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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 26, 2019)

The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the comedy drama Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Al Pacino. The film doesn’t feature an original score. Mary Ramos serves as the project’s music supervisor. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring tracks by Deep Purple, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Revere & The Raiders Buffy Sainte-Marie & others today. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Opening in limited release is the drama Skin written and directed by Guy Nattiv and starring Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga, Danielle Macdonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp. Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, The Good Doctor, Easy) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released theatrically by A24 following a debut on DirecTV last month.

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‘For Sama’ Soundtrack Released

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary For Sama. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (Enemy Within, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, Darkness Visible). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. For Sama is directed by Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts and tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.

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