Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama The King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Vice, Succession, The Battle of the Sexes). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The King is directed by David Michôd and stars Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson and Lily-Rose Depp. The movie tells the story of Prince Hal who must turn from carouser to warrior king as he faces hostilities from inside and outside the castle walls in the battle for England.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 11, 2019)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The Addams Family directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan and starring Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler and Allison Janney. The film’s original score is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball) & Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, Storks). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the original songs in the movie.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller Gemini Man directed by Ang Lee and starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen and Benedict Wong. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, Genius, The Crown, Terminator Genisys) has composed the film’s original music. Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and La-La Land Records will release a CD version next week. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Nicholas Britell Scoring David Michod’s ‘The King’
Nicholas Britell has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original movie The King. The film is directed by David Michod (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) and stars Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp, Tom Glynn-Carney and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. The historical drama is inspired by elements of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V and tells the story of Hal, a wayward prince, as he ascends the English throne upon his father’s death, and must navigate the palace snake pit, and inherited war and chaos.