Announced this week were new composer assignments for Joe Hisaishi (A Big Bold Beautiful Journey), Rob Simonsen (Caught Stealing) and Chanda Dancy (I Know What You Did Last Summer), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 25 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): Ballerina (Tyler Bates & Joel J. Richard), Dangerous Animals (Michael Yezerski) and The Ritual (Jason Lazarus & Joseph Trapanese). Expanding nationwide from its limited release last week is The Phoenician Scheme (Alexandre Desplat).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
- Ballerina (11 songs)
- Dangerous Animals (15 songs)
- The Phoenician Scheme (12 songs)
- The Ritual (0 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Don Peake (The Hills Have Eyes, Knight Rider) is turning 85 tomorrow, June 7.
- David Buckley (Jason Bourne, The Good Wife) is turning 49 on June 7.
- James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense) is turning 74 on Monday, June 9.
- Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) is turning 45 on June 9.
- Randy Edelman (The Last of the Mohicans, Dragonheart) is turning 78 on Tuesday, June 10.
- Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine) is turning 58 on Thursday, June 12.