Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the drama May December. The album features the music from the film, including original score cues composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Equalizer 3, Emancipation, The Affair, Ray Donovan), as well as tracks from the 1971 feature The Go-Between written by Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair, Never Say Never Again, Summer of ’42, Yentl), which have been adapted by Zarvos into his score. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the first two tracks below. May December is directed by Todd Haynes and stars Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Cory Michael Smith, Elizabeth Yu and Piper Curda. The movie revolves around a couple whose scandalous relationship made headlines decades ago and whose lives start to unravel when a famous actor arrives to research them for her new film.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 17, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera and Jason Schwartzman. The film’s original score is composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today (click here for the full album details). Interscope Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the Dave Cobb-produced songs from the movie (click here for the full details of the album and to learn more about the Lionsgate release).
Also opening wide is DreamWorks Animation’s sequel Trolls Band Together directed by Walt Dohrn and starring Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Camila Cabello, Eric André, Amy Schumer, Troye Sivan, Daveed Diggs, Andrew Rannells, Zosia Mamet, Zooey Deschanel and Kid Cudi. Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Spy, Bombshell, Marley & Me) has composed the film’s original score. Timberlake & Mike Elizondo serve as the project’s executive music producers and Joseph Shirley (Creed III, The Book of Boba Fett) is credited as song producer. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Shapiro’s score, while RCA Records has released the songs from the movie, including *NSYNC’s original track Better Days. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for the details of the song album.
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Todd Haynes’ ‘May December’
Composer Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Emancipation, Wonder, The Good Shepherd, The Affair, Ray Donovan) is reuniting with director Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven, Carol) on the upcoming drama May December. The film starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Elizabeth Yu, Piper Curda & Gabriel Chung revolves around a married couple who have been involved in a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation twenty years ago, when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.