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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 21, 2020)

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the psychological thriller Unhinged directed by Derrick Borte and starring Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson and Austin P. McKenzie. The film’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, Angel Has Fallen, Papillon, The Stranger). Sol B Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as Keep Shelly in Athens’ cover of (Don’t Fear) The Reaper. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Solstice Studios release.

Opening semi-wide in around 900 theaters is the drama Words on Bathroom Walls directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Charlie Plummer, Taylor Russell, AnnaSophia Robb, Devon Bostick, Beth Grant, Andy Garcia, Molly Parker, Lobo Sebastian and Walton Goggins. The Chainsmokers and Andrew Hollander (Waitress,  Sleepwalk with Me, Gray Matters,  Serious Moonlight) have composed the film’s original music. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as two songs by The Chainsmokers. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Roadside Attractions release.

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Emeli Sandé’s & Diane Warren’s Original Song ‘I’ll Get There (The Other Side)’ from Mark Amin’s ‘Emperor’ Released

EMI Records has released the original song I’ll Get There (The Other Side) from the historical drama Emperor. The track written by Academy Award nominee Diane Warren and performed by Emeli Sandé is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Check out the official music video after the jump. Emperor is directed by Mark Amin and stars Dayo Okeniyi, Naturi Naughton, Mykelti Williamson, Kat Graham, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern. The movie (scored by Javier Navarrete) is inspired by the true story of Shields “Emperor” Green, a slave who makes a daring escape to freedom, meets Frederick Douglass, and decides to fight alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry.

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Javier Navarrete to Score Mark Amin’s ‘Emperor’

Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, The Devil’s Backbone, Byzantium) has signed on to score the upcoming historical drama Emperor. The film marks the feature directorial debut of producer Mark Amin (The Prince and Me, Good Kill) and stars Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, Naturi Naughton, Ben Robson, Harry Lennix and Kat Graham. The movie tells the true story of Shields Green who, in 1859, escaped from a plantation and made a daring journey north where he met Frederick Douglass and John Brown and chose to fight to end slavery.

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Abel Korzeniowski to Score Lee Tamahori’s ‘Emperor’

emperorAbel Korzeniowski has signed on to score the upcoming historical action adventure Emperor. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge, Next, Along Came a Spider) and stars Adrien Brody, Sophie Cookson, Paz Vega, Eddie Marsan, Gotz Otto, Bill Skarsgard, Thomas Kretschmann, Oliver Platt and Rutger Hauer. The movie centers on the brilliant strategist Emperor Charles V, trying to hold together a fragmented Empire, in a 16th century world of wealth, debauchery, violent retaliations, sex, manipulation and treason.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 8, 2013)

Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

ozOpening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Oz the Great and Powerful directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Zach Braff. Danny Elfman composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week. Intrada Records will release a physical version. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Mariah Carey has contributed the original song Almost Home to the film. Click here for a short video interview with Elfman about his work on the film and visit Movieweb for another interview from the film’s red carpet premiere in Hollywood.

dead-man-downAlso opening wide is the crime thriller Dead Man Down directed byNiels Arden Oplev and starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert and Armand Assante. The film’s score is composed by Jacob Groth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Unforgettable). Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on April 2, 2013. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the film.

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‘Emperor’ Soundtrack Announced

emperorLakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the historical drama Emperor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, The Rite, State of Play). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 5, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Emperor directed by Peter Webber and starring Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones and Eriko Hatsune is set in post-World War II during the American occupation of Japan. The drama follows an American general who is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. The movie premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released on March 8, 2013 by Roadside Attractions.

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Alex Heffes to Score ‘The Tomb’

Alex Heffes is reuniting with director Mikael Hafstrom on the upcoming action thriller The Tomb. The film starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger follows an expert on structural security who is put to the test when he is framed and put in a high-security prison of his own design and must find the person who put him there. Amy Ryan, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D’Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill and 50 Cent are also starring in the film. Randall Emmett & George Furla (16 Blocks, The Bad Lieutenant) are producing the Emmett/Furla Films and Summit Entertainment production with Mark Canton (300, Immortals), Robbie Brenner (Machine Gun Preacher) and Kevin King-Templeton (The Expendables, Rocky Balboa).

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Alex Heffes to Score Peter Webber’s ‘Emperor’

Alex Heffes has signed on to score the upcoming historical drama Emperor. The film is directed by Peter Webber (The Girl with the Pearl Earring) and stars Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones, as well as Japanese actors Eriko Hatsune and Toshiyuki Nishida. The movie is set in post-World War II during the American occupation of Japan and is based on the real-life story of whether Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal. Yoko Narahashi (The Last Samurai), Gary Foster (Daredevil), Russ Krasnoff (The Soloist) and Eugene Nomura are producing the Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment and United Performer’s Studio Production. Emperor is currently in post-production.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score Peter Webber’s ‘Emperor’

Director Peter Webber has announced on Twitter (via The Film Stage) that Alexandre Desplat is attached to score the upcoming political thriller Emperor. The movie starring Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones is set in Japan amidst the uncertainties of the days following the nation’s surrender at the end of World War II, when General Douglas MacArthur as the Supreme Commander of the occupying forces and the leading Japanese expert on his staff are faced with the decision if Emperor Hirohito should be tried and hanged as a war criminal. David Klass (Walking Tall) and Vera Blasi are writing the screenplay based on the historic events. Yoko Narahashi (The Last Samurai), Gary Foster (Daredevil, Ghost Rider), Russ Krasnoff (The Soloist) and Eugene Nomura are producing. Desplat has previously collaborated with Webber on 2003’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring, for which the composer received his first Golden Globe nomination and which put him on the map in Hollywood.

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