CMA Records will release a soundtrack album for the British period thriller The Critic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award winner Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, Love Actually, Romeo + Juliet, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Ray, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Quiet American). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits. The Critic is directed by Anand Tucker and stars Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Ben Barnes, Romola Garai and Alfred Enoch. The movie based on the classic novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn is set in the theatre world in 1934 London and follows two adversaries who are forced to take desperate measures to save their careers.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 13, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide is the psychological thriller Speak No Evil directed by James Watkins and starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler, Aisling Franciosi and Daniel Hough. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, The Outsider, Fear the Walking Dead, The Devil All the Time, The Staircase, The White Tiger, Boy Erased, Tokyo Vice). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide today is the action comedy The Killer’s Game directed by JJ Perry and starring Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Scott Adkins, Pom Klementieff, Terry Crews and Ben Kingsley. Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, In the Heart of the Sea, Evil Dead, Sexy Beast, The Machinist, The Commuter, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Lionsgate.
Craig Armstrong Scoring Anand Tucker’s ‘The Critic’
Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually, Romeo + Juliet, The Incredible Hulk, Ray, The Quiet American) is composing the original music for the upcoming British thriller The Critic. The film is directed by Anand Tucker (Hilary & Jackie, Shopgirl) and stars Gemma Arterton, Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Alfred Enoch. The movie based on Anthony Quinn’s classic novel Curtain Call is set in the theatre world in 1934 London and follows two adversaries who are forced to take desperate measures to save their careers. Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer) wrote the screenplay.