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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 13, 2020)

The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Freaky co-written and directed by Christopher Landon and starring Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor, Katie Finneran, Dana Drori, Misha Osherovich, Uriah Shelton and Alan Ruck. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day,  Outlander, Battlestar Galactica). Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Opening in select theaters today is the comdedy The Climb co-written and directed by Michael Angelo Covino and starring Covino himself, alongside Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam, George Wendt and Judith Godréche. Jon Natchez & Martin Mabz have composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows two lifelong friends who are out for a bike ride through the mountains in the South of France when one of them confesses that he slept with the other’s fiancé premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being released stateside by Sony Pictures Classics.

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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Soundtrack Album Details

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack for the Netflix original film Hillbilly Elegy. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, The Thin Red Line, Rain Man) & David Fleming (Blue Planet II, The Perfect Guy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 20 (visit Amazon to stream/download the album) and physically in early December. Hillbilly Elegy is directed by Ron Howard and stars Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins and Owen Asztalos. The movie is based on J.D. Vance’s memoir of the same title about a Yale Law student who gets pulled back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

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Hans Zimmer to Reteam with Ron Howard on ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Hans Zimmer is reteaming with director Ron Howard on the upcoming Netflix original film Hillbilly Elegy. The film starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins and Owen Asztalo is based on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance and follows a Yale law student who drawn back to his hometown grapples with family history, Appalachian values and the American dream. Vanessa Taylor (The Shape of Water, Divergent) wrote the screenplay. Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) is also producing the project with Brian Grazer (Friday Night Lights, 24) and Karen Lunder (Gifted) for Imagine Entertainment.

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