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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 14, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Renfield directed by Chris McKay and starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ben Schwartz, Brandon Scott Jones and Adrian Martinez. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, A Quiet Place, Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker). Back Lot Music 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 Universal Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller The Pope’s Exorcist directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero. Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Overlord,  Macbeth, The Mustang, The Oxford Murders, Assassin’s Creed) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records 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 Sony Pictures release.

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‘Sweetwater’ Score Album Released

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Fallout Shelter Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the sports drama Sweetwater. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, Heels, Ghosts, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, CSI: Miami). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. As previously reported, will release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie this Friday. Sweetwater is written and directed by Martin Guigui and stars Everett Osborne, Kevin Pollak, Jeremy Piven, Emmaline, Richard Dreyfuss, Cary Elwes and Robert Ri’chard. The movie is set in the 1950s and tells the true story of Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton who made history as the first African American to sign an NBA contract.

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‘Sweetwater’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Candid Records has announced a soundtrack album for the sports drama Sweetwater. The album features the new songs Taking Me Higher by Keb’ Mo’ (already available to stream/download now and embedded below), Right Place Right Time by Larkin Poe, a new version of Someone to Watch Over Me by Dianne Reeves & Terri Lyne Carrington & as well as tracks by Gary Clark Jr., Robert Randolf, Rick Braun, Liyah Bey, Paul Hipp & others. Also included are the classics The Man I Love and Sweet Georgia Brown performed by Emmaline as Jeannie Staples in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sweetwater is written and directed by Martin Guigui and also stars Everett Osborne, Kevin Pollak, Jeremy Piven, Cary Elwes, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Ri’chard.

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Jeff Cardoni & Martin Guigui Scoring ‘Sweetwater’

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Composer Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, Ghosts, Heels, CSI: Miami) & director Martin Guigui have written the original music for the new sports drama Sweetwater. The film is written and directed by Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, 9/11) and stars Everett Osborne, Kevin Pollak, Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Jim Caviezel and Richard Dreyfuss. The movie tells the true story of Hall of Famer Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton who made history as the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing how the game of basketball is played.

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‘9/11’ Soundtrack Details

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A soundtrack album will be released for the drama 9/11. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Toyne (Rogue, Dirty Girl, Blooded, Hot Bot, How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town). The soundtrack will be available to download on iTunes tomorrow, September 8. 9/11 is co-written and directed by Martin Guigui and stars Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Gina Gershon, Luis Guzman and Wood Harris. The movie follows a group of 5 people find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center’s North Tower on 9/11. The drama will be released in select theaters this Friday by Atlas Distribution Company.

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Jeff Toyne Scoring ‘Nine Eleven’

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jeff-toyneJeff Toyne has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama Nine Eleven. The film is directed by Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, Cattle Call) and stars Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Wood Harris, Olga Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset and Gina Gershon. The movie follows a group of 5 people who find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center’s North Tower on 9/11. Guigui has also co-written the screenplay with Steven Golebiowski. Martin Sprock, Dahlia Waingort and Warren Ostergard (The Bag Man) are producing the Thunder Studios and Sprockefeller Pictures production. 

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