MoviesScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama The Hopeful. The album features the film’s original score composed by Blake Anderson. Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jonas Myrin has contributed the original songs to the movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to Anderson’s title track and check out the music video of the full version of Myrin’s song Made for You (available separately as a digital single) below. The Hopeful is directed by Kyle Portbury and stars Tommie-Amber Pirie, Gregory Wilson, Maddy Martin, Darren Emery, Bill Lake, Timothy Paul Coderre and Michael Mancini. The movie is set in 19th Century England and tells a story of a community whose lives were transformed as they learn what it means to truly wait for Jesus. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hopeful’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Anderson, Jonas Myrin, Kyle Portbury, score, Soundtrack, The Hopeful
Ian Arber Scoring ITV’s ‘Red Eye’
Posted: April 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ian Arber, ITV, Red Eye
Ian Arber (Medici, The Capture, My Name Is Lenny, The Chelsea Detective, The One, War of the Worlds) is the composer of the new ITV drama Red Eye. The show is written by Peter A Dowling (Flightplan, Black and Blue) and stars Jing Lusi, Richard Armitage, Lesley Sharp and Jemma Moore. The 6-part thriller directed by Kieron Hawkes (Piggy) follows three women who are thrown into the same life threatening conspiracy when a British doctor is arrested for murder on a red eye flight from London to Beijing. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 14, 2024)
Posted: April 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Aska Matsumiya, Big Mood, Cho Young Wuk, HBO, Hulu, Jeremy Warmsley, Netflix, Our Living World, Pinar Toprak, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Sympathizer, Tubi, Under the Bridge
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Sympathizer developed by Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar based on the book of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen and starring Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Vy Le, Toan Le, Ky Duyen, Phanxine, Kieu Chinh, Duy Nguyen, Alan Trong and Sandra Oh. Cho Young-wuk (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, The Little Drummer Girl, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave, Thirst) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 7-parter, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 17, is the Hulu limited series Under the Bridge developed by Quinn Shephard based on the true-crime book of the same title by Rebecca Godfrey and starring Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, Vritika Gupta, Izzy G., Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Ezra Faroque Khan, Aiyana Goodfellow and Archie Panjabi. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Honey Boy, Causeway, Fresh, Aloha, Together, Together, Charm City Kings, Dawson City: Frozen Time). Click here for more information about the 8-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘As The Crow Flies’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: As The Crow Flies, Kuş Uçuşu, Netlix, score, Soundtrack, Toygar Işıklı
Netflix Music has released the first soundtrack album for the Turkish Netflix original series As The Crow Flies (Kuş Uçuşu). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Toygar Işıklı (Family Secrets, Son, Endless Love, Babil). 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 below. As The Crow Flies is created by Meriç Acemi and stars Birce Akalay, Miray Daner, İbrahim Çelikkol, Burak Yamantürk. Demircan Kaçel and İrem Sak. The drama revolves around a young fan who maneuvers her way into the newsroom of a seasoned anchor, but soon confronts the dark side of ambition, envy and the desire to be seen. Read the rest of this entry »
Cho Young-wuk Scoring HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’
Posted: April 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cho Young Wuk, HBO, The Sympathizer
Composer Cho Young-wuk is reuniting with director Park Chan-wook on the new HBO limited series The Sympathizer. The show is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title and stars Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Phanxine, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh, Alan Trong, Duy Nguyen and Sandra Oh. The 7-parter centers on the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he learns that his spying days aren’t over. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 12, 2024)
Posted: April 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Drubich, Arcadian, Ben Salisbury, Civil War, Daniel Davies, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Geoff Barrow, Jonathan Scott Friedman, Josh Martin, Kristin Gundred, Oliver Coates, Sasquatch Sunset, Sting, Sweet Dreams, The Absence of Eden, The Octopus Project
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the dystopian war drama Civil War written and directed by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Nick Offerman and Stephen McKinley Henderson. The film’s original music is composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Ex Machina, Devs, Luce, Annihilation, Archive 81, Men, Hanna, Free Fire). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released next Friday, April 19. Check back on this page for the full album details, click here to check out the project’s music team credits and visit our previous article to learn more about the A24 release.
Also opening wide is the Australian horror thriller Sting written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner and starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Jermaine Fowler, Penelope Mitchell, Noni Hazelhurst, Robyn Nevin, Danny Kim and Silvia Colloca. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within) has composed the film’s original music. MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Well Go USA Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Hill Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Dark Matter’
Posted: April 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Blake Crouch, Dark Matter, Jason Hill
Jason Hill (Mindhunter, The Confession Killer, City on Fire, Voir, Extrapolations, Love, Death & Robots) is scoring the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Dark Matter. The show is created by Blake Crouch (Good Behavior, Wayward Pines) based on his bestselling book of the same title and stars Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Dayo Okeniyi, Jimmi Simpson and Oakes Fegley. The 9-part sci-fi thriller centers on a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home in Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life and has to try to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. Read the rest of this entry »
Meghan Trainor’s & Jimmy Fallon’s Original Song ‘Sweet Morning Heat’ from Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ Released
Posted: April 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Wyatt, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Mark Ronson, Meghan Trainor, Netflix, Unfrosted
Netflix Music has released the original song Sweet Morning Heat from the streamer’s original film Unfrosted. The track is produced by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Barbie) and co-written (with Ronson, Wyatt, Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten and Maxime & Clément Picard) and performed by Meghan Trainor & Jimmy Fallon. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the song and also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Christophe Beck’s original score from the movie will be released in the coming weeks. Unfrosted is co-written directed by Seinfeld and stars Seinfeld himself, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Max Greenfield, Amy Schumer, Christian Slater and James Marsden. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Half Baked: Totally High’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Haim Mazar, Half Baked: Totally High, Michael Tiddes, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Half Baked: Totally High. The album features the film’s original score composed by Haim Mazar (The Iceman, Sneakerheads, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Woke, Desperation Road, I Am Wrath). Also included are songs by Pat Savii, Jeane Marie and Cade Ellis. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Half Baked: Totally High is directed by Michael Tiddes and stars Dexter Darden, Moses Storm, Ramona Young, David Koechner, Harland Williams, Frankie Muniz, Rachel True, Joel Courtney, Ash Santos, Jeffrey Ross, Justin Miles, Justin Hires and Jeff Ross. The sequel to the 1998 cult movie follows three stoners who stumble across a strain of marijuana and blaze a trail across L.A.’s underground pot market, destroying the business of a ruthless and now very unhappy drug lord. Read the rest of this entry »
Keith Urban’s & Snoop Dogg’s Original Song ‘Let It Roll’ from ‘The Garfield Movie’ Released
Posted: April 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Keith Urban, Mark Dindal, Snoop Dogg, The Garfield Movive
Republic Records Kids & Family and ASG Records have released the original song Let It Roll from the animated feature The Garfield Movie. The track is co-written (with Michael Hodges, Kayla Morrison, Gerald Trottman & Ghian Wright) and performed by Keith Urban & Snoop Dogg and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more songs and three tracks from John Debney’s original score will be coming out next month. Read the rest of this entry »
