Announced this week were new composer assignments for Chris Benstead (Fountain of Youth), Michael Andrews (You're Cordially Invited) and Joseph Trapanese (The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 10 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is (with music by): The Damned (Stephen McKeon).
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Van Dyke Parks (Wild Bill, The Company) is turning 82 today.
- Michael Hoenig (The Blob, Dark Skies) is turning 73 tomorrow, January 4.
- Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q) is turning 62 on Monday, January 6.
- A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) is turning 58 on January 6.
- Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream) is turning 62 on Tuesday, January 7.
- Jeff Richmond (Mean Girls, 30 Rock) is turning 64 on January 7.