanc, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Christopher Eccleston, Aka Niviâna, Joel D. Montgrand, Anna Lambe and John Hawkes. The show’s original music composed by Vince Pope (No Offence, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Misfits, Resistance,You & Me, Wolfe). Check out our previous article to learn more about the fourth installment of the True Detective anthology series, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Also premiering today is the AMC limited series Monsieur Spade created by Scott Frank & Tom Fontana and starring Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Chiara Mastroianni, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Jonathan Zaccaï, Stanley Weber, Rebecca Root and Matthew Beard. Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Hacks, Chupa) has composed the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in the coming weeks. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the crime drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.

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David Holmes Scoring Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Shoshana’

David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Haywire, Logan Lucky, Analyze That) has composed the original music for the upcoming historical thriller Shoshana. The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, The Claim) and stars Harry Melling, Irina Starshenbaum, Douglas Booth, Aury Alby and Ian Hart. The movie is set during the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1930s, when the daughter of an Israeli revolutionary falls in love with a British soldier.

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David Holmes Scoring BBC’s ‘The Woman in the Wall’

David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight, Logan Lucky, Haywire, Analyze That) is the composer of the new BBC drama The Woman in the Wall. The show is written by Joe Murtagh (Calm with Horses) and stars Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack. The 6-part gothic thriller follows a woman who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house, but has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bill Murray. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Free Guy, WandaVision, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hawkeye). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the noir thriller Marlowe directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Colm Meaney and Ian Hart. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Analyze That, No Sudden Move, Haywire) has composed the film’s original score. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by Jon Batiste last week. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Open Road Films release.

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‘Marlowe’ Soundtrack Album Details

Republic Records will release the official soundtrack album for the noir crime thriller Marlowe. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight, Analyze That, Haywire, No Sudden Move). Also included is the original song The Light Shines Brightest in the Dark by Jon Batiste, as well as another song performed by Jade Vincent. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 10. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Marlowe is directed by Neil Jordan and stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Alan Cumming, Colm Meaney and Ian Hart.

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‘This England’ Soundtrack Album Released

Stranger Than Paradise Records has released the full soundtrack album for the Sky original drama This England. The album features the show’s original music composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen, Out of Sight, Logan Lucky, Killing Eve, Haywire, No Sudden Move). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. This England is co-written by Michael Winterbottom & Kieron Quirke and stars Kenneth Branagh, Ophelia Lovibond, Andrew Buchan, Simon Paisley Day and Charles Dance. The 6-part drama is based on Boris Johnson’s tumultuous first months as Prime Minister and traces the impact on the country of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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‘Robbing Mussolini’ Soundtrack Album Released

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original film Robbing Mussolini. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Haywire, Out of Sight, Analyze That, No Sudden Move). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Robbing Mussolini is written and directed by Renato De Maria and stars Pietro Castellitto, Matilda De Angelis, Filippo Timi, Tommaso Ragno, Maccio Capatonda and Isabella Ferrari. The heist comedy follows a Milanese wartime entrepreneur who forms a band of misfits to conduct an elaborate heist of the legendary treasure belonging to the Duce of Fascism, Benito Mussolini.

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