Announced this week were new composer assignments for Nathan Barr (Borderlands), Alexandre Desplat (She Came to Me) and Cowboy Bebop (Yoko Kanno), 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): In the Heights (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Dominic Lewis).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical release:
-In the Heights (25 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Richard M. Sherman (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book) is turning 93 tomorrow, June 12.
- Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine) is turning 54 on June 12.
- Marcus Miller (Boomerang, Marshall) is turning 62 on Monday, June 14.
- George S. Clinton (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Mortal Kombat) is turning 74 on Thursday, June 17.