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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2019)

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Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Jumanji: The Next Level directed by Jake Kasdan and starromh Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Danny Glover and Danny DeVito. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the drama Richard Jewell directed by Clint Eastwood starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde. Arturo Sandoval (The Mule, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, At Middleton) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album is expected to be released. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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‘A Hidden Life’ Soundtrack Details

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Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Terrence Malick’s drama A Hidden Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, Signs, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Maleficent). Also included are classical pieces by Handel, Dvorak and Gorecki as featured in the movie. The soundtrack is expected to be released on December 6 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Hidden Life is written and directed by Malick and stars August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Tobias Moretti, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Karin Neuhäuser and Ulrich Matthes.

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James Newton Howard Scoring Terrence Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’

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James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Sixth Sense) has composed the original music for the upcoming romantic drama A Hidden Life. The film is written and directed by Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven, Badlands) and stars August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Michael Nyqvist, Jürgen Prochnow, Martin Wuttke, Maria Simon, Franz Rogowski, Matthias Schoenaerts and Bruno Ganz. The movie tells the true story of Franz Jaegerstaetter, an Austrian farmer who, after Germany annexed Austria in 1938, refused to fight for the Third Reich.

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‘RoboCop 2’ & ‘Dreamcatcher’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Albums Announced

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Varese Sarabande has announced the newest titles in its CD Club series, including a deluxe soundtrack edition for the 1990 action sequel RoboCop 2 directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. The album features the expanded original score from the Orion Pictures production composed and conducted by Leonard Rosenman (Beneath The Planet of the Apes, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Fantastic Voyage), including over 40 minutes of previously unreleased music. The soundtrack, which is limited to 1,500 copies is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples.

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James Newton Howard to Score Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’

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James Newton Howard has signed on to score the upcoming action adventure Jungle Cruise. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, The Shallows, Unknown) and stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti and Jack Whitehall. The movie based on the Disney theme park attraction of the same name follows a boat captain who takes his sister and her brother on a mission to find a tree believed to possess healing powers. Johnson is also producing the project with Dany Garcia (Snitch) & Hiram Garcia (Rampage, Skyscraper), as well as Beau Flynn (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth), John Davis (Predator, I, Robot) and John Fox (Game Night, The Blacklist).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 2, 2018)

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Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the biographical drama Bohemian Rhapsody directed by Bryan Singer and starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film performed by Queen. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Fox release.

Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Keira Knigthley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense) has composed the film’s score based on themes from Tchaikovsky’s classic 1892 ballet score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well an original song performed by Andrea Bocelli. Click here for the full album details.

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‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Soundtrack Details

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Walt Disney Records has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The album features the film’s music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) based on themes from Tchaikovsky’s classic 1892 ballet score. The music was recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Pianist Lang Lang is featured as a soloist. Also included is the original song Fall On Me written by Ian Axel, Chad Vaccarino, Matteo Bocelli & Fortunato Zampaglione and performed by Andrea Bocelli feat. Matteo Bocelli. The soundtrack will be released on October 26, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (physical version) and here (digital version).

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‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Soundtrack Details

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WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, Signs) who previously scored 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The soundtrack will be released on November 9, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two full tracks are now already to download here. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is directed by David Yates and stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo and Poppy Corby-Tuech.

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Walt Disney Records to Release ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Soundtrack

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Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The album features the film’s music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive) and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The soundtrack will be released on October 26, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Keira Knighley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.

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Lionsgate Announces ‘The Hunger Games in Concert’ Global Tour

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Lionsgate announced today it will kick off its international tour of The Hunger Games in Concert with a July 12 world premiere in Manchester, UK. The event will feature a 60-piece orchestra performing the score from Academy Award-nominated composer James Newton Howard and will accompany an HD screening of the original 2012 The Hunger Games movie directed by Gary Ross and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth.

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