Walt Disney Records will release nine new soundtracks for the third volume of Lucasfilm’s Disney+ animated short film series Star Wars: Visions. Titles include The Duel: Payback (animated by Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA) feat. music by Keiji Inai (who previously scored the original The Duel episode), The Song of Four Wings (animated by Project Studio Q) feat. original score by Towa Tei (Super Crooks, Metallic Rouge), The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope (animated by Production I.G) feat. music by Yugo Kanno (Psycho Pass, Batman Ninja, PLUTO, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness), The Bounty Hunters (animated by WIT STUDIO) feat. score by Taisei Iwasaki (Belle, Bullet Train Explosion, First Love) & Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding, Boy Kills World, P.T.) and Yuko’s Treasure (animated by Kinema citrus Co.) feat. original score by Takashi Ohmama (Asakus Kid).
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 26, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic comedy drama Challengers directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. The film’s original music composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bones and All, Empire of Light, Mank). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as an original song today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Amazon MGM Studios release.
Also opening nationwide is the action thriller Boy Kills World directed by Moritz Mohr and starring Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Andrew Koji, Michelle Dockery, Sharlto Copley, Famke Janssen, Yayan Ruhian, Brett Gelman and Isaiah Mustafa. Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding, P.T., Belle) has composed the film’s original score and El Michels Affair have contributed the original songs. Lakeshore Records has released two soundtrack albums featuring the songs and score today. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for the details of the song album.
‘Boy Kills World’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Boy Kills World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding, P.T., Belle) who has made his live-action feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Boy Kills World is directed by Moritz Mohr and stars Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Andrew Koji, Famke Janssen, Michelle Dockery, Yayan Ruhian, Isaiah Mustafa, Brett Gelman and Sharlto Copley. The movie tells the story of a deaf warrior who is trained by a mysterious shaman to topple a far-flung dystopia.
Ludvig Forssell Scoring Moritz Mohr’s ‘Boy Kills World’
Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding, P.T., Belle) is making his live-action feature scoring debut on the upcoming action thriller Boy Kills World. The film is directed by Moritz Mohr and stars Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Andrew Koji, Yayan Ruhian, Famke Janssen, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa and Sharlto Copley. The movie centers on a deaf warrior as he is trained by a mysterious shaman to topple a far-flung dystopia. Tyler Burton Smith (Child’s Play) and Arend Remmers (Snowflake) wrote the screenplay.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 14, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher movie Scream directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and starring Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Mikey Madison, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonia Ammar, as well as Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide this week is the Japanese animated feature Belle directed by Mamoru Hosoda and starring Paul Castro Jr., Jessica DiCicco, Chace Crawford, Brandon Engman, Manny Jacinto, Hunter Schafer and Cristina Vee Valenzuela. Taisei Iwasaki, Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding) and Yuta Bandoh (It Comes), among others, have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released two soundtrack album featuring the songs (in Japanese and English) and score from the movie. Click here for the details of the original Japanese edition and click here for the details of the English edition and for more information about the GKIDS release.
‘Belle’ English Language Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Milan Records has announced an English language version of the soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature Belle. The album features the film’s score and vocal tracks written by Taisei Iwasaki, Ludvig Forssell and Yuta Bandoh, including the previously unreleased English versions of vocal tracks originally performed in Japanese, newly recorded in English by Kylie McNeill who stars in the title role in the English dubbed version of the film. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 14 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A medley of select vocal tracks from the album is embedded after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the Japanese version of the songs last summer when the movie opened in Japan. Check out our previous article for the track list.
Soundtrack Album for Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Belle’ Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature Belle. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding) and Yuta Bandoh (It Comes), as well as Taisei Iwasaki and Miho Hazama. Also included are the songs from the movie written by Iwasaki performed by Kaho Nakamura (who stars in the title role) & others. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music stores to stream/download the soundtrack. Belle is directed by Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Wolf Children) and tells the story of a 17-year-old high school student as she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet, where she is a world-famous singer and, alongside a mysterious creature, embarks on a journey of adventures, challenges and love.