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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 13, 2017)

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror thriller Happy Death Day directed by Christopher Landon and starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken and Laura Clifton. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Colossal). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production.

Also opening wide is the action thriller The Foreigner directed by Martin Campbell and starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. Cliff Martinez (Drive, Solaris, Traffic, Contagion, The Knick, Sex, Lies and Videotapes) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the STX Entertainment release.

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‘Marshall’ Soundtrack Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama Marshall have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Marcus Miller (Boomerang, Everybody Hates Chris, Two Can Play That Game). Also included is the original song Stand Up for Something by Andra Day feat. Common (co-written by Diane Warren), which is already available as a digital single, as well as another track by Day. The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, September 29, by Warner Bros. Records and will be available to download on Amazon. Marshall is directed by Reginald Hudlin and stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, Sterling K. Brown and James Cromwell. The movie tells the story of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

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Andra Day’s & Common’s ‘Stand Up for Something’ from ‘Marshall’ to Be Released

Warner Bros. Records will release the original song Stand Up for Something from the upcoming drama Marshall. The track is written by Diane Warren and Common and is performed by Andra Day feat. Common. The song will be released as a digital single tomorrow and will be available download on Amazon. Warren has previously written numerous songs for movies and received Academy Award nominations for such hit songs as Because You Loved Me from Up Close & Personal, I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing from Armageddon, How Do I Live from Con Air and Til it Happens to You from The Hunting Ground, among others. Common received an Academy Award for the song Glory from Ava DuVernay’s Selma. 

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Marcus Miller Scoring Reginald Hudlin’s ‘Marshall’

marcus-millerMarcus Miller has recently composed the music for the upcoming biographical drama Marshall. The film is directed by Reginald Hudlin and stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Sterling K. Brown and Keesha Sharp. Trial lawyer Michael Koskoff has written the screenplay with his son, Jacob Koskoff (Macbeth). Hudlin (Django Unchained) is also producing the project with Paula Wagner (Mission: Impossible series, The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky) is producing through her Chestnut Ridge Productions banner along with Jonathan Sanger (The Elephant Man, The Producers).

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