Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action war drama Fury written and directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs and Scott Eastwood. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Attack the Block, The World’s End). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Click here for the full album details. Also check out The Hollywood Reporter for a video featurette about the music and visit BBC News, Music Times, Hitfix and Go See Talk for more interviews with Price about his work on the film.
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Book of Life directed by Jorge Gutierrez, produced by Guillermo del Toro and featuring the voices of Channing Tatum, Zoë Saldana, Diego Luna, Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, Christina Applegate, Danny Trejo and Cheech Martin. Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, August: Osage County) has composed the film’s original score. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring selections from the composer’s music, as well as the songs from the film, including original tracks by performed by Jesse & Joy and La Santa Cecilia. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips.
Nathan Johnson is currently scoring the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Young Ones. The film is written and directed by Jake Paltrow (The Good Night) and stars Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The movie is set in a violent near-future where water has become the most precious resource on the planet and follows a 14-year-old boy forced to use his wits to survive. Tristan Orpen Lynch (Song for a Raggy Boy, Love & Savagery) is producing the project for Subotica Entertainment and Michael Auret (Black Butterflies) is producing for Spier Films.