Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated musical comedy Wish directed by Chris Buck & Fawn Veerasunthorn and starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Alan Tudyk, Natasha Rothwell, Harvey Guillén, Evan Peters and Ramy Youseff. The film’s original songs are written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Rice […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 24, 2023)
Posted: November 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Symphony, Benjamin Rice, Candy Cane Lane, Dave Metzger, Jon Batiste, Julia Michaels, Leave the World Behind, Leonard Bernstein, Mac Quayle, Maestro, Marcus Miller, Martin Phipps, Monster, Napoleon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wish
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Soundtrack Album for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’ Released
Posted: November 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Ryuichi Sakamoto, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese drama Monster. The album features the music from the film composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, The Revenant, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Little Buddha, Snake Eyes), including two original pieces, which the late composer wrote for the project, as well as several tracks from his solo albums. The […]
Expanded and Remastered ‘Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Peter Kosminsky, Ryuichi Sakamoto, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1992 drama Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights directed by Peter Kosminsky and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Jeremy Northam, Sophie Ward, Simon Shepherd and Janet McTeer. The album features the remastered original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 – 2023)
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away this past Tuesday, March 28, at age 71. The Japanese composer has written dozens of scores for a wide range of international films since the early 1980s. He won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for his music for Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1987 feature The Last Emperor (shared with […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Travesía’ Album Announced
Posted: March 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Milan Records has announced Travesía, a new album featuring music by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Little Buddha, Femme Fatale, Snake Eyes), curated by five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, Babel, 21 Grams, Amores Perros, Bardo, Biutiful). The album features twenty tracks handpicked by Iñárritu, including selections of the Sakamoto’s solo […]
‘Snake Eyes’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian De Palma, Ryuichi Sakamoto, score, Snake Eyes, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1998 thriller Snake Eyes directed by Brian De Palma and starring Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw, John Heard, Joel Fabiani, Kevin Dunn and Luis Guzmán. The album features the original score from the Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures production […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto to Score Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’
Posted: January 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Gaga Corporation announced today that Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, The Revenant, Little Buddha, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Snake Eyes) is set to score the upcoming Japanese drama Monster (Kaibutsu). The film is directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, The Truth, Broker) and stars Sakura Ando, Nagayama Eita, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Yuko Tanaka, Shido Nakamura, Soya Kurokawa and Hinata […]
Details for Netflix’s ‘Exception’ Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: October 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: exception, Netflix, Ryuichi Sakamoto, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix anime series exception have been revealed. The album features the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, Little Buddha, The Sheltering Sky, Femme Fatale). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 14 by Milan Records […]
First Tracks from Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘exception’ Score Released
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: exception, Netflix, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Milan Records has released the first two tracks from the soundtrack for the Netflix original anime series exception. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the opening music and the track Oxygen written by the show’s composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, Femme […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto Scoring Netflix’s ‘exception’
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: exception, Netflix, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Netflix has announced that Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, The Revenant, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Little Buddha, Snake Eyes) is contributing the original music to the streamer’s upcoming sci-fi horror anime series exception. The show is based on a story by Hirotaka Adachi and features the voices of Nolan North, Robbie Daymond, Ali Hillis, Eugene Byrd and […]
