Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Kill Your Darlings. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret, Joshua). Also included are three tracks featured in the film by vocalist Catherine Russell accompanied by Grammy winner Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kill Your Darlings is directed by John Krokidas and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Cross and Elizabeth Olsen. The film tells the story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is currently playing in select theaters.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 18, 2013)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Carrie 
directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Gabriella Wilde, Alex Russell and Ansel Elgort. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Rogue Wave, Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, The Naked and Famous and The Civil Wars. Check our our previous article for the full details. The movie’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (I, Robot, Live Free or Die Hard, The Wolverine). Sony Classical has released the composer’s score earlier this week. To listen to audio clips and find out more about the album, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Also opening wide this week is the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate directed by Bill Condon and starringBenedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, Stanley Tucci, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander and Carice van Houten. The film’s original score is composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, Being John Malkovich). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the film by Amon Tobin, Yppah, Tame Impala and Emika. Check out our previous news article for the full details and click here for the label’s official soundtrack audio preview.
Nico Muhly Scoring ‘Kill Your Darlings’
Nico Muhly is the composer of the upcoming drama Kill Your Darlings. The film is directed by John Krokidas and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Elizabeth Olsen, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Huston. The movie tells the previously untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to the Beat Generation. Krokidas has also co-written the screenplay with Austin Bunn and is producing the Killer Films and Benaroya Pictures Pictures with Michael Benaroya (Margin Call, Lawless), Christine Vachon (Far from Heaven, Boys Don’t Cry) and Rose Ganguzza.