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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 14, 2023)

April 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Renfield directed by Chris McKay and starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ben Schwartz, Brandon Scott Jones and Adrian Martinez. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, A Quiet Place, Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker). Back Lot Music 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 Universal Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller The Pope’s Exorcist directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero. Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Overlord, Macbeth, The Mustang, The Oxford Murders, Assassin’s Creed) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 17, 2020)

January 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Anders Niska, Bad Boys for Life, Danny Elfman, Disturbing the Peace, Dolittle, Intrigo: Death of an Author, Klas Wahl, Lorne Balfe, Michael Thomas, Radwimps, Weathering With You

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the family comedy Dolittle directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Buckley, John Cena, Harry Collett, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani and Octavia Spencer. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song by Sia. Click here for more information.

Also opening wide is the action comedy Bad Boys for Life directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and stars Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nunez and Joe Pantoliano. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, Genius) has composed the film’s original score. Epic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for the full details). A score album is set to be released next Friday, January 24.

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‘Weathering With You’ Soundtrack Released

July 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Makoto Shinkai, Radwimps, score, Soundtrack, Weathering With You

A soundtrack album has been released for the Japanese animated feature Weathering With You. The album features the film’s original music composed by the Japanese rock band Radwimps (Your Name). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Weathering With You is directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by Genki Kawamura and follows a high-school freshman who runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, where he soon finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits and finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. The animated movie was just released last weekend in Japan and is set to open in select U.S. theaters in early 2020 by GKIDS following an awards-qualifying run in late 2019.

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