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BENJAMIN WALLFISCHWaterTower (digital)30 tracks – 97:26 The Mortal Kombat tournament is underway, and the vicious Shao Kahn seeks dominion over Earthrealm. Fortunately for humanity, Earthrealm’s warriors are not prepared to surrender without a fight. Mortal Kombat II aims to make a similar impact at the box office, aided by a score from returning composer Benjamin Wallfisch. ...

VARIOUSNoMad Music NMM132D (digital)15 tracks – 57:53 Those familiar with film history know that between the era of the Russian pogroms and the Nazi rise across Europe, countless artists fled persecution and certain death. Some, like Korngold and Waxman, arrived in the United States as adults. Others, including Irving Berlin and André Previn, came as children and grew up as A...

JOSEPH SHIRLEY, MOSES SUMNEYLakeshore LKS (digital)19 tracks – 45:52 Writer-director Aleshea Harris makes her feature-film debut with Is God Is, an adaptation of her own acclaimed stage play. The story follows two sisters on a relentless quest for revenge, forcing them to confront long-buried wounds within their own family history. Released in mid-May, the film features a sco...

MARCO BELTRAMILakeshore LKS (digital)24 tracks – 50:45 Has the Scream franchise finally reached the point where nostalgia itself has become the hook? In the aptly titled Scream 7, familiar survivors once again find themselves stalked by a new Ghostface killer. Although Sidney Prescott has relocated to a new town, the danger follows her, this time placing her daughter in the c...