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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2019)

Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the new film adaptation of Little Women written and directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also playing nationwide is the animated feature Spies in Disguise directed by Troy Quane & Nick Bruno and starring Will Smith, Tom Holland, Ben Mendelsohn, Karen Gillan, Rashida Jones, DJ Khaled and Masi Oka. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Tropic Thunder) has composed the film’s original score. Fox Music/Hollywood Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full details) and RCA Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information).

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‘The Song of Names’ Soundtrack Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for the drama The Song of Names have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed, orchestrated and conducted by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, Hugo, The Aviator, The Hobbit). Ray Chen is the featured solo violinist. Also included is the original title song written by Shore, featuring words by Jeffrey Caine and performed by Daniel Mutlu. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 13 by Decca Records (click here to order). A CD version will be coming out the following week and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Song of Names is directed by François Girard and stars Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King, Gerran Howell, Luke Doyle and Misha Handley.

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Howard Shore to Score Francois Girard’s ‘The Song of Names’

Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, The Departed) is attached to compose the music for the upcoming drama The Song of Names. The film is directed by Francois Girard (The Red Violin, Silk, Boychoir) and stars Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer King and Gerran Howell. The movie is based on the novel by classical music scholar Norman Lebrecht and centers on the friendship between a 9-year old boy and a young Polish violin prodigy Dovidl Rapoport in 1939. Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener, GoldenEye) wrote the screenplay.

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