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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 20, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller Missing directed by Will Merrick & Nick Johnson and starring Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Joaquim de Almeida, Amy Landecker and Daniel Henney. The film’s original music composed by Julian Scherle (Princess of the Row, Heart of the Champions, Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche). Sony Masterworks/Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Searching sequel, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Opening semi-wide in around 500 theaters this week following an awards-qualifying run last November is the drama The Son co-written and directed by Florian Zeller and starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins. Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Lion King, Gladiator, Dune, The Dark Knight) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in November. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures Classics release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 16, 2022)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi epic Avatar: The Way of Water  directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet and Sigourney Weaver. The film’s original music is composed by Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Notre-Dame on Fire). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and two original songs performed by The Weeknd and Saldana (click here for the full album details). A second album featuring additional score cues will be coming out on December 20 (click here for more information).

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the supernatural horror feature Lullaby directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Oona Chaplin, Rámon Rodríguez, Kira Guloien, Liane Balaban and Moni Ogunsuyi. Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, Dark Skies, The Curse of La Llorona, The Unholy) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Vertical Entertainment.

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Hans Zimmer Scoring Kelly Fremon Craig’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

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Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator, Dune, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean) has recently been scoring the upcoming coming-of-age comedy drama Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. The film is written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and stars Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates. The movie is based on Judy Blume’s best-selling book of the same name and revolves around a sixth-grade girl who is going through puberty and searches the universe for any answers she can find.

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Faithless Remix of Hans Zimmer’s ‘The Crown’ Main Title Theme Released

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Sony Classical has released a new remix of the main title theme from the Netflix original series The Crown. The British electronic music act Faithless have created a remix of the theme written by Hans Zimmer (Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King, The Dark Knight) for the show’s first season. The track is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full remix below. The label has previously released five soundtrack albums featuring Zimmer’s theme and Rupert Gregson-Williams’, Lorne Balfe’s and Martin Phipps’ scores from the show’s first five seasons.

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‘The Son’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Son. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, November 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Son is co-written (with Christopher Hampton) and directed by Florian Zeller and stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins. The movie based on Zeller’s stage play of the same title follows a man whose hectic life with his infant and new partner is upended when his ex-wife appears at his door to discuss their son, who is now a teenager.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 6, 2022)

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Premiering today is the Starz original series Dangerous Liaisons created by Harriet Warner and starring Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Lesley Manville, Paloma Faith, Carice van Houten, Michael McElhatton, Nathanael Saleh, Kosar Ali, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hilton Pelser and Clare Higgins. The show’s original music is composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Dropout, Mrs. Wilson, Fate: The Winx Saga). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which is premiering on Starz and has already been renewed for a second season.

Also premiering in the U.S. today is the BBC drama Mood created by Nicôle Lecky based on her Royal Court play and starring herself, Jordan Duvigneau, Paul Kaye, Jessica Hynes, Mia Jenkins, Mohammad Dalmar and Lara Peake. Bryan Senti (Lowriders, Save Me, Experimenter) has composed the show’s original music. EMI has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the show co-written and performed by Lecky. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on BBC America.

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Rory Kennedy’s ‘The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari’ to Feature Music by Steve Mazzaro & Hans Zimmer

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Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, Army of Thieves, The Rhythm Section) & Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Gladiator) have teamed up to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix original documentary The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari. The film is directed by Rory Kennedy (Last Days in Vietnam, Ethel) and tracks the minute-by-minute unfolding of the tragic volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand in 2019, when a sightseeing day-trip to a remote volcanic island left 47 tourists and guides trapped in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash.

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‘Hans Zimmer LIVE’ Album Announced

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Sony Classical has announced Hans Zimmer LIVE, a new double album featuring more than two hours of new reimagined arrangements of some Zimmer’s popular compositions. The album was recorded during the concert tour of the same title in Europe in spring of 2022. Among the new “suites” created for the concert and featured on the release are Dune, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, Man of Steel, No Time to Die, Pirates of the Caribbean and Wonder Woman 1984. The album will released digitally in stereo and the immersive formats Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 RA, as well as a 2-CD DigiPac and a limited 4 x 180 g audiophile vinyl set on March 3, 2023. The 2-CD version is now available for pre-order on Amazon and the vinyl edition can be pre-ordered here. A first suite (The Last Samurai) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below.

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‘The Ring’ 20th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced

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La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2002 supernatural horror film The Ring directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Jane Alexander, David Dorfman and Brian Cox. The 2-CD set features the original score from the DreamWorks Pictures production composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception, Man of Steel, Pirates of the Caribbean) on the first disc and seventeen bonus tracks on the second disc. The album, which is limited to 3,000 copies and is being released to coincide with the movie’s 20th anniversary, will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today.

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Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro Scoring Peacock’s ‘The Calling’

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Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception) & Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, Army of Thieves, The Rhythm Section) have been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock original series The Calling. The show is developed by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, Big Little Lies) based on Dror Mishani’s series of books and stars Jeff Willbusch, Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley. The crime drama tells the story of a NYPD Detective guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles who is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.

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