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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 27, 2013)

Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

cloudy-2Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated film sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 directed by Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn and featuring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Terry Crews and Kristen Schaal. Mark Mothersbaugh who has previously scored the original 2009 film, as well as Hotel Transylvania for Sony Pictures Animation has composed the movie’s score. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. To learn more about the animated feature, visit the official movie website.

don-jonAlso opening wide is the indie comedy Don Jon written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and starring himself, as well as Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Brie Larson and Tony Danza. Nathan Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Brothers Bloom) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be announced soon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Also visit the composer’s official website for a video featuring Johnson and Jonny Rodgers performing a theme for the film on guitar. The comedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Relativity Media for domestic distribution. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.

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‘We Are What We Are’ Soundtrack Details

we-are-what-we-areMilan Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller We Are What We Are. The album features the film’s original score composed by Philip Mossman & Darren Morris and Jeff Grace (Stake Land, Meek’s Cutoff). Also included are two songs by Tommy Strange & The Features and Nick Garrie. The soundtrack will be released on September 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. We Are What We Are is directed by Jim Mickle and stars Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell, Nick Damici and Kelly McGillis. The movie is a remake of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name and follows a family of cannibals who, after the death of the father, try to continue a ritualistic tradition of kidnapping and eating other humans. The thriller premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by Entertainment One Films for a theatrical release on September 27, 2013.

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Jeff Grace to Score ‘Night Moves’ and ‘Cold Comes the Night’

jeff-graceJeff Grace is reuniting with director Kelly Reichardt on the upcoming thriller Night Moves. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard as three radical environmentalists who come together to blow up a hydroelectric dam – the very source and symbol of the resource-devouring industrial culture they despise. Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) co-wrote the script with Jonathan Raymond (Mildred Pierce). Neil Kopp (Paranoid Park) & Anish Savjani are producing the independent feature with Chris Maybach & Saemi Kim (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Rodrigo Teixeira (Frances Ha). Grace has previously collaborated with the director on the 2010 western Meek’s Cutoff starring Michelle Williams. 

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‘The Innkeepers’ Soundtrack Released

MovieScoreMedia’s Screamworks Records label has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Innkeepers. The album features the original score from the movie by composer Jeff Grace. The soundtrack was released digitally earlier this week and is available to download on iTunes. A limited CD edition is coming out on February 7, 2012 and can be pre-ordered on Screen Archives. For audio clips and more details on the album, visit MovieScoreMedia’s website. Grace’s best known previous credits include Ti West’s The House of the Devil, the Michelle Williams-starring western Meek’s Cutoff and last year’s horror film Stake Land. The Innkeepers directed by Ti West and starring Sara Paxton and Pat Healey centers on the last two employees at a haunted hotel that’s going out of business.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 22, 2011)

Three new movies are opening wide this Easter weekend:

The period drama Water for Elephants directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook features music by James Newton Howard. A soundtrack album including the original score, as well as a couple of songs from the film has been released by Sony Masterworks. Check out our soundtrack announcement for audio clips and more information on the album and the movie.

Also opening wide is Tyler Perry’s comedy Madea’s Big Happy Family starring Perry himself, as well as Loretta Devine and Bow Wow. The film’s score is by Aaron Zigman as announced earlier this year. While Tyler Perry’s movies usually get a soundtrack album, no release has been announced so far.

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