Singer/songwriter, jazz pianist and composer Jon Batiste (Soul, Saturday Night, American Symphony, The First Wave) has been hired to score the upcoming remake of the heist thriller classic The Thomas Crown Affair. The film marks the second feature directorial effort of actor Michael B. Jordan following 2023’s Creed III and stars Jordan himself, Adria Arjona, Kenneth Branagh, Aubrey Plaza, Lily Gladstone, Pilou Asbaek, Paapa Essiedu, Danai Gurira and Ruth Negga. No plot details have been announced yet for the movie based on Norman Jewison’s 1968 feature (scored by Michel Legrand), which has previously been remade in 1999 directed by John McTiernan and scored by Bill Conti.
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Complete ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Soundtrack by Michel Legrand Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair directed by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The album features the world premiere release of the complete score composed by Michel Legrand (Summer of ’42, Yentl, Never Say Never Again), as well as the song The Windmills of Your Mind performed by Noel Harrison and co-written with Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Legrand received an Academy Award for the song and was also nominated for his score. For the full details of the limited soundtrack edition for the MGM production, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and order the CD.