Machel Projects will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. The album features the film’s original music composed by Samora Pinderhughes (Whose Streets?) & Chris Pattishall (The Strike). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Also listen to several tracks after the jump. Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is directed by Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson and reveals the enduring influence of Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets and social commentators. The movie, which was shortlisted in the Feature Documentary for this year’s Academy Awards, follows Giovanni as he reckons with the inevitable passing of time through intimate vérité and archival footage, revealing the lasting impact of Giovanni’s work on American culture. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Pattishall, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, HBO, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson, Samora Pinderhughes, score, Soundtrack
‘How to Rob a Bank’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Rob a Bank, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, Ramiro Rodriguez Zamarripa, score, Seth Porges, Soundtrack, Stephen Robert Morse
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary How to Rob a Bank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Bottoms, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous & Chaos Theory, Tigtone, Son of Zorn, Obliterated, Twisted Metal, Florida Man) and Ramiro Rodriguez Zamarripa. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. How to Rob a Bank is directed by Stephen Robert Morse & Seth Porges and centers on a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle who pulled off an unprecedented string of bank robberies with uncanny ability to disappear using Hollywood-style makeup. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring Joshua Zeman’s ‘Checkpoint Zoo’
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Checkpoint Zoo, Joshua Zeman
Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Dropout, Hijack, I.S.S., Fate: The Winx Saga, Dangerous Liaisons, Lost Girls, Mrs. Wilson, The Pale Horse) has provided the original score for the upcoming documentary Checkpoint Zoo. The film directed by Joshua Zeman (The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52) is set during the early days of the Ukraine-Russian war, when the the Feldman Ecopark, an animal refuge in Ukraine’s second largest city, found itself caught in the crossfire. The movie centers chronicles the efforts of a courageous team of zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to bring thousands of animals that were left trapped with little food and water to safety. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pauline’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Mayr, Disney Plus, Hulu, Konstantin Gropper, Pauline, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the German Disney+/Hulu original series Pauline. The album features selections of the show’s original score and songs composed by Alex Mayr (Christmas Crossfire) & Konstantin Gropper (How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), Same Same But Different). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first song (No Longer Run) below. Pauline is created by Philipp Käßbohrer, Matthias Murmann, Elena Lyubarskaya & Sebastian Colley and stars Sira-Anna Faal, Ludger Bökelmann and Lukas von Horbatschewsky. The teen drama follows the title character who gains supernatural abilities after getting pregnant following a one-night stand and becomes the decisive force in the epic battle between good and evil. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Heavy Metal’ Score Album Announced
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elmer Bernstein, Gerald Potterton, Heavy Metal, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 animated sci-fi fantasy anthology feature Heavy Metal directed by Gerald Potterton and starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, Rodger Bumpass, Alice Playten, John Vernon, Jackie Burroughs, Don Francks, Joe Flaherty, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Percy Rodriguez, Susan Roman, August Schellenberg, Richard Romanus and Zal Yanovsky. The 2-CD set features the newly remastered original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven, Far from Heaven, Ghostbusters, Animal House, Airplane, Stripes), including the score presentation on the first disc and the content of the original 1981 score album on the second disc. The soundtrack is limited to 1,500 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sleeping Woman’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, La mujer dormida, Laura Alvea, score, Soundtrack, The Sleeping Woman
La Cupula Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish psychological thriller The Sleeping Woman (La mujer dormida). The album features the film’s original score composed by Alfred Tapscott (The Barcelona Vampiress, You Keep the Kids, Superagente Makey, The Wedding Unplanner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Sleeping Woman is directed by Laura Alvea and stars Almudena Amor and Javier Rey. The movie revolves around a nursing assistant who starts to feel attracted to the husband of the woman in a coma whom she’s caring for, when she begins to be harassed by strange, paranormal phenomena. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video Documentary ‘I Am: Celine Dion’ Announced
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Celine Dion, I Am: Celine Dion, Irene Taylor, Redi Hasa, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music Entertainment & Legacy Recordings will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary I Am: Celine Dion. The album features thirteen hits by the Canadian singer, including My Heart Will Go On, The Power of Love, Because You Loved Me, A New Day Has Come, among others. Also included are seven tracks from the film’s original score composed by Redi Hasa and produced by Alberto Fabris. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on June 21 and is now available for pre-oder on Amazon. A vinyl edition is scheduled to come out on August 9 and is available to order here. I Am: Celine Dion is directed by Irene Taylor who gives a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar’s struggle with a life-altering illness. The movie highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kill Your Lover’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alix Austin, Keir Siewert, Kill Your Lover, score, Soundtrack, Thibault Chavanis
Thibault Chavanis (The Impact) has released a soundtrack album for the British body horror feature Kill Your Lover. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Chavanis’ main theme after the jump. Kill Your Lover is written and directed by Alix Austin & Keir Siewert and stars Paige Gilmour, Shane Quigley Murphy, Chloe Wigmore, May Kelly and Joshua Whincup. The movie follows a woman who tries to break off her toxic relationship with her boyfriend, when he starts transforming into a monster with increased aggression. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video’s ‘Dom’ Released
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Antonio Pinto, Dom, Gabriel Ferreira, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services has released the first soundtrack album for the Brazilian Prime Video original series Dom. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, McFarland, USA, Senna, Nine Days, Lord of War, Amy, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) and Gabriel Ferreira (Pele). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Dom is inspired by the true story of a father and son on opposite sides of the war on drugs in Rio de Janeiro and stars Gabriel Leone, Flavio Tolezani, Filipe Bragança, Raquel Villar, Ramon Francisco, Isabella Santoni, Digão Ribeiro, Julia Konrad, Fabio Lago and André Mattos. The crime drama follows the titular handsome boy from Rio’s middle class who is introduced to cocaine in his teen years, putting him on the path to becoming a criminal gang’s leader. Read the rest of this entry »
Isobel Waller-Bridge Scoring Starz’s ‘Three Women’
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Isobel Waller-Bridge, Starz, Three Women
Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Emma, Wicked Little Letters, The Phantom of the Open, Vita & Virginia, Munich: The Edge of War, Roar) has composed the original music for the upcoming Starz limited series Three Women. The show is created by Lisa Taddeo based on her own bestselling novel and stars Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise, Gabrielle Creevy, Jason Ralph, Blair Underwood and John Patrick Amedori. The drama follows a writer grieving the loss of her family who persuades three “ordinary” women, a homemaker in suburban Indiana, a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast and a student in North Dakota, to tell her their stories. Read the rest of this entry »
