Tag: John Powell

Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 23, 2022)

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Wilde herself, and KiKi Layne. The film’s original score is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon,  Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music last week (click here for the full album details) and a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (including an original track written by Styles) today (click here for more information).

Opening in around 900 U.S. theaters today is the British family adventure drama Railway Children directed by Morgan Matthews and starring Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay, John Bradley, Beau Gadsdon and K.J. Aikens. Edward Farmer (Prince Philip: The Man Behind the Crown, DNA Family Secrets,) and Martin Phipps (The Crown, The Aftermath, Woman in Gold) have composed the film’s original music. MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this year when the movie opened overseas (under the title The Railway Children Return). Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blue Fox Entertainment release.

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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Soundtrack Album Details

WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Bolt, X-Men: The Last Stand). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 16 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. A CD and vinyl edition is also in the works. Don’t Worry Darling is directed by Olivia Wilde and stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Wilde herself, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne and Chris Pine. The New Line Cinema production follows a 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community who begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.

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‘The Bourne Identity’ Tumescent Edition Soundtrack Album Announced

Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD Club series, including a new deluxe soundtrack album for the 2002 action thriller The Bourne Identity directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The Tumescent Edition features the expanded original score from film composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Shrek, Bolt, X-Men: The Last Stand, Hancock), including previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 1,500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples.

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‘Ice Age: Scrat Tales’ Soundtrack Album Details

Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ animated shorts series Ice Age: Scrat Tales. The album features the original score from the show composed by Batu Sener who has previously scored this year’s movie The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. Also included is an original end titles track composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet) who composed the music for three of the original theatrical Ice Age features. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Ice Age: Scrat Tales starring Chris Wedges as the voice of Scrat and Karl Wahlgren as Baby Scrat revolves around the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the Ice Age adventures who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood.

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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Announced

Varese Sarabande has announced a new soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s 2014 sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 directed by Dean DeBlois and starring Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Bolt, X-Men: The Last Stand, Shrek, Chicken Run), including previously unreleased music. The 2-CD deluxe edition set, which is limited to 2,000 copies, is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. A digital version will coming out on May 13 (click here to stream/download). The label has previously released a deluxe edition for the original How to Train Your Dragon movie in 2020.

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Batu Sener Scoring Disney+’s ‘Ice Age: Scrat Tales’

Batu Sener has composed the original score for the upcoming Disney+ animated shorts series Ice Age: Scrat Tales. John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet) has contributed the end titles track for the show starring Chris Wedges as the voice of Scrat and Karl Wahlgren as Baby Scrat. The six shorts revolve around the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the Ice Age adventures who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn.

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John Powell Scoring Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’

John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Bolt, United 93, Face/Off, Chicken Run) has recently been scoring the upcoming psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling. The film is directed by Olivia Wilde (Booksmart) and stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, KiKi Layne, Gemma Chan, Chris Pine, Nick Kroll and Wilde herself. The movie revolves around a 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community who begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.

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‘The Matrix’ Complete Edition & ‘Paycheck’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Albums Announced

Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD club series, including a new soundtrack album for the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix directed by the Wachowski siblings and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano and Hugo Weaving. The album features the complete score from the film composed and conducted by Don Davis (The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Jurassic Park 3, Bound), including several previously unreleased tracks. The 2-CD set of The Complete Edition, which is limited to 2,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples. The album is also being released as a 2-SACD set limited to 1,000 copies (click here to order). The label has previously announced a vinyl edition featuring the composer’s complete score (to be released tomorrow, Record Store Day, June 12).

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2021)

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series All Creatures Great and Small written by Ben Vanstone based on the classic BBC programme, directed by Brian Percival and starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse and Rachel Shenton The show’s original music is composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild). All3Media & Playground Television have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the drama premiered in the UK last year. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will air in the U.S. on PBS.

Also premiering today is the HBO documentary Tiger directed by Matthew Heineman & Matthew Hamachek about the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior, Birth of the Dragon, Sea of Shadows) has composed the original music for the 2-parter. Check out our previous news article for more information about the documentary, which is premiering on HBO today and next Sunday, January 17 and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

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John Powell Scoring Doug Liman’s ‘Locked Down’

Composer John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Shrek, Chicken Run) is reteaming with director Doug Liman on the upcoming romantic comedy/heist movie Locked Down. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a couple who find life has other plans when they are stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown and call a truce to attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at one of the world’s most exclusive department store, Harrods. Ben Stiller, Stephen Merchant, Lucy Boynton, Ben Kingsley, Mindy Kaling and Dule Hill are co-starring. Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Eastern Promises) wrote the screenplay.

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