The full details of the soundtrack album for Yann Demange’s dramatic thriller White Boy Rick have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane, Hostiles). The soundtrack will be released physically on September 21, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital version is expected to come out a week earlier and will be available to download here. White Boy Rick starring Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern and Piper Laurie is set in 1980s Detroit and tells the true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.
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Max Richter Scoring Yann Demange’s ‘White Boy Rick’
Max Richter is currently recording his score for the upcoming drama White Boy Rick. The film is directed by Yann Demange (’71) and stars Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rory Cochrane, Brian Tyree Henry, Bruce Dern, R.J. Cyler, Kyanna Simone Simpson and Bel Powley. The movie is set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and tells the true story of Ricky Wershe who became an undercover informant at the age of 14 before becoming a major dealer – until he was arrested at age 17. Logan & Noah Miller (Sweetwater) wrote the screenplay with revisions by Andy Weiss (Middle Men), Scott Silver (The Fighter, 8 Mile) and Steve Kloves (Harry Potter series, The Amazing Spider-Man).