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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 19, 2019)

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller The Curse of La Llorona directed by Michael Chaves and starring Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez and Raymond Cruz. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Insidious, The Prodigy). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the faith-based drama Breakthrough directed by Roxann Dawson and starring Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Sam Trammell, Marcel Ruiz and Dennis Haysbert. Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Affair, The Good Shepherd) has composed the film’s original score. Fox Music has released as soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more details). Mercury Nashville has released a separate album featuring the songs from & inspired by the movie, including an original track written by Diane Warren and performed by Metz (click here for more information).

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Soundtrack Details for Disneynature’s ‘Penguins’

Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disneynature documentary Penguins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Kingdom of Heaven, Unstoppable, The Meg). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 17 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Penguins directed by Alastair Fothergill & Jeff Wilson and narrated by Ed Helms is a coming-of-age story about an Adélie penguinwho joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner and start a family.

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Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Disneynature’s ‘Penguins’

Harry Gregson-Williams has been hired to score the upcoming Disneynature documentary Penguins. The film is directed by Alastair Fothergill (Earth, African Cats, Chimpanzee), co-directed by Mark Linfield and Jeff Wilson and tells the coming-of-age story about an Adélie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner and start a family. The directors are also producing the project with Keith Scholey and Roy Conli. Gregson-Williams has previously scored Disneynature’s 2015 feature Monkey Kingdom directed by Linfield & Fothergill. 

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