Lakeshore Records will release for Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut Passing. The album features music from and inspired by the film composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, We Are Who We Are, Palo Alto, Mainstream). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 10 and will be available to stream/download here. Passing is written and directed by Hall and stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland and Alexander Skarsgård. The movie based on the Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen is set in 1920s New York City and follows a Black woman who finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 29, 2021)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological horror thriller Last Night in Soho co-written and directed by Edgar Wright and starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Terence Stamp, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Michael Ajao, Rita Tushingham and Synnøve Karlsen. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Fury, Over the Moon, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, The World’s End). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie by artists including Dusty Springfield, The Who, The Walker Brothers, The Kinks, The Searchers & others last week (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller Antlers co-written and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane and Amy Madigan. Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, Inkheart, Byzantium, Greta, Mirrors, Hemingway & Gellhorn) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Searchlight Pictures release.
Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange) to Score Rebecca Hall’s ‘Passing’
Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Palo Alto) has revealed in a recent interview with Variety that he is composing the score for the upcoming drama Passing. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall and stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland and Alexander Skarsgård. The movie is based on the Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen and ed the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, each of whom can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1928 Harlem.