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‘The Power of the Dog’ in Concert Live-to-Screen Performance Announced

Netflix has announced the world premiere live-to-screen performance of the Academy Award-nominated score composed by Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, Spencer) from Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. The music will be performed by the Wordless Music Orchestra, which has previously been involved in live-to-picture concerts for films including Moonlight, Jackie, The Tree of Life, Creed, Punch-Drunk Love, Birdman and Beasts of the Southern Wild. The event present by Netflix in partnership with KCRW will take on March 10 at 7:30pm at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Free tickets for The Power of the Dog in Concert are now available here.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 19, 2021)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife directed by Jason Reitman and starring Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts and Paul Rudd. The film’s original music is composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, The Way Back, Nerve, Tully, (500) Days of Summer, The Age of Adeline, The Front Runner). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details, to listen to two tracks and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide is the drama King Richard directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Jon Bernthal, Kevin Dunn, Tony Goldwyn and Andy Bean. Kris Bowers (Bridgerton,  Dear White People, Green Book, When They See Us, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Mrs. America) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the compoer’s score, as well as the original song Be Alive performed by Beyoncé. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release, which is also available to stream on HBO Max.

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‘The Power of the Dog’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for Jane Campion’s western The Power of the Dog have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood, Spencer, Inherent Vice, The Master). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 17 by Lakeshore and INVADA Records and is now available for pre-order here. Two first tracks have been released as a digital single last month (listen to both tracks after the jump). The Power of the Dog is written and directed by Campion and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Thomasin McKenzie, Keith Carradine and Geneviève Lemon. The movie follows a domineering but charismatic rancher who wages a war of intimidation on his brother’s new wife and her teen son – until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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Jonny Greenwood Scoring Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog’

Film at Lincoln Center confirmed this week that Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, The Master, You Were Never Really Here) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama The Power of the Dog. The film is written and directed by Jane Campion (The Piano, The Portrait of a Lady) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The movie is based on Thomas Savage 1967 novel of the same name and follows a domineering, magnetic rancher who responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass.

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