Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the monster movie Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, The Queen, The Grand Budapest Hotel). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to the entire album on Spotify. Check out our previous article for a video featurette about Desplat’s music. Also click here for a short video interview with the composer at the film’s London premiere.
Also opening wide is the sports drama Million Dollar Arm directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Tom McCarthy and starring Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionnaire, 127 Hours) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s songs and score earlier this week. Click here for the full soundtrack album. Also visit YouTube for a video featurette on the film’s music and TrailerAddict for an interview with Rahman about his work on the film. Also check out another interview with the composer on CBS News.
A.R. Rahman has signed on to score the upcoming sports drama Million Dollar Arm. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night) and stars Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Suraj Sharma, Aasif Mandvi, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. The movie is based on a true story of the real-life sports agent Jeff Bernstein who discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players. Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor, Win Win, The Station Agent) wrote the screenplay. Joe Roth (Oz The Great and Powerful, Alice in Wonderland) is producing the Mayhem Pictures and Roth Films production with Mark Ciardi & Gordon Gray (Secretariat, Miracle, The Rookie).