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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 6, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Y2K co-written and directed by Kyle Mooney and starring Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding and The Kid Laroi. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, Speak No Evil, The White Tiger, The Outsider,  The Staircase, The Gift, Tokyo Vice) have composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by A24.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller Werewolves directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, James Michael Cummings, Ilfenesh Hadera and Lou Diamond Phillips. The Newton Brothers (X-Men ’97, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, The Fall of the House of Usher) have composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Click here for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment.

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‘The End’ Soundtrack Album Released

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the movie musical The End. The album features the film’s original songs written by Joshua Schmidt, with lyrics by director Joshua Oppenheimer and performed by cast members including Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Lennie James, Tim McInnerny & Michael Shannon, as well as the original score composed by Schmidt and Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Strange Magic, Navalny) who also serves as an executive producer on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Schmidt’s “overture”, the first song (A Wonderful Gift) and score track (Son) after the jump. The End co-written and directed by Oppenheimer is set 25 years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable and follows a family who are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life – until the arrival of a stranger upends their happy routine.

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