West Hall Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Dissident. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adam Peters (Savages, Icarus, Snowden, The Yellow Birds). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (or any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out audio samples. The Dissident is directed by Bryan Fogel and centers on the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. The movie follows Khashoggi’s fiancée and dissidents around the world as they are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder – and in their dogged quest for truth, expose a global cover-up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 25, 2020)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Wonder Woman 1984 directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is now also available to stream on HBO Max.
Also opening wide is the western News of the World co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, King Kong, The Village) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Universal Pictures release.
Adam Peters Scoring Bryan Fogel’s ‘The Dissident’
Composer Adam Peters (Savages, Snowden, The Yellow Birds) is reuniting with director Bryan Fogel on the upcoming documentary The Dissident. The film centers on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul and follows his fiancée and dissidents around the world as they are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder. Fogel is also producing the project with Jake Swantko, Mark Monroe and Thor Halvorssen.