Announced this week were new composer assignments for James Newton Howard (Remain), Mychael Danna (Gold Mountain) and Lorne Balfe (The Species), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 20 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 Grey (Christopher Benstead), Is God Is (Moses Sumney & Joseph Shirley) and Obsession (Rock Burwell).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical release:
- Obsession (11 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Brian Eno (Dune, The Lovely Bones) is turning 78 today.
- Sylvester Levay (Hot Shots!, Mannequin) is turning 81 tomorrow, May 16.
- Trent Reznor (The Social Network, Soul) is turning 61 on Sunday, May 17.
- Angelo Milli (Seven Pounds, Hands of Stone) is turning 51 on May 17.
- Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie, Thor: Ragnarok) is turning 76 on Monday, May 18.
- Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run) is turning 72 on May 18.
- James L. Venable (Clerks II, Scary Movie 3) is turning 59 on Tuesday, May 19.
- Zbigniew Preisner (The Secret Garden, Three Colors: Red) is turning 71 on Thursday, May 21.