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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 8, 2019)

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the supernatural thriller Doctor Sleep directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Jacob Tremblay, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken and Emily Alyn Lind. The film’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Life of Crime). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the World War II drama Midway directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Darren Criss, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson. Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day: Resurgence).  Music.Film Recordings/Varese Sarabande have released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’s score. Visit our previous article for the full album details.

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Jocelyn Pook Scoring Lauren Greenfield’s ‘The Kingmaker’

Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut, The Wife, The Merchant of Venice, Brick Lane) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary The Kingmaker. The film is directed by Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles, Generation Wealth) and centers on Filipino politician and former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who, despite disgrace, remains unbowed and enmeshed in her nation’s politics. Marcos became First Lady of the Philippines in 1965 and still lives as if she possesses the role. Greenfield is also producing the Evergreen Pictures production with Frank Evers.

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