Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Hell of a Summer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay McCarrol (BlackBerry, The Kid Detective, The Dirties, Operation Avalanche). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download only in the U.S. on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Hell of a Summer is directed by Finn Wolfhard & Billy Byrk and stars Fred Hechinger, Wolfhard & Bryk themselves, Abby Quinn, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Adam Pally and Krista Nazaire. The movie follows a 24-year-old camp counselor thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers, when he learns that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 4, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure comedy A Minecraft Movie directed by Jared Hess and starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen and Jennifer Coolidge. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21/22 Jump Street). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Black, Bret McKenzie, Dayglow, Dirty Honey, Jamieson Shaw & BENEE last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to check out the music team credits of the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the horror comedy Hell of a Summer directed by Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk and starring Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, Wolfhard & Bryk themselves, Adam Pally, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Krista Nazaire. Jay McCarrol (BlackBerry, The Kid Detective, The Dirties, Operation Avalanche) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Neon.
Jay McCarrol Scoring Finn Wolfhard’s & Billy Bryk’s ‘Hell of a Summer’
Jay McCarrol (BlackBerry, The Kid Detective, Operation Avalanche, The Dirties) has recently scored the upcoming slasher comedy Hell of a Summer. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actors Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk and stars Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, Wolfhard & Bryk themselves, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, Adam Pally, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Krista Nazaire. The movie follows two horny teenagers looking to score with their fellow counsellors of a summer camp in a fight to survive the night after a slasher begins to wreak havoc the weekend before the campers are due to arrive.