The only movie opening nationwide this week is Solo: A Star Wars Story directed by Ron Howard and starring Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Paul Bettany. The film’s original score is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity) and John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark) contributed the Han Solo theme. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music. Click here for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine, Film.Music.Media and Billboard for recent interviews with Powell about his work on the project.
Opening in limited release is the sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties directed by John Cameron Mitchell and stars Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman and Ruth Wilson. Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret), Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Matmos have written original music for the film. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the original music, as well as tracks by The Damned, The Dyschords, The Velvet Underground, A.C. Newman & others. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the A24 release.
Toydrum (aka Pablo Clements and James Griffith) have been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller Future World. The film is directed by James Franco (The Disaster Artist) & Bruce Cheung (Don’t Come Back from the Moon) and stars Milla Jovovich, Suki Waterhouse, Lucy Liu, Snoop Dogg and Method Man. The movie is based on original short story by Franco about a prince and a robot who travel across the violent and desolate Wastelands in a journey of self-discovery. Cheung and Jay Davis co-wrote the screenplay. Iervolino Bacardi and Monika Bacardi (o the Bone, Black Butterfly) are producing the AMBI Distribution production with Vince Jolivette (Palo Alto, In Dubious Battle) and Davis. 
