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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 6, 2020)

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Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Your Honor developed by Peter Moffat based on the Israeli series Kvodo and starring Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg . The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai,  Adrift, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 7, is the British limited series A Suitable Boy written by Andrew Davies, directed by Mira Nair and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, Roots) and Anoushka Shankar. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2019)

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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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Thomas Newman to Score John Lee Hancock’s ‘The Little Things’ & Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Let Them All Talk’

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Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Finding Nemo, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall) has revealed in a recent interview with Deadline that he will be reteaming with John Lee Hancock on the upcoming crime thriller The Little Things. The film starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Natalie Morales, Sofia Vassilieva and John Harlan Kim follows a Kern County, CA deputy sheriff namedwho teams with a crack LASD detective to reel in a wily serial killer. Lee Hancok (The Blind Side, The Rookie) also wrote the screenplay and is producing the project with Mark Johnson (Rain Men, The Chronicles of Narnia).

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‘1917’ Soundtrack Details

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Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the World War I drama 1917. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Wall-E, Road to Perdition). The soundtrack will be released on December 20, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 1917 is directed by Sam Mendes and stars George MacKay, Dean-Charles Champman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch. The movie takes place at the height of the First World War and follows two young British soldiers, Schofield who must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 10, 2019)

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Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the  action adventure Pokémon Detective Pikachu directed by Rob Letterman and starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton and Ken Watanabe. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details). Also available now is the original song Carry On performed by Kygo and Rita Ora (click here for more information).

Also opening wide is the comedy The Hustle directed by Chris Addison and starring Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson and Alex Sharp. Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, American History X, Poldark, Elle, The Crying Game) has composed the film’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the MGM release. 

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‘Tolkien’ Soundtrack Details

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Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Tolkien. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Wall-E). The soundtrack will be released on May 3 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (CD version) and here (digital version). Tolkien is directed by Dome Karukoski and stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts and Colm Meaney. The movie explores the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 15, 2019)

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Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Wonder Park written and produced by Josh Applebaum & Andre Nemec and featuring the voices of Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, John Oliver, Mila Kunis and Ken Jeong. The film’s original score is composed by  Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. Also available now are two original songs by Rachel Platten and Grace VanderWaal. Click here to learn more about the two tracks, which have been released today.

Also opening wide is the romantic drama Five Feet Apart directed by Justin Baldoni and starring  Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Paraminder Nagra and Claire Forlani. Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3) & Breton Vivian have composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also click here to learn more about an original song by Andy Grammer featured in the movie. 

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‘The Highwaymen’ Soundtrack Details

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Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie The Highwaymen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Wall-E). The soundtrack will be release digitally and physically within the next weeks. Visit Amazon to download the album. The Highwaymen is directed by John Lee Hancock and stars Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann and William Sadler. The movie is based on real events and follows two steely former Texas Rangers who are tasked with tracking and killing infamous criminals Bonnie and Clyde.

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Thomas Newman to Score Sam Mendes’ ‘1917’

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Thomas Newman is set to reteam with director Sam Mendes on the upcoming World War I drama 1917. George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman have been cast in the film. No plot details have been announced yet. Mendes also wrote the screenplay with Krysty Wilson-Cairns and is also producing the Amblin Partners production with Pippa Harris (Penny Dreadful, Call the Midwife), Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall (Into the Woods). Newman has previously scored most of Mendes’ previous features, including American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Skyfall and Spectre.

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Thomas Newman Scoring Dome Karukoski’s ‘Tolkien’ Biopic

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Thomas Newman is currently recording his score for the upcoming biographical drama Tolkien. The film is directed by Dome Karukoski (Tom of Finland) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts and Colm Meaney. The movie tells the story of author J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings books, as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school and serves as a British soldier in World War I. David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford (Pride) wrote the screenplay.

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