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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 31, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Dog Man written and directed by Peter Hastings and starring Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Poppy Liu,  Isla Fisher, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Root and Billy Boyd. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Knuckles, Early Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Book Club: The New Chapter). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song by Yung Gravy feat. James Brown today. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Also opening wide is the sci-fi/horror movie Companion written and directed by Drew Hancock and starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén, Megan Suri and Rupert Friend. Hrishikesh Hirway (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date) has composed the film’s original music, including a main theme performed by Thatcher. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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‘Companion’ Soundtrack Album Released

WaterTower Music has released the full soundtrack album for the horror feature Companion. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hrishikesh Hirway (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released the composer’s Iris’s Theme feat. vocals by lead actress Sophie Thatcher as a digital single last week. A vinyl edition will be released by Mutant. Companion is written and directed by Drew Hancock and stars Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Megan Suri, Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend. The movie produced by Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger & Roy Lee is being described as a “new kind of love story.”

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Hrishikesh Hirway’s ‘Iris’s Theme’ from ‘Companion’ Released

WaterTower Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the horror movie Companion. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Iris’s Theme written by the film’s composer Hrishikesh Hirway (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date) and featuring vocals by lead actress Sophie Thatcher. Also listen to the track below and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album, which will be released later this month. Companion is written and directed by Drew Hancock and also stars Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend.

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Hrishikesh Hirway Scoring Drew Hancock’s ‘Companion’

Hrishikesh Hirway (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date), best known as the host/founder of Song Exploder, has composed the original music for the upcoming thriller Companion. The film is written and directed by Drew Hancock and stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén, Megan Suri and Rupert Friend. No plot details have been announced yet for the New Line Cinema production. Zach Cregger (Barbarian), Raphael Margules & J.D. Lifshitz (Becky, The Vigil) are producing the project for BoulderLight Pictures, alongside Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (It, The Lego Batman Movie).

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 11, 2018)

Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Here and Now created by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, True Blood) and starring Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson and Peter Macdissi. Michael Penn (Girls, Masters of Sex, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the drama, which revolves around a progressive multi-ethnic family – a professor, his wife, and their children – and a contemporary Muslim family, headed by the psychiatrist treating one of their kids, and which will air every Sunday night on HBO, visit the official show website.

Also premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Our Cartoon President created by Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Matt Lapin, Tim Luecke & R.J. Fried and featuring the voices of Jeff Bergman, Cody Lindquist, William Sadler and Emily Lynne. The show’s original music is composed by Gabriel Gundacker who also voicing the characters of Donald Trump Jr. and Stephen Miller. To learn more about the series, which follows the Commander-in-Chief as he opens the White House doors for a look at a typical day in the life of the President of the United States, his advisors, and family members, visit the official show website.

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Hrishikesh Hirway Scoring Netflix’s ‘Everything Sucks!’

Hrishikesh Hirway announced on Twitter that he has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original series Everything Sucks!. The show is created by Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Breathe In) & Michael Mohan and stars Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Peyton Kennedy, Patch Darragh, Claudine Nako, Sydney Sweeney, Elijah Stevenson, Quinn Liebling and Rio Mangini. The comedy is set in 1996 Oregon and centers on two colliding groups of high school misfits – the AV club and the drama club.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 14, 2012)

One movie is opening in wide release this weekend:

Expected to beat box office opening weekend records for the month of December is the fantasy movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey directed by Peter Jackson and starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm and Elijah Wood. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Howard Shore who has previously scored The Lord of the Rings trilogy. WaterTower Music has released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score, including a standard and deluxe edition. Also featured on both albums is the original song Song of the Lonely Mountain written and performed by Neil Finn. To listen to audio clips and to check out the full details, visit our previous article. Also visit Classic FM for a recent interview with Shore about his music for the film and check out a video featurette on the score on EW.com.

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‘Save the Date’ Soundtrack Details

Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy Save the Date. The album features the film’s songs by artists including Wilco, Daniel Hart, Giorgio Moroder, Wolfbird, Houses, Nick Waterhouse, Arum Rae, Class Actress, The One AM Radio and Charles Bradley feat. Menahan Street Band. Also included is one track from the film’s score composed by Hrishikesh Hirway. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 6, 2012 and physically on November 20. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Save the Date is directed by Michael Mohan and stars Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Mark Webber, Geoffrey Arend, Martin Starr, Melonie Diaz and Timothy Busfield. The comedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Films for a theatrical release on December 14, 2012 and a VOD release on November 8.

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Sundance 2012 Film Music Roundup (Part 4)

Also check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of our roundup of the music and composers of the movies premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

One of the best received films that premiered at the festival is the drama Smashed directed by James Ponsoldt (Off the Black). The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul as s a married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol and whose relationship is put to the test when the wife decides to get sober. The cast also includes Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally and Mary Kay Place. Ponsoldt co-wrote the screenplay with Susan Burke and Jennifer Cochis, Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling (Like Crazy) are producing. The film’s music is written by Andy Cabic and Eric D. Johnson. While the project marks Cabic’s feature scoring debut, Johnson has previously written the music for the Uma Thurman-starring romance Ceremony and co-scored last year’s indie comedy Our Idiot Brother starring Paul Rudd.

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