This week, Lakeshore Records is pleased to present two new soundtracks from new movie releases out now: Assassination Nation (score by Ian Hultquist) and The Song of Sway Lake (score by Ethan Gold), plus new album pre-orders you don’t really want to miss. Hint: one album is a remastered 30th anniversary edition!
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Hultquist takes an orchestral, synthwave composition and alters his track to a striking effect which seems to flow poignantly with the satirical horror film Sam Levinson directed. – Flaunt
“It’s the demon spawn of Heathers and The Purge” – New York Times
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack to Sam Levinson’s (The Wizard of Lies, ) new film, Assassination Nation, featuring score by Ian Hultquist (AXL, Animals). Starring Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, and ABRA, Assassination Nation opens in theaters Friday, September 21. Listen to the debut track, “Slay ‘Em High Killa” exclusively now at Flaunt Magazine!
Join Composer Ian Hultquist on his Reddit AMA on Tuesday, September 25 (3 PM PT/6PM ET) and get your Assassination Nation questions ready for him!
Next week I’ll be doing my first #RedditAMA talking about scoring for @ANationMovie, @axlmov & whatever else you fancy. See you there! Tues 9/25 3pm PST/6pm EST pic.twitter.com/Gn7ACmMSgP
— Ian Hultquist (@ihultquist) September 20, 2018
NEON presents ASSASSINATION NATION, in theaters Friday, September 21 (get tickets).
This week, Lakeshore Records takes you on an adventure with a high-tech robot dog in the action film AXL (in theaters now), score by Ian Hultquist (Animals, formerly of the band Passion Pit), and cinema’s beloved actors Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Lake House) and Winona Ryder (“Stranger Things”, A Scanner Darkly) reunite for the irreverent romantic comedy Destination Wedding, featuring score by William Ross (Ready Player One orchestrator, Tin Cup)! Keep scrolling as we have a new HD audio release and EA Games video game soundtrack reissues!
Acclaimed indie film, Animals, is now airing on Showtime! Directed by Collin Schiffli, who was nominated for the Grand Jury Award in Narrative Feature at SXSW, the film was written by David Dastmalchian, who won the Special Jury Award for Courage In Storytelling at SXSW. Featuring score by Ian Hultquist (formerly of Passion Pit) and an awesome indie music compilation curated by David Dastmalchian, you’ll be immersed in this gritty story that has received positive reviews by Complex Magazine, IndieWIRE, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and more!
The drama centers around Bobbie (She’s Out Of My League’s Kim Shaw) and Jude (Ant-Man’s David Dastmalchian), a young couple living in their broken-down car parked alongside Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. Their days are a continuous ritual of theft and scoring until they must confront the difficult truth of their relationship after one of them is hospitalized. Animals is now airing on Showtime’s The Movie Channel (check local listings), available On Demand (rent it on iTunes) and on DVD.
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“I’m thrilled that you will be able to listen here to both the music that inspired the film and the music inspired by the film. My good friend and collaborator, Ian Hultquist, has composed an amazing original score that evokes the pulse of Chicago and the intense emotions of Jude and Bobbie.” -David Dastmalchian
Directed by Collin Schiffli, Animals premiered at South By Southwest last year and garnered the Grand Jury Prize for Courage in Storytelling. Starring David Dastmalchian, Kim Shaw, John Heard and John Hoogenakker, Animals is now playing in select theaters and on VOD now (find a theater). See below for film music reviews of the score by composer Ian Hultquist and more.
