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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 19, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the disaster movie Twisters directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Glen Powell, Nik Dodani, Sasha Lane, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Kiernan Shipka and Daryl McCormack. The film’s original score is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, The Flash, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man, Hidden Figures). Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music on August 2. Atlantic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to check out the music team credits of the Universal Pictures release.

Opening semi-wide in around 800 U.S. theaters is the Irish supernatural horror thriller Oddity written and directed by Damian Mc Carthy and starring Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Steve Wall, Joe Rooney and Jonathan French. Richard G. Mitchell (A Good Woman, To Kill a King, Moby Dick, Grand Theft Parsons, Born American) has composed the film’s original music.  A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being distributed by IFC Films.

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Bryce Dessner Scoring Thomas Napper’s ‘Widow Clicquot’

Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Bardo, A Good Person, The Kitchen, Irresistible) of the rock band The National has composed the original music for the upcoming French/British historical drama Widow Clicquot. The film is written and directed by Thomas Napper (Jawbone) and stars Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Leo Suter, Anson Boon, Ben Miles, Cecily Cleeve, Natasha O’Keeffe, Paul Rhys, Christopher Villiers, Ian Conningham, Cara Seymour and Mark Tandy. The movie is set in France during the Napoleonic Wars and tells the true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” (aka Veuve Clicquot) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family.

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