Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Friend. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay Wadley (Heart Eyes, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Tell Me Lies, Swan Song, Franklin, Indignation) & Trevor Gureckis (Servant, Old, The Goldfinch, The Crowded Room, Dead Space, Voyagers). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 11 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks below. The Friend is written and directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegeland stars Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Constance Wu, Sarah Pidgeon, Ann Dowd, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis, Carla Gugino and Owen Teague. The movie based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel of the same title follows a New York writer in the aftermath of her friend and mentor’s unexpected death as she has to deal with his eccentric ex-wives, his complicated literary legacy, – and a massive Great Dane named Apollo.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 28, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Death of a Unicorn written and directed by Alex Scharfman and starring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani and Jessica Hynes. The film’s original score is composed by Dan Romer (Luca, Station Eleven, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, Superman & Lois, Beasts of the Southern Wild) & Giosuè Greco (Didi, Welcome to Wrexham, Notice to Quit, Let the Right One In). A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week and a digital single featuring St. Vincent’s original song DOA today. Click here for the details of the score album and click here to listen to the song and for more information about the A24 release.
Also opening wide is the action thriller A Working Man co-written and directed by David Ayer and starring Jason Statham, David Harbour, Michael Peña, Jason Flemyng, Cokey Falkow, Merab Ninidze, Emmett J. Scanlan, Arianna Rivas, Maximilian Osinski, Noemi Gonzalez and Eve Mauro. Jared Michael Fry (The Beekeeper, Safehouse) has composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Jay Wadley & Trevor Gureckis Scoring Scott McGehee’s & David Siegel’s ‘The Friend’
Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Swan Song, Franklin, Indignation, I Carry You with Me, Fire Island) & Trevor Gureckis (Servant, Old, The Crowded Room, The Goldfinch, Dead Space, Voyagers) have teamed up to score the upcoming drama The Friend. The film is written and directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegel (The Deep End, Bee Season) and stars Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd, Sarah Pidgeon, Noma Dumezweni, Carla Gugino, Felix Solis and Owen Teague. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Sigrid Nunez follows a New York writer in the aftermath of her lifelong friend and mentor’s unexpected death as she has to deal with his complicated literary legacy, his eccentric ex-wives – and a massive Great Dane named Apollo.
Rob Simonsen Scoring Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s ‘The Friend’
Rob Simonsen is composing the original score for the upcoming drama The Friend. The film is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Megan Leavey, Blackfish) and stars Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck, Gwendoline Christie, Cherry Jones and Ahna O’Reilly . The movie is based on the award-winning Esquire article of the same name and follows a man who puts his own life on hold to move into the family home of his best friends and support them through a terminal cancer diagnosis. Brad Ingelsby (Out of the Furnace) wrote the screenplay.