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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 29, 2014)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:

november-manAlready in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller The November Man directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich and Will Patton. Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma) has composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week. A CD version will be released on September 9. Check out our previous article for the full album details and visit Beltrami’s official website to listen to a couple of full tracks from his score.

Opening nationwide today is the horror thriller As Above, So Below directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro and Hamidreza Javdan. The film’s original music is composed by Keefus Ciancia (Nashville, Saving Grace, Diana, The Motel Life). No word on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the movie, which follows a team of explorers that ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris and uncovers a dark secret, check out our scoring assignment article.

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‘The Congress’ U.S. Version Soundtrack Details

imageThe details of the U.S. version of the soundtrack album for the hybrid animated/live action movie The Congress have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (Disconnect, The Leftovers) who previously collaborated with director Ari Folman on Waltz With Bashir. Also included are versions of the songs Forever Young and If It Be Your Will performed by actress Robin Wright. The soundtrack will be released on July 22, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album overseas last year when the film opened in Europe. The Congress stars Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Paul Giamatti, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Danny Huston. The movie follows an actress who decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood.

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‘The Congress’ Soundtrack Details

the-congressMilan Records will release a soundtrack album for Ari Folman’s hybrid live-action/animated film The Congress. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Max Richter (Disconnect) who previously scored the director’s Academy Award-nominated film Waltz With Bashir. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 2, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Congress is adapted for the screen and directed by Folman and stars Robin Wright, Jon Hamm, Paul Giamatti and Harvey Keitel. The movie is based on the 1971 novel The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem and follows an aging, out-of-work actress, portrayed by Wright as an alternate reality version of herself. The film recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and has been picked up by Drafthouse Films for a theatrical and VOD release in the US in 2014.

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Max Richter’s ‘Perfect Sense’ Score Released

Metropolis Movie Music has released a soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Perfect Sense. The album features the original score from the movoe composed by Max Richter. At the moment, the album is available ezclusively on the British iTunes. No word yet on a domestic release. Perfect Sense is directed by David Mackenzie (Yong Adam) and stars Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Connie Nielsen and Ewen Bremner. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by IFC Films for domestic distribution.

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Max Richter Scoring ‘The Congress’

Max Richter has recently been working on the score for the sci-fi movie The Congress. The project reunites Richter with director Ari Folman who previously collaborated with the composer on the Academy Award-nominated animated documentary Waltz with Bashir. The film is an adaptation of the novella The Congress from sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem (Solaris) and will be half live action and half 2D animation. Robin Wright stars as a struggling actress who is offered one last job by a major studio. They want to scan her body, own her image and likeness and use it anyway they want, with the catch being that she will never be able to act again. Paul Giamatti, Harvey Keitel, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Danny Huston are co-starring.

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