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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 20, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide is the crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon co-written and directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser. The film’s original music is composed by Robbie Robertson (The Color of Money, The Irishman) who also served as the project’s executive music producer. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.

Opening in select theaters today is the comedy drama The Persian Version written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz and starring Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet, Bijan Daneshmand, Bella Warda and Chiara Stella. Rostam Batmanglij (Sound of My Voice, The OA) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics.

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for Martin Scorsese’s epic western crime saga Killers of the Flower Moon have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robbie Robertson (The Color of Money, The Irishman, Jimmy Hollywood). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20 by Sony Masterworks and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version is set to come out on December 8 (click here to order) and a vinyl edition the following week, December 15 (click here to pre-order) . Killers of the Flower Moon is co-written and directed by Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Brendan Fraser, JaNae Collins, Cara Jade Myers, Jillian Dion, Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson. The movie based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the Osage Nation, a string of crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

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Robbie Robertson (1943-2023)

Robbie Robertson has passed away today at age 80. The songwriter, composer and guitarist who was best known as a member of the rock group The Band and his solo records has worked on numerous films directed by Martin Scorsese over the last couple of decades. He has scored the director’s 1986 feature The Color of Money, as well as his last two movies, 2019’s The Irishman and the upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in theaters on October 6.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 1, 2019)

Four new movies are opening theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action sequel Terminator: Dark Fate directed by Tim Miller and starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna and Diego Boneta. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, Alita: Battle Angel). Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the biographical drama Harriet directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr. and Joe Alwyn. Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, Inside Man, The 25th Hour, Red Tails) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more information). Also available now is an original song from the movie performed by Erivo (click here to listen).

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‘The Irishman’ Soundtrack Details

Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for Martin Scorsese’s crime drama The Irishman. The album features a selection of songs from the movie by artists including The Five Satins, Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Donnie Elbert, Bill Doggett & others. Also included is the Theme for the Irishman composed by Robbie Robertson. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 8 and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version is coming out on November 22 (visit Amazon to order) and a vinyl edition is set to be released in early 2020 (click here to pre-order). The Irishman stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, Kathrine Narducci, Sebastian Maniscalco, Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Jane Rosenthal.

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Music Credits Revealed for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’

silenceParamount Pictures has revealed the music credits for Martin Scorsese’s historical drama Silence today. Kim Allen Kluge and Kathryne Kluge have composed the film’s original score. Robbie Robertson serves as the movie’s executive music producer. He previously had the same role on several of the director’s features, including The Wolf of Wall Street, Gangs of New York and King of Comedy. Music supervisors are Randall Poster (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Hangover) who previously worked on Scorsese’s The Aviator, Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street and Boardwalk Empire and John Schaefer. Silence starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds and Liam Neeson is set in the 17th century and centers on two Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Christianity.

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