The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
for The Friend has been released digitally by Lakeshore Records, featuring music by award-winning composers Jay Wadley (Heart Eyes) and Trevor Gureckis (Servant). The piano-led score accompanied by soaring strings and wind instruments provides a poignant backdrop to the emotionally charged film starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray. The Bleecker Street film directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel is in theaters now.
Based on the bestselling novel, writer and teacher Iris (Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane. The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life in this story of healing, love, and friendship.
