Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller The November Man directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich and Will Patton. Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma) has composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week. A CD version will be released on September 9. Check out our previous article for the full album details and visit Beltrami’s official website to listen to a couple of full tracks from his score.
Opening nationwide today is the horror thriller As Above, So Below directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro and Hamidreza Javdan. The film’s original music is composed by Keefus Ciancia (Nashville, Saving Grace, Diana, The Motel Life). No word on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the movie, which follows a team of explorers that ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris and uncovers a dark secret, check out our scoring assignment article.
Nick Urata has composed the score for the biographical drama The Last of Robin Hood. The film is written and directed by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland and stars Kevin Kline, Dakota Fanning and Susan Sarandon. The movie chronicles swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man Errol Flynn’s final years and high-flying, May-December romance with underage starlet Beverly Aadland. Bryan Batt, Max Casella, Jason Davis, Matt Kane, Patrick St. Esprit, Ric Reitz and Justina Machado are co-starring. Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler (Boys Don’t Cry, One Hour Photo), Declan Baldwin and Maggie Malina are producing the A+E Films and Killer Films production.