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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 21, 2017)

July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Alexandre Desplat, Chris Bordeaux, Clyde Lawrence, David Newman, Dunkirk, First Kill, Gert Wilden Jr., Girls Trip, Gregoire Hetzel, Hans Zimmer, Jordan Cohen, Landline, Noah Sorota, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, The Fencer, The Gracefield Incident, The Midwife, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets directed by Luc Besson and starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer. Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) has composed the film’s original music. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Alexiane, Julien Rey, David Bowie, Bob Marley & The Wailers & more. Click here for the full album details.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 7, 2017)

July 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: A Ghost Story, Andrew Joslyn, Austin Found, City of Ghosts, Daniel Hart, H. Scott Salinas, Hickok, Jackson Greenberg, Michael Giacchino, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Spider-Man: Homecoming

The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Opening in limited release is the indie drama A Ghost Story written and directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky and Liz Franke. Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Tumbledown,Film Music Magazine Comet, The Exorcist) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also visit for a recent interview with Hart about his work on the project.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 6, 2017)

January 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Arsenal, Michael Wandmacher, Railroad Tigers, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Underworld: Blood Wars, Zai Lao

Apart from the nationwide expansions of Hidden Figures and A Monster Calls, the only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend is the action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars directed by Anna Foerster and starring Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James and Charles Dance. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry, Piranha 3D, The Goldbergs). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song by Melissa. Click here for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Wandmacher about his work on the project.

Opening in select theaters and on VOD is the thriller Arsenal directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Adrian Grenier, John Cusack, Johnathon Schaech and Nicolas Cage. The film’s original music is composed by Ryan Franks and Scott Nickoley (Hell & Back, TripTank). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the film, which follows a Philadelphia businessman whose deadbeat brother is kidnapped for a large ransom. The thriller is being released by Lionsgate Premiere.

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Ryan Franks & Scott Nickoley to Score ‘Southern Fury’

October 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Southern Fury, Steven C. Miller

Ryan Franks and Scott Nickoley have been hired to score the upcoming thriller Southern Fury. The film is directed by Steven C. Miller (Silent Night, Extraction, Marauders) and stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and Adrian Grenier. The movie follows a Philadelphia businessman whose deadbeat brother is kidnapped for a large ransom – leading everyone to believe that the brother is involved in the kidnapping. Jason Mosberg has written the screenplay. Randall Emmett and George Furla (Lone Survivor, 2 Guns, Righteous Kill, Escape Plan) are producing the project for their Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films production company.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2015)

October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Addicted to Fresno, Daniel Lopatin, Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, He Named Me Malala, Hell and Back, Johnny Marr, Klaus Badelt, Nathan Matthew David, Partisan, Robert Zemeckis, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Shanghai, The Martian, The Walk, Thomas Newman

Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure The Martian directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Kristen Wiig, Mackenzie Davis and Donald Glover. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven, The Chronicles of Narnia). Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. The label has also released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie and will release a deluxe 2-CD soundtrack featuring both songs and score in November. Visit our previous article for more information. Also check out interviews with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project on Soundworks Collection, Film Music Magazine, Den of Geek, HeyUGuys and GoSeeTalk.

Opening in around 350 IMAX theaters before expanding nationwide on October 9 is the drama The Walk directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon and James Badge Dale. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.

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