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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 23, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action reimagining of Disney’s animated feature Lilo & Stitch directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Billy Magnussen, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere and Zach Galifianakis. The film’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Station Eleven, Luca, Superman & Lois, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Maniac, Beasts of No Nation, The Good Doctor). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as several songs this past Wednesday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release and also click here to check out the project’s music team credits.

Also opening wide is the action sequel Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Pom Klementieff, Holt McCallany, Mariela Garriga, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Shea Whigham and Angela Bassett. Max Aruj (The Ice Road, Crawl, Lansky, Mech Cadets, iBoy) and Alfie Godfrey (Marching Powder, A Town Called Malice) have composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. La-La Land Records will release a CD version and Mutant will release a double vinyl edition. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.

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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Scoring Warwick Thornton’s ‘The New Boy’

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Hell or High Water, Blonde, The Road) have composed the original music for the new Australian period drama The New Boy. The film is written and directed by Warwick Thornton (Sweet Country, Samson & Delilah) and stars Aswan Reid, Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair. The movie is set in 1940s Australia and revolves around a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.

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