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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 17, 2015)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

ant-manOpening in most theaters is the superhero movie Ant-Man directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Judy Greer, Tip “TI” Harris, Wood Harris, Jordi Mollà and Michael Douglas. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Elektra, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and other music from the Marvel Studios production. Check out our previous article to and click here to listen to Beck’s main title theme from the film. Also visit Film Music Magazine and Movieweb for interviews with the composer about his work on the project.

trainwreckAlso opening wide is the romantic comedy Trainwreck directed by Judd Apatow and written by Amy Schumer who also stars in the movie alongside Bill Hader, LeBron James, Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton, John Cena and Ezra Miller. Jon Brion (Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch Drunk Love, The Other Guys) who previously scored Apatow’s This Is 40 has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Trainwreck follows a commitment-averse woman who is trying to get past her self-sabotaging ways. To learn more about the Universal Pictures release, visit the official movie website.

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‘Mr. Holmes’ Soundtrack Details

mr-holmesLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Bill Condon’s drama Mr. Holmes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, True Grit, Being John Malkovich) who previously scored the director’s Gods and Monsters, Kinsey, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn and The Fifth Estate. The soundtrack will be released digitally within the next week. A CD version will be released on August 28, 2015 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. Mr. Holmes starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney and Milo Parker is set in 1947, when an ageing Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan and faces the end of his days, tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son. 

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Carter Burwell to Score Bill Condon’s ‘Mr. Holmes’

imageCarter Burwell is set to reunite with director Bill Condon on the upcoming drama Mr. Holmes. The film stars Ian McKellan as Sherlock Holmes at age 93, as well as Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Roger Allam, Phil Davis, Frances de la Tour and Milo Parker. The movie is set in 1947, when an ageing Holmes returns from a journey to Japan and faces the end of his days, tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son. Jeffrey Hatcher (The Duchess, Casanova) has written the screenplay based on the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin.

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