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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 18, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Smile 2 written and directed by Parker Finn and starring Naomi Scott, Kyle Gallner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Lukas Gage, Ray Nicholson and Dylan Gelula. The film’s original score is composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus, Utopia, The Third Day, The Girl with All the Gifts) who previously scored the 2022 original movie. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring the original songs from the movie performed by Scott (as her character Skye Riley) last Friday. A separate score album is expected to be coming out next week. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and click here for the full details of the song EP and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide is the comedy Goodrich written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and starring Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Lauren Benanti, Carmen Ejogo, Kevin Pollak, Michael Urie, Danny Deferrari, Nico Haraga, Viven Lyra Blair and Andie MacDowell. Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Veep, Schmigadoon!,The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Old Dads) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Ketchup Entertainment.

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‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Soundtrack Released

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Kensuke’s Kingdom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stuart Hancock (Atlantis, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Crazyhead, One Night in Turin, Bodyguard: A New Beginning). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end titles suite after the jump. Kensuke’s Kingdom is directed by Neil Boyle & Kirk Hendry and features the voice talent of Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Aaron MacGregor, Raffey Cassidy and Ken Watanabe. The Lupus Films production is based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel of the same title and tells the story of a boy who is thrown overboard during a storm while traveling with his family and gets stranded on an island, where he must adapt to life alone.

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