Announced this week were new composer assignments for Hans Zimmer (Wonder Woman 1984), Harry Gregson-Williams (Mulan) and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Mid90s), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 30 soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): A.X.L. (Ian Hultquist) and The Happytime Murders (Christopher Lennertz).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
-A.X.L. (15 songs)
-The Happytime Murders (16 songs)
-Arizona (6 songs)
-John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (10 songs)
-Papillon (6 songs)
-Searching (No songs)
-Support the Girls (16 songs)
-What Keeps You Alive (5 songs)
-The Wild Boys (Les garçons sauvages) (8 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13th, House) is turning 75 tomorrow, August 25.
- Joby Talbot (Sing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) is turning 47 tomorrow
- Mark Snow (The X-Files, Millennium) is turning 72 on Sunday, August 26.
- Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Fockers) is turning 51 on Wednesday, August 29.