MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Australian/New Zealand psychological drama Went Up the Hill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, The Long Game, Semper Fi, The Vessel, Blue Miracle, Outcry). Also included is the title song written and performed by lead actress Vicky Krieps. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Townshend’s opening titles track and the song after the jump. Went Up the Hill is co-written and directed by Samuel Van Grinsven and also stars Dacre Montgomery, Sarah Peirse, Arlo Green and Finlay Grey. The movie follows a man who travels to New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meet her grieving widow, when his mother’s ghost returns to inhabit both of them.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 15, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Nobody 2 directed by Timo Tjahjanto and starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Sharon Stone, RZA, Christopher Lloyd and Colin Hanks. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, The Fall Guy, Peter Rabbit, Karate Kid: Legends, Your Friends & Neighbors, Money Monster, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Dope Thief, Violent Night). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs performed by José James, Des Rocs & Lewis himself today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Universal Pictures release.
Opening semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters is the crime thriller Americana written and directed by Tony Tost and stars Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Gavin Maddox Bergman, Derek Hinkey and Harriet Sansom Harris. David Fleming (Superman, The Last of Us, Damsel, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II, The Unforgivable) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check out our previous article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Lionsgate.
Hanan Townshend Scoring Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Went Up the Hill’
Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, The Long Game, To the Wonder, Semper Fi, Blue Miracle, The Vessel, Outcry) is scoring the upcoming Australian/New Zealand psychological horror feature Went Up the Hill. The film is written and directed by Samuel Van Grinsven (Sequin in a Blue Room) and stars Dacre Montgomery and Vicky Krieps. The movie follows a man who travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meet her grieving widow, when his mother’s ghost returns to inhabit both of them.