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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 1, 2024)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, Christopher Walken, Dave Bautista, Léa Seydoux and Javier Bardem. The film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar, The Last Samurai). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Opening in Los Angeles and New York today before expanding to more markets in the coming weeks is the comedy Problemista written and directed by Julio Torres and starring Torres himself, Tilda Swinton, Greta Lee, RZA, James Scully, Isabella Rossellini and Catalina Saavedra. Robert Ouyang Rusli (aka OHYUNG) (Test Pattern, Bruiser) has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on March 15. Check out our soundtrack announcement from last summer (when the movie was originally set to be released) for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release.

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Hans Zimmer & James Everingham (feat. Shashwat Sachdev) to Compose Title Theme & Score for BBC’s ‘Virdee’

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BBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar) & James Everingham (Apollo: Missions to the Moon, The Real Right Stuff) feat. Shashwat Sachdev (Uri: The Surgical Strike, Selection Day) will compose the title theme and original score for the upcoming BBC series Virdee  for Bleeding Fingers Music. Trainees from Screen Academy Bradford will also be joining Bleeding Fingers to get a hands-on experience of composing for screen and to assist with the composing of the series score. The show is created by AA Dhand based on his own novels and stars Staz Nair, Aysha Kala, Nina Singh, Kulvinder Ghir, Vikash Bhai and Sudha Bhuchar. The 6-part crime thriller directed by Mark Tonderai (Spell, House at the End of the Street) follows a cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying a Muslim who must hunt down a serial killer targeting the Asian community.

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Soundtrack Album Details

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WaterTower Music has announced the details of the soundtrack album for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar, The Last Samurai). The soundtrack will be released on February 23 in standard, Dolby Atmos, CD and vinyl formats. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and check back on this page for the purchase links of the physical editions.  Two first tracks (A Time of Quiet Between the Storms & Harvester Attack) have already been released today. The label has previously released Zimmer’s Academy Award-winning score from the first movie in 2021.

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First Tracks from Hans Zimmer’s ‘Dune: Part Two’ Score Released

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WaterTower Music has released the first two tracks from the soundtrack for Denis Villneueve’s Dune: Part Two. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms are A Time of Quiet Between the Storms / Harvester Attack written by the film’s composer Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man) who received his second Academy Award for the first Dune movie. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. The full soundtrack album will be released on February 23.

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Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro Scoring DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’

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Hans Zimmer (The Lion King,  Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Dune,Inception, Interstellar) and Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section) have recently recorded their score for the upcoming animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4. The film is directed by Mike Mitchell (Trolls, Sky High), co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and stars Jack Black who returns in the title role, as well as Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane and Ke Huy Quan. The movie follows Po as he embarks on a journey to fulfill his destiny as the next Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, but must first find a worthy successor to carry on the legacy of the Dragon Warrior.

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‘Planet Earth III’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Silva Screen Records will release the official soundtrack album for BBC’s natural history series Planet Earth III. The album features the music from the show, including the main themes written by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight,Dune, Inception), Jacob Shea (Seven Worlds One Planet, Blue Planet II) and Sara Barone (Grimcutty) and the original score composed by Shea & Barone for Bleeding Fingers Music. Bastille’s Dan Smith has collaborated with the composers on the score and his vocals are featured on the project’s opening title theme. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on December 8. Click here to stream/download the album and visit Amazon to order the CD version. A first track (Planet Earth III Suite) is coming out November 2 and can be checked out below. Planet Earth III is presented by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Mike Gunton and travels to new, previously unseen locations to explore stunning landscapes.

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Hans Zimmer to Score Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’

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Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Dune, Inception) is set to score the upcoming survival thriller Eden. The film is directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) and stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby Sydney Sweeney and Daniel Bruhl. The movie is based on an unsolved mystery that unfolded on a remote island in the Galapagos and charts the lengths humans will go in pursuit of happiness. Noah Pink (Genius, Tetris) wrote the screenplay.

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Expanded ‘The Rock’ Soundtrack Album Announced

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Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1996 action thriller The Rock directed by Michael Bay and starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, William Forsythe, Claire Forlani and Michael Biehn. The album features the complete original score from the Hollywood Pictures production composed and produced by Nick Glennie-Smith (The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers, Secretariat), Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator) & Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian), including previously unreleased music, as well as alternate tracks and demos. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release, and will also be available to purchase on Amazon within the next days.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 1, 2023)

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Premiering in the U.S. today is the French-Canadian limited series The Night Logan Woke Up written and directed by Xavier Nolan and starring Julie Le Breton, Anne Dorval, Jasmine Lemée, Patrick Hivon and Pier-Gabriel Lajoie. The show’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Dune, Gladiator) and David Fleming (The Last of Us, Hillbilly Elegy). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 5-part thriller, which will be available to stream on Netflix.

Also making its U.S. debut today is the Italian/French TV series Django created by Leonardo Fasoli & Maddalena Ravagli and starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Nicholas Pinnock, Lisa Vicari and Noomi Rapace. Mokadelic (Gomorrah, Romulus, The Immortal) have composed the show’s original music. Radiocattleya has released a soundtrack featuring the psychedelic post-rock collective’s score earlier this year when the series premiered overseas on Sky. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the 10-part western, which will also be available to stream on Netflix.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 29, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller The Creator directed by Gareth Edwards and starring John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson and Allison Janney. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening wide is the horror movie Saw X directed by Kevin Greutert and starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Michael Beach, Steven Brand and Renata Vaca. Charlie Clouser (Saw, Resident Evil: Extinction, Numbers, Dead Silence, Wayward Pines) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.

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