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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 30, 2018)

The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the horror thriller The Possession of Hannah Grace directed by Diederik Van Rooijen and starring Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson and Stana Katic. The film’s original music is composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, The Following). No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more abut the movie, which is being released by Screen Gems/Sony Pictures.

Opening in limited release is the zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse directed by John McPhail and starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu, Mark Benton and Paul Kaye. Roddy Hart & Tommy Reilly have composed the film’s original music. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs written by the composers and performed by the movie’s cast. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Orion Pictures release.

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‘Mirai’ Soundtrack Details

Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature Mirai. The album features the film’s original music composed by Masakatsu Takagi (Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast). The soundtrack is already available in several markets and will be released in the U.S. later this month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which is set to come out on November 30 and listen to a full track after the jump. Mirai is written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and follows a young boy who encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras. The animated film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was released in various international markets over the last couple of months.

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‘The Boy and the Beast’ Soundtrack Details

the-boy-and-the-beastMilan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature The Boy and the Beast. The album features the film’s original music composed by Masakatsu Takagi. The soundtrack will be released in the U.S. on March 4, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Boy and the Beast is directed by Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars) who previously collaborated with the composer on Wolf Children. The movie follows a lonely Japanese boy who slips into an alternate universe where he is raised by a bear-man, Kumatetsu, who fights for a living and trains him in the art of fighting over the years. The animated film received an Academy Awards-qualifying release in 2015 and will be released in select theaters later this year by FUNimation Entertainment.

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