Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Tomb Raider directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins and Daniel Wu. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Divergent, Black Mass). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit the composer’s official website to learn more about his score for the project.
Also opening wide is the coming-of-age drama Love, Simon directed by Greg Berlanti and starring Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Miles Heizer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel and Tony Hale. RCA Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information). Lakeshore Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, The Way, Way Back). Click here for the full score album details.
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming indie comedy Furlough. The film is directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby, Sunlight Jr.) and stars Melissa Leo and La La Anthony. Anna Paquin, Tessa Thompson and Whoopi Goldberg are also rumored to appear in the movie, which centers around an inmate who is granted one weekend out of prison to see her dying mother and her relationship with a rookie correction officer. Barry Strugatz (She-Devil, Married to the Mob) wrote the screenplay.