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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 6, 2012)

Three new movies are opening in wide release this week:

Already in theaters since this past Tuesday is the comic boot film reboot The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as The Lizard, as well as Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Denis Leary. The film’s music is composed and conducted by James Horner. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the track list and audio clips, and click here for a montage including highlights from the score.

Also opening wide is the crime drama Savages directed by Oliver Stone and starring Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Uma Thurman, Emile Hirsch, Demian Bichir, Joel David Moore and John Travolta. Adam Peters has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music and Varese Sarabande have released a soundtrack album featuring selections from the score, as well as some of the movie’s songs by artists including Bob Dylan, Peter Tosh, Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation. Visit our soundtrack announcement for audio clips and more information. Also check out interviews with Peters in Variety and Film Music Magazine, as well as an audio interview on Movie Geeks United and a video interview from the film’s LA red carpet premiere with The Wrap.

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‘Katy Perry: Part of Me’ to Feature Music by Deborah Lurie

Deborah Lurie has written the underscore for the upcoming documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me. The 3D concert film is directed by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz and takes a look at the international superstar’s life both on- and off-stage. The movie documents Perry’s California Dreams Tour (consisting of 124 performances), which started over a year ago. Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) is producing the documentary for Imagine Entertainment, alongside Perry herself, as well as Martin Kirkup, Bradford Cobb and Steven Jensen of Direct Management. Craig Brewer who has collaborated with Lurie on last year’s Footloose is among the executive producers of the project. Lurie has previously scored last year’s hit documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, which was produced by Cutforth and Lipsitz. Katy Perry: Part of Me will be released nationwide on July 5, 2012 by Paramount’s Insurge Pictures.

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