Announced this week were new composer assignments for Jon Batiste (The Thomas Crown Affair), James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping) and Theodore Shapiro (Focker-In-Law), 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): Lee Cronin's The Mummy (Stephen McKeon) and Normal (Harry Gregson-Williams & Ryder McNair).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
- Lee Cronin's The Mummy (6 songs)
- Normal (19 songs)
- Lorne (5 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- David Bell (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise) is turning 72 today.
- Jan Hammer (Miami Vice, Dark Angel) is turning 78 today.
- Andrew Powell (Ladyhawke, Rocket Gibraltar) is turning 77 tomorrow, April 18.
- Thomas Wander (2012, Independence Day: Resurgence) is turning 53 on Sunday, April 19.
- Steve Dorff (Blast from the Past, Murphy Brown) is turning 77 on Tuesday, April 21.
- Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad) is turning 49 on Wednesday, April 22.
- Jay Gruska (Supernatural, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) is turning 74 on Thursday, April 23.