Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for James Franco’s drama In Dubious Battle. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, The Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 3, 2017. In Dubious Battle based on John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel of the same title stars Franco, Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston, Sam Shepard, Zach Braff and Josh Hutcherson. The movie centers on a labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers’ association in a California valley.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2017)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy epic The Great Wall directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang and Zheng Kai. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here for a video featurette on Djawadi’s music.
Also opening nationwide is the psychological thriller A Cure for Wellness directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs and Mia Goth. Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out, Hidden Figures, The Escapist, Desert Dancer) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Wallfisch about his work on the project. Also click here for a video about the scoring process.
Hauschka Scoring James Franco’s ‘In Dubious Battle’
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has recently composed the music for the upcoming indie drama In Dubious Battle. The film is directed by James Franco who also stars in the movie alongside Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston, Nat Wolff, Josh Hutcherson, Zach Braff, Analeigh Tipton, Ashley Greene, Ahna O’Reilly John Savage and Sam Shepard. The movie is based on John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel of the same title and centers on a labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers’ association in a California valley. Matt Rager (The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying) has written the screenplay.