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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 19, 2021)

March 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Abel Korzeniowski, Chris Hajian, City of Lies, Happily, Jon Natchez, Joseph Trapanese, Last Call, Rose Plays Julie, Stephen McKeon, The Courier, Wojnarowicz

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the spy thriller The Courier directed byDominic Cooke and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley and Merab Ninidze. The film’s original music is composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, Nocturnal Animals, The Nun, W.E., Romeo and Juliet).. Lakeshore Records 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 Roadside Attractions release.

Opening semi-wide in around 550 theaters is the crime thriller City of Lies directed by Brad Furman and starring Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Rockmond Dunbar, Shea Whigham, Xander Berkeley, Neil Brown Jr., Wynn Everett, Louis Herthum, Toby Huss and Shamier Anderson. Chris Hajian (The Infiltrator, The Take, Woody Woodpecker, Critical Thinking) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Saban Films and will also be available on VOD on April 9.

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‘The Courier’ Soundtrack Album Details

March 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 5 comments

Tags: Abel Korzeniowski, Dominic Cooke, Ironbark, score, Soundtrack, The Courier

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the spy thriller The Courier. The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe Award nominee Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, W.E., The Nun, Romeo and Juliet, Escape from Tomorrow). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music service. The Courier is directed by Dominic Cooke and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan and Jessie Buckley. The movie tells the true story of an unassuming British businessman who, at the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative, forms a covert partnership with a Soviet officer in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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‘The Courier’ Soundtrack Released

December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: James Edward Barker, score, Soundtrack, The Courier, Tim Despic, Zackary Adler

Varese Sarabande and Music.Film Recordings have released a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Courier. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Mara) and Tim Despic (Precious Cargo, Final Score, Heist). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Courier is directed by Zackary Adler and stars Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Greg Orvis Conway, Craig Conway, William Moseley and Dermot Mulroney. The movie follows a female motorcycle courier who must fight off a sadistic crime bosses henchmen in order to protect the one witness that can bring him down.

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Weekly Film Roundup (November 22, 2019)

November 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: 21 Bridges, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Alex Belcher, Christophe Beck, Dark Waters, Frozen 2, Hala, Henry Jackman, James Edward Barker, Mandy Hoffman, Marcelo Zarvos, Nate Heller, The Courier

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Frozen II directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee and starring Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad. Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, The Muppets, Edge of Tomorrow) has composed the film’s original score and Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez have composed the original songs. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs, as well as a deluxe edition featuring both songs and score. Click here for more information.

Also opening wide is the biographical drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood directed by Marielle Heller and starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Cooper. The film’s original music is composed by Nate Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Diary of a Teenage Girl). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

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Nima Fakhrara to Score ‘The Courier’

May 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Hani-Abu Assad, Nima Fakhrara, Pizza Man, The Courier

Nima Fakhrara has been hired to score the crime action thriller The Courier. The movie starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mickey Rourke and Til Schweiger centers on a daredevil courier who’s pursued by corrupt cops and rival crime bosses when he has to deliver a briefcase to a notorious underworld figure who can’t be found. The film is directed by Hani Abu-Assad, who is best known for helming the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning political thriller Paradise Now. The movie’s screenplay is written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma, Wanted).

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