The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action sequel Furious 7 directed by James Wan and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Kurt Russell. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea, Skylar Grey, Flo Rida, David Guetta & Kaz James, DJ Shadow & more. Check out our previous article for the full details. Back Lot Music has released a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Click here for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit Trailer Addict and Screen Slam for short video interviews with Tyler from the film’s Hollywood premiere earlier this week.
Opening in around 250 theaters is the drama Woman in Gold directed by Simon Curtis and starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl, Katie Holmes, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern and Frances Fisher. The film’s original music is composed by Martin Phipps (Harry Brown, Brighton Rock) and Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception). No soundtrack album has been announced. Woman in Gold follows an elderly Jewish woman who fled Vienna during WWII and, sixty years later, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt’s painting “The Lady in Gold”. The movie is being released by the Weinstein Company. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the drama.
Paul Cantelon has composed the score for the period drama Effie Gray. The film is directed by Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) and stars Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane and Derek Jacobi. The movie centers on the unfortunate marriage between Euphemia Gray and the famed critic John Ruskin in 1840’s London. Thompson stars as Lady Eastlake, an art critic and historian who was also one of Gray’s friends. Thompson also wrote the screenplay and Don Rosenfeld & Andreas Roald (Voyage of Time) are producing the project for Sovereign Films. Effie Gray is expected to premiere later this year.