The only wide release this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron written and directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johannson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany and Cobie Smulders. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Furious 7) and Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine and Philharmonia’s Soundcloud channel for audio interviews with Tyler about his work on the project.
Opening in limited release is the period drama Far from the Madding Crowd directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge and Michael Sheen. Craig Armstrong (Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn about the Fox Searchlight release and click here to listen to audio samples from the score.
Michael Brook is scoring the upcoming documentary Fed Up. The film is directed by Stephanie Soechtig and features Katie Couric who reveals a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history. Soechtig is also producing the Atlas Films production with Eve Marson (Craigslist Joe) and Sarah Olson. Couric is executive producing the project with Laurie David, Regina Kulik Scully (The Invisible War), Heather Reisman and Michael & Michelle Walrath. Brook has previously composed the score for the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth produced by Laurie David. 
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated film sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 directed by Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn and featuring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Terry Crews and Kristen Schaal. Mark Mothersbaugh who has previously scored the original 2009 film, as well as Hotel Transylvania for Sony Pictures Animation has composed the movie’s score. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. To learn more about the animated feature, visit the 
Also opening wide is the indie comedy Don Jon written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and starring himself, as well as Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Brie Larson and Tony Danza. Nathan Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Brothers Bloom) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be announced soon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Also visit the 
Michael Brook has been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama Cry/Fly. The film marks the English language debut of director Claudia Llosa (The Milk of Sorrow) and stars Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy and Melanie Laurent. The movie is set in Minnesota and northern Canada over two time periods and follows a mother who gets separated from her sick daughter and falcon-keeper son. Two decades later, the son is persuaded by a journalist to embark on a search for his now-famous mother. Llosa has also written the screenplay and Mark Johnson (Rain Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Notebook) is producing the America/Spanish co-production with Jose Maria Morales (XXY) and Ibon Cormenzana (Blancanieves, Blackthorn). 
Michael Brook has scored the upcoming biopic Chavez. The movie is helmed by actor-turned director Diego Luna (Abel) and stars Michael Pena as Cesar E. Chavez and follows the Mexican-American labor leader as he organizes the largest non-violent protest in U.S. history to accomplish his ultimate goal of obtaining basic human rights for over 50,000 farm workers in California. America Ferrera stars as his wife, Helen Chavez and Rosario Dawson portrays Dolores Huerta who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America. Wes Bentley, Gabriel Mann, Michael Cudlitz, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias and Mark Moses are co-starring. Keir Pearson (Hotel Rwanda) has written the screenplay. Luna is producing the Canana Films production with Gael Garcia Bernal & Pablo Cruz (Miss Bala), alongside John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon & Russell Smith (Juno, Young Adult) for Mr. Mudd, as well as Pearson and Larry Meli. 
