Saturday, 23 December 2023

Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 22, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom directed by James Wan and starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Randall Park, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman. . The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge, Wonder WomanThe Gilded Age, Abominable, The Legend of Tarzan, Click). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by X Ambassadors today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the animated feature Migration directed by Benjamin Renner and starring Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Keegan-Michael Key, Awkafina and Danny DeVito. John Powell (How to Train Your DragonThe Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, ShrekUnited 93RioHappy Feet) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as cover of Destiny’s Child’s Survivor performed by Mon Laferte last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Illumination Entertainment production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Also opening nationwide is the biographical sports drama The Iron Claw written and directed Sean Durkin and starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany, Lily James and Maura Tierney. The film’s original score is composed by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry (Eileen, The Nest). A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie and check back on this page to listen to the original song Live That Way Forever by Little Scream & Reed Parry, which is set be released in early January.

Another movie opening nationwide is the romantic comedy Anyone But You co-written and directed by Will Gluck and starring Sidney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Hadley Robinson, Darren Barnet, GaTa, Rachel Griffiths and Dermot Mulroney. Este Haim (Maid, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Cha Cha Real Smooth) & Christopher Stracey (Fingernails,War Pony, Manodrome) have composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Opening in select theaters is the British romantic fantasy drama All of Us Strangers written and directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell. The film’s original music is composed by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living, Censor, The Strays, The Forgotten Battle). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Searchlight Pictures.

Also opening in select theaters today is the drama Freud’s Last Session directed by Matthew Brown and starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode,  Jodi Balfour, Liv Lisa Fries, Jeremy Northam,  Orla Brady and Stephen Campbell Moore. Coby Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity, Blue Sky Metropolis, Guns for Hire) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s AFI Fest and is being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.

Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Netflix on January 4 is the Spanish survival drama Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) co-written and directed by J.A. Bayona and starring Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Esteban Bigliardi, Matías Recalt, Fenando Contigiani García and Diego Vegezzi. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (UpLost, The Batman, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Spider-Man: No Way HomeJurassic WorldThe Incredibles, Star Trek). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week and Quartet Records has released a CD version. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie.



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