Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film The Piano Lesson. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Philomena, Godzilla). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Piano Lesson is directed by Malcolm Washington and stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Gail Bean and Jerrika Hinton. The drama based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title by is set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression and centers on the brewing battle over the fate of an heirloom piano that threatens to tear a family apart.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 8, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Heretic written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East. The film’s original music is composed by Chris Bacon (Source Code, Wednesday, Bates Motel, Men in Black: International, Gnomeo & Juliet, 65, The Tick) . A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Click here for the full album details. The label has also released a digital single featuring Thatcher’s cover of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door as featured during the movie’s end credits. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the A24 release.
Also opening nationwide is the family holiday comedy dram The Best Christmas Pageant Ever directed by Dallas Jenkins, narrated by Lauren Graham and and starring Judy Greer, Pete Holmes and Molly Belle Wright. Dan Haseltine & Matthew S. Nelson (The Chosen, The Shift) have composed the film’s original score. No word on a score release. Warner Music Nashville has released Blake Shelton’s cover of Go Tell It On the Mountain from the movie last month. Check out our previous article to listen to the track and for more information about the Kingdom Story Company production, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Malcolm Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, Philomena, Godzilla) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Piano Lesson. The drama is directed by Malcolm Washington and stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu and Corey Hawkins. The movie based on the play of the same title by August Wilson is set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression and follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which documents the family history through carvings made by their enslaved ancestor.