Announced this week were new composer assignments for Mark Mothersbaugh (A Minecraft Movie), Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Smile 2) and Hans Zimmer & Kara Talve (Lord of the Flies), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 30 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Danny Elfman) and The Front Room (Marcelo Zarvos).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical release:
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (14 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It) is turning 73 tomorrow, September 7.
- Dustin O'Halloran (Lion, Like Crazy) is turning 53 on Sunday, September 8.
- Stu Phillips (Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider) is turning 95 on Monday, September 9.
- Austin Wintory (Journey, Captain Abu Raed) is turning 40 on September 9.
- Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Inception) is turning 67 on Thursday, September 12.
- Nathan Larson (Boys Don't Cry, Margin Call) is turning 54 on September 12.