Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller The Equalizer directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek series, Man on Fire, Unstoppable) who previously scored the director’s The Replacement Killers. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project.
Also opening wide this weekend is the animated feature The Boxtrolls directed by Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable and featuring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, , Tracy Morgan, Toni Collette, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Simon Pegg. Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the film, including The Boxtrolls Song written by Eric Idle and performed by Mark Orton and Loch Lomond. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to audio clips.
Neil Davidge is currently scoring the upcoming crime thriller Good People. The film marks the English language directing debut of Henrik Ruben Genz (Terribly Happy) and stars James Franco, Kate Hudson, Omar Sy, Sam Spruell and Tom Wilkinson. The movie centers on an American couple living in London who fall into severe debt renovating her family’s home and find a stack of cash in their deceased neighbor’s house. Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Snowpiercer), Paul Grellong and Christina Hodson wrote the script based on a novel by Marcus Sakey. Thomas Gammeltoft, Ben Forkner, Tobey Maguire, Eric Kranzler, Ed Cathell (The Paperboy) and Mark Gill (Olympus Has Fallen, Law Abiding Citizen) are producing the Millennium Films production.