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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 2, 2021)

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Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the monster movie Godzilla vs. Kong directed by Adam Wingard and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Kyle Chandler, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González and Demian Bichir. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Deadpool,  Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Alita: Battle Angel). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the movie last Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Legendary Pictures production, which is now also available to stream on HBO Max.

Opening exclusively in theaters nationwide today is the supernatural horror thriller The Unholy written and directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos and starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Katie Aselton, William Sadler, Cricket Brown, Diogo Morgado and Cary Elwes. Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, Dark Skies, The Curse of La Llorona) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is expected to be released by Sony Classical soon. Check out our previous news article for more information about the Screen Gems/Sony Pictures release.

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Joseph Bishara Scoring Evan Spiliotopoulos’ ‘The Unholy’

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Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, The Curse of La Llorona) has composed the original music for the supernatural horror thriller The Unholy. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos (Beauty and the Beast, Hercules) and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Katie Aselton, William Sadler, Diogo Morgado, Cricket Brown, Marina Mazepa, Christine Adams, Bates Wilde and Cary Elwes. The movie is based on James Herbert’s best-selling novel Shrine and centers on a disgraced journalist who discovers a series of divine miracles in a small New England town that has been touched by the apparition of the Virgin Mary and uses them to resurrect his career.

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‘Body Cam’ Soundtrack to Be Released

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Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Body Cam. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, Dark Skies). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released Mary J. Blige’s original song Can’t Be Life from the movie. Body Cam is directed by Malik Vitthal and stars Mary J. BligeNat Wolff andDavid Zayas. The movie follows a police officer investigating a fellow officer’s murder who discovers an evil spirit targeting the cops in her unit, uncovering a sinister secret surrounding the shooting and cover up of an unarmed youth.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 22, 2020)

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Opening in virtual theaters and on VOD today is the British musical comedy drama Military Wives directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Crown, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie performed by the film’s cast and the Military Wives Choirs back in March when the film opened overseas. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Bleecker Street release.

Also opening on VOD today is the thriller Survive the Night directed by Matt Eskandari and starring Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis, Shea Buckner, Tyler Jon Olson, Lydia Hull, Riley Wolfe Rach, Jessica Abrams, Sara Lynn Holbrook and Jef Holbrook. Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Detroit: Become Human, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs) has composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack album announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Saban Films release.

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Joseph Bishara to Return for ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’

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Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema have confirmed that Joseph Bishara will return as the composer for the horror sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The film is directed by Michael Chaves and stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga who reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren. They are joined by Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook and Julian Hilliard. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Orphan) wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and James Wan (Aquaman, Furious 7, Insidious) who is producing the project with Peter Safran (Shazam!, The Nun).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 28, 2019)

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Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the horror sequel Annabelle Comes Home directed Gary Dauberman and starring McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, The Prodigy, Dark Skies). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Opening nationwide today is the musical comedy drama Yesterday directed by Danny Boyle and starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon and Ed Sheeran. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) has composed the film’s original score. Universal Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the Beatles covers (performed by Patel) as featured in the movie, as well as tracks by Pemberton. Click here for the full album details. 

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‘Annabelle Comes Home’ Soundtrack Details

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WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the horror sequel Annabelle Comes Home. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, The Prodigy, Dark Skies) who previously scored the original 2014 Annabelle movie. The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, June 21 and will be available to download on Amazon. Annabelle Comes Home is directed Gary Dauberman (who scripted the previous two Annabelle movies) and stars McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. The James Wan-produced movie follows the daughter of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warre (from The Conjuring franchise) who is targeted alongside her two teen babysitters by the demonic doll after they bring it home into their artifact room.

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Joseph Bishara Scoring Malik Vitthal’s ‘Body Cam’

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Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle) has recently scored the upcoming horror thriller Body Cam. The film is directed by Malik Vitthal (Imperial Dreams) and stars Mary J. Blige, Nat Wolff, Theo Rossi, Anika Noni Rose and David Zayas. The movie follows several LAPD officers involved with covering up a murder by getting rid of their body cam video footage who find themselves haunted by an evil spirit. Nicholas McCarthy (The Prodigy, The Pact) and John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) wrote screenplay based on earlier version penned by Richmond Riedel.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 19, 2019)

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Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller The Curse of La Llorona directed by Michael Chaves and starring Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez and Raymond Cruz. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Insidious, The Prodigy). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the faith-based drama Breakthrough directed by Roxann Dawson and starring Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Sam Trammell, Marcel Ruiz and Dennis Haysbert. Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Affair, The Good Shepherd) has composed the film’s original score. Fox Music has released as soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more details). Mercury Nashville has released a separate album featuring the songs from & inspired by the movie, including an original track written by Diane Warren and performed by Metz (click here for more information).

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‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Soundtrack Details

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The full details of the soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller The Curse of La Llorona have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Insidious, The Prodigy). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically tomorrow, April 12 by WaterTower Music. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to download the album. The Curse of La Llorona is directed by Michael Chaves and stars Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez and Raymond Cruz. The movie produced by James Wan follows a social worker who, while investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children, discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy.

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