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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 23, 2022)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the period comedy drama Babylon written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Brad Pitt, Jovan Adepo, Lukas Haas, Jean Smart, Li Jun Li, Tobey Maguire, Samara Weaving and Olivia Wilde. The film’s original music is composed by Justin Hurwitz (La La Land, First Man, Whiplash). Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this month. Check out our previous article (updated with pre-order link for 2-CD and vinyl editions to be released on April 14) for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish directed by Joel Crawford and starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Olivia Colman, Samson Kayo, Wagner Moura, Anthony Mendez, Florence Pugh and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Smurfs, The Angry Bird Movie, Smallfoot) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie last week. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the DreamWorks Animation production.

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‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the gothic thriller The Pale Blue Eye. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Hobbit, Hugo, The Aviator, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Departed). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 16 (click here to stream/download). The Pale Blue Eye is directed by Scott Cooper and stars Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Lucy Boynton, Gillian Anderson, Toby Jones, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Timothy Spall, Harry Lawtey, Hadley Robinson, Simon McBurney and Robert Duvall. The movie is set in West Point, 1830 and follows a detective who is hired to investigate the murder of a cadet and enlists a young Edgar Allan Poe to help unravel the case.

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Howard Shore Scoring Scott Cooper’s ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, Hugo, Mrs. Doubtfire, Big) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Pale Blue Eye. The movie is written and directed by Scott Cooper (Black Mass, Hostiles) and stars Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Harry Lawtey, Hadley Robinson, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall and Robert Duvall. The thriller based on the novel by Louis Bayard is set in West Point, 1830 and follows a detective who is hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet and enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

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