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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 20, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide is Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Mads Mikkelsen, Anika Noni Rose,Keith David, Seth Rogen, Thandiwe Newton, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.The film’s original songs are written by and the movie’s original score is composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto, Moana, Hamilton, In the Heights) and Dave Metzger (Wish, Tarzan & Jane, Brother Bear 2). Lebo M has provided additional music and performances and Mark Mancina has produced the songs with Miranda. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs and another album featuring the score, as well as a deluxe edition featuring both score and songs over the last week. Click here to check out the details of the deluxe edition version and for more information about the Walt Disney Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide is the action adventure comedy sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 3 directed by Jeff Fowler and starring Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz James Marsden, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, Krysten Ritter, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Lee Majdoub, Adam Pally and Shemar Moore. Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Godzilla vs. Kong, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Alita: Battle Angel) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide is the superhero movie Kraven the Hunter directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola, Fred Hechinger, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe. The show’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, The Flash, Shazam!, Hidden Figures) and Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Baby Reindeer, The Undoing, Loveless, Radioactive, Scenes from a Marriage,  Wizard of Lies). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide is the anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim directed by Kenji Kamiyama and starring Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto, Yazdan Qafouri, Luke Pasqualino, Benjamin Wainwright, Lorraine Ashbourne, Shaun Dooley, Jude Akuwudike, Laurence Ubong Williams, Janine Duvitski, Bilal Hasna and Michael Wildman. Stephen Gallagher (Mystic, Puppet Killer, Conquering Cancer) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, an original song by Paris Paloma & more last Friday. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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‘Carry-On’ Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Carry-On. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, His Dark Materials).  The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s Ethan’s Theme below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Carry-On is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Logan Marshall-Green, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi, Sinqua Walls, Josh Brener and Dean Norris. The thriller follows an airport security agent as he races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.

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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Soundtrack Album Details

Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for Aardman Animations’ feature Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Adam,  Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, His Dark Materials) and Julian Nott who previously scored the original Wallace & Gromit shorts and the first feature, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Also included is vocal track from the Norbots and an 8-bit version of Nott’s classic theme. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, December 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The composers’ title track is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is directed by Nick Park & Merlin Crossingham and stars Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, Diane Morgan, Reece Shearsmith, Muzz Khan, Adjoa Andoh and Lenny Henry.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Sherwood’ Released

MovieScore Media has released the first soundtrack album for the BBC crime drama Sherwood. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Sherwood is created by James Graham and stars David Morrissey, Lesley Manville, David Harewood, Monica Dolan, Robert Lindsay, Lorraine Ashbourne, Stephen Dillane, Perry Fitzpatrick and Sharlene Whyte.

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Lorne Balfe Scoring Jaume Collet-Serra’s ‘Carry-On’

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film Carry-On. The movie is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, Non-Stop) and stars Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Logan Marshall-Green, Sinqua Walls, Theo Rossi, Josh Brener and Dean Norris. The thriller follows an airport security agent fights to outsmart a mysterious traveler who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 23, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Blink Twice co-written and directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Christian Slater, Haley Joel Osment, Simon Rex, Geena Davis and Alia Shawkat. The film’s original music is composed by Chanda Dancy (Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Devotion, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated, Aftershock). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Amazon MGM Studios release.

Also opening wide is the action thriller The Crow directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Sami Bouajila, Karel Dobry, Jordan Bolger, Josette Simon, Laura Birn and Danny Huston. Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Hotel Mumbai, Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, Ammonite) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Lionsgate release and click here to check out the project’s music team credits.

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‘Decoded’ Soundtrack Released

Dream Studio has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese thriller Decoded. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials) & Kevin Riepl (Justice League, Crisis on Infinite Earth, Green Lantern: Beware My Power, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Cabin Fever, The Night Crew). Also included is the original song Code in two different (Chinese and English language) versions written by the composers and performed by Zhou Shen and Faouzia. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the song and the first score track (JinZhen’s Story) after the jump. Decoded is directed by Chen Sicheng and stars Liu Haoran, John Cusack, Chen Daoming and Daniel Wu.

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‘Slingshot’ Soundtrack Album Details

MovieScore Media will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi psychological thriller Slingshot. The album features the film’s original score composed by Steffen Thum (Crawl, iBoy, Stockholm Bloodbath, Warning Shot) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning & Fallout, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 30 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services) and will also be available on the label’s “CD on Demand” format. A first track (All the Right Questions) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Slingshot is directed by Mikael Håfström and stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham. The movie follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan as they gear up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.

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Aardman Animations’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ to Feature Music by Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials) is composing music for the upcoming Netflix animated film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. The film is directed by Nick Park (Chicken Run, Early Man) & Merlin Crossingham and features the voices of Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Reece Shearsmith, Lauren Patel, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh and Muzz. The movie follows Gromit as he gets concerned that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own.

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