Composer Koji Endo is reteaming with director on the upcoming action thriller Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo. The film starring Shun Oguri, Lily James, Shotaro Mamiya, Liv Morgan, Hiroshi Tachi & Jun Kunimura follows a disgraced Tokyo detective who spirals into a world of corruption, addiction, and violence as he becomes entangled in a twister investigation involving an enigmatic FBI agent, a vengeful ex-Yakuza, and a missing daughter of a powerful American family. Daisuke Tengan wrote the screenplay.
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‘The Great Yokai War: Guardians’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Rambling Records will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese fantasy adventure The Great Yokai War: Guardians (Yokai Daisenso: Guardians). The album features the film’s original music composed by Koji Endo (13 Assassins, Mojin: The Lost Legend, First Love, Blade of the Immortal) who previously scored the original 2005 The Great Yokai War movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 4, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list (in Japanese). The Great Yokai War: Guardians is directed by Takashi Miike and stars Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Sakura Ando, Takahiro Miura, Yuko Oshima, Eiji Akaso, Renji Ishibashi and Kenichi Endō.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 3, 2017)
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok directed by Taika Waititi and starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums). Hollywood Records/Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Visit our previous article for the full album details.
Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the comedy A Bad Moms Christmas written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore and starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jay Hernandez, Cheryl Hines, Peter Gallagher, Justin Hartley, David Walton, Christine Baranski and Susan Sarandon. Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Baywatch, Ride Along, Agent Carter) who previously scored the original film has composed the sequel’s score.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 29, 2011)
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expecting to enjoy the biggest box office debut of the year so far is the action sequel Fast Five. The film’s music is composed by Brian Tyler. Check out our news entry from yesterday for a video interview with Tyler and recording sessions footage from the project. A score album will be released next Tuesday by Varese Sarabande and is already available on iTunes and a song album with three score cues is coming out on ABCKO Records.
Also opening wide is the teen comedy Prom directed by Joe Nussbaum. The film’s score is by Deborah Lurie. As reported earlier this month, a soundtrack with songs from the movie has been released by Hollywood Records, but none of Lurie’s original score is included.