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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 8, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4 directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Jack Black, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina, James Hong, Ian McShane, Bryan Cranston and Ke Huy Quan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, The Dark Knight, Dune, Gladiator) & Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well Tenacious D’s …Baby One More Time cover from the movie today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Imaginary directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Pyper Braun, Taegen Burns, Betty Buck and Veronica Falcon. Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead) has composed the theme(s) for the project and his Sparks & Shadows team has composed the original score. Sparks & Shadows Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Blumhouse production, which is being distributed by Lionsgate.

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‘Cabrini’ Soundtrack Album Details

Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Cabrini. The album features the film’s original score composed by Gene Back (Shortcomings, Cowboys, Holler). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 8 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music, including Amazon. Listen to the composer’s first track (Senza voce) below. As previously reported, Decca Records has released the original song Dare to Be written by Back and performed by Andrea & Virginia Bocelli last month. Cabrini is directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Sound of Freedom) and stars Cristiana Dell’Anna, David Morse and John Lithgow. The movie tells the true story of Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini who stepped foot in America in 1889 and sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society’s most vulnerable and leverages her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever see.

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Andrea & Virginia Bocelli’s Original Song ‘Dare to Be’ from ‘Cabrini’ Released

Decca Records has released the original song Dare to Be from the biographical drama Cabrini. The track written by the film’s composer Gene Back (Shortcomings, Cowboys, Holler) and performed by Andrea Bocelli & Virginia Bocelli and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Cabrini is directed by Alejandro Monteverde and stars Cristiana Dell’Anna who plays the lead role of the Patron Saint of Immigrants, Francesca Cabrini, as well as David Morse as Archbishop Corrigan and John Lithgow as Mayor Gould.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 4, 2023)

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated feature Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem directed by Jeff Rowe and starring Micah Abbey, Hannibal Buress, Shamon Brown Jr, Nicolas Cantu, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Natasia Demetriou, Ice Cube, Jackie Chan, Giancarlo Esposito and Ayo Edebiri. The film’s original music is composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Soul, Watchmen, Mank, Bone and All). The Null Corporation has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action sequel Meg 2: The Trench directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Sophia Cai, Skyler Samuels and Cliff Curtis. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run, Mulan, The Last Duel). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and a song by Page Kennedy (who also stars in the movie) last week. Click here fort he full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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‘Shortcomings’ Soundtrack Album Details

Gardener Recordings will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama Shortcomings. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gene Back (Holler, Cowboys). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 4. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Shortcomings marks the feature directorial debut of actor Randall Park and stars Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Sonoya Mizuno, Tavi Gevinson, Jacob Batalon and Timothy Simons. The movie is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Adrian Tomine (who also wrote the screenplay) and follows a struggling filmmaker managing an arthouse theater who is left to his own devices when his girlfriend moves to New York for an internship and begins to explore what he thinks he might want.

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‘Cowboys’ Soundtrack Album Released

Gardener Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the western Cowboys. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gene Back (Holler). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Cowboys is written and directed by Anna Kerrigan and stars Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Ann Dowd, Gary Farmer, Bob Stephenson, Chris Coy, John Reynolds and Sasha Knight. The movie follows a troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife who refuses to let their trans son  live as his authentic self and runs off with the son into the Montana wilderness.

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‘Holler’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Gardener Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Holler. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gene Back (Cowboys). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, November 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Holler is written and directed by Nicole Riegel and stars Jessica Barden, Pamela Adlon, Becky Ann Baker, Austin Amelio and Gus Halper. The movie is set in a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are dying up and follows a bright but rebellious teen who joins a dangerous scrap metal crew to pay for her education and get out of her small town when she is accepted to college.

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Gene Back to Score Alejandro Monteverde’s ‘Cabrini’ Biopic

Gene Back (Cowboys, Holler) has been hired to score the upcoming (currently untitled) biographical drama about Francesca Cabrini. The film is directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Little Boy, Sound of Freedom) and stars Christiana Dell’Anna, Montserrat Espadalé, Romana Maggiora Vergano, David Morse, Patch Darragh, John Lithgow, Jeremy Bobb, Andrew Polk, Giampiero Judica and Rolando Villazó. The movie tells the story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 19th Century who started with nothing and created the largest multinational charitable empire the world had ever known. Rod Barr wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and Monteverde.

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