Music.Film Recordings/Varese Sarabande have released a soundtrack album for the British mystery thriller Gwen. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Final Score, The Courier, Heist). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Gwen is directed by William McGregor and stars Maxine Peake, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jodie Innes, Richard Harrington, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Mark Lewis Jones. The movie revolves around a young girl struggling with her mother’s unusual illness, her father’s absence and the suspicious local community that has turned on them.
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‘The Courier’ Soundtrack Released
Varese Sarabande and Music.Film Recordings have released a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Courier. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Mara) and Tim Despic (Precious Cargo, Final Score, Heist). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Courier is directed by Zackary Adler and stars Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Greg Orvis Conway, Craig Conway, William Moseley and Dermot Mulroney. The movie follows a female motorcycle courier who must fight off a sadistic crime bosses henchmen in order to protect the one witness that can bring him down.
Weekly Film Roundup (November 22, 2019)
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Frozen II directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee and starring Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad. Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, The Muppets, Edge of Tomorrow) has composed the film’s original score and Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez have composed the original songs. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs, as well as a deluxe edition featuring both songs and score. Click here for more information.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood directed by Marielle Heller and starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Cooper. The film’s original music is composed by Nate Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Diary of a Teenage Girl). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 16, 2019)
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Already playing in theaters since this past Tuesday is the animated sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2 directed by Thurop Van Orman and starring Jason Sudeikis, Danny McBride, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage and Leslie Jones. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Smurfs). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Click here for the full album details Also available now is Luke Combs’ original song Let’s Just Be Friends from the movie (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the shark thriller 47 Meters Down: Uncaged directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju, Sistine Stallone, Davi Santos, Khylin Rhambo, Brec Bassinger, John Corbett and Nia Long. tomandandy (The Strangers, Resident Evil: Retribution, The Mothman Prophecies) have composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
James Edward Barker to Score Zackary Adler’s ‘The Courier’
James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Heist, Precious Cargo, Mara) has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller The Courier. The film is directed by Zackary Adler and stars Gary Oldman, Dermot Mulroney and Olga Kurylenko. The movie follows a courier whose daily deliveries are interrupted when she discovers her latest package is a bomb aimed at the witness of a crime lord’s murder and embarks on a race against time to save the target from corrupt CIA agents and Russian mercenaries.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 14, 2018)
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action thriller The Predator directed by Shane Black and starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown and Yvonne Strahovski. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring three tracks from the composer’s score today and will release a full soundtrack album later this month. Click here for more information.
Also opening wide is the thriller A Simple Favor directed by Paul Feig and starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Linda Cardellini, Jean Smart and Rupert Friend. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder, Ghostbusters, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 7, 2018)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the supernatural horror thriller The Nun directed by Corin Hardy and starring Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, Ingrid Bisu and Bonnie Aarons. The film’s original music is composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, W.E., Nocturnal Animals, Romeo & Juliet). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Peppermint directed by Pierre Morel and starring Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr. and Juan Pablo Raba. Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Ice, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as two songs by Geno Lenardo and Ash Costello. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
‘Final Score’ Soundtrack Released
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Final Score. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Mara) and Tim Despic (Heist, Precious Cargo). The soundtrack is now available digitally. Visit Amazon to download the composers’ score and listen to audio samples. Final Score is directed by Scott Mann and stars Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, Julian Cheung, Lara Peake, Alexandra Dinu and Ralph Brown. The movie follows an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills who wages a one-man war to save his abducted niece at a soccer match and prevent mass destruction.
‘Mara’ Soundtrack Released
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Mara. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Heist, Precious Cargo, Final Score). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Mara is directed by Clive Tonge and stars Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet and Mitch Eakins. The movie revolves around a criminal psychologist who unearths a community of people who claim to be tormented by a shadowy menace, a centuries-old demon who kills her victims as they sleep.
James Edward Barker to Score William McGregor’s ‘Gwen’
James Edward Barker has signed on to score the upcoming gothic mystery thriller Gwen. The film is written and directed by William McGregor and stars Maxine Peake, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jodie Innes, Richard Harrington, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Mark Lewis Jones. The movie centers on a young girl who desperately tries to hold her family together in the face of a hostile local community, a rapacious slate mine nearing their land and a growing darkness that has begun to haunt her home life.