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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 30, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi horror thriller Afraid written and directed by Chris Weitz and starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu,Lukita Maxwell,  David Dastmalchian and Keith Carradine. The film’s original score is composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell, Expats, Wander Darkly, The Adults, The Novice, Goodnight Mommy) who also co-wrote the original song I Love You (with Weitz) for the project. Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album according to the movie’s end credits, but no announcement has been made yet. Check out our previous article to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Also opening wide is the biographical drama Reagan directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller, Jon Voight, Kevin Dillon, Olek Krupa, David Henrie, Mena Suvari, Xander Berkely, C. Thomas Howell, Trevor Donovan, Robert Davi, Kevin Sorbo Lesley-Anne Down and Jennifer O’Neill. John Coda (Bratz, The King’s Daughter, Hoovey, Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a score release. The Imaginaries have contributed a cover version of Frankie Valli’s My Eyes Adored You to the movie. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the biopic.

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‘Slingshot’ Soundtrack Album Details

MovieScore Media will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi psychological thriller Slingshot. The album features the film’s original score composed by Steffen Thum (Crawl, iBoy, Stockholm Bloodbath, Warning Shot) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning & Fallout, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 30 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services) and will also be available on the label’s “CD on Demand” format. A first track (All the Right Questions) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Slingshot is directed by Mikael Håfström and stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham. The movie follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan as they gear up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.

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Lorne Balfe to Score Mikael Håfström’s ‘Slingshot’

Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, The Lego Batman Movie) is set to reteam with director Mikael Håfström (1408, Derailed) on the upcoming psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot. The film starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone and David Morrissey centers on an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan. R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon, Our House) wrote the screenplay. 

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