The full details of the soundtrack album for the Prime Video original series The Greatest have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Stanley A. Smith (Cherish the Day, The Real Red Tails, The Bernie Mac Show, Are We There Yet?, Kemba). Also included is the opening titles song Gladiator by Wyclef Jean & Kofi Black (already out now as a digital single) and two tracks by Bellringer, including the just released Walk With Kings, which can be checked out below. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 4 by Milan Records. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. The Greatest is created by Ben Watkins and stars Jaalen Best in the title role of Cassius Clay, Omari Hardwick, Dana Gourrier, Kai Parham, Giovanni Ribisi, Amin Joseph and Michael Ealy. The drama follows young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) – fresh off winning gold at the 1960 Olympics – as he sets his sights on the Heavyweight Championship while contending with newfound fame, self-doubt, family conflict and a politically charged America.
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Marius de Vries to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Scott Stewart’s ‘It’s Alright’
Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Strange Magic, Sucker Punch, Navalny) will serve as the executive music producer on the upcoming comedy It’s Alright. The film is directed by Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) and will star Paul Bettany, Asha Banks (who is also contributing original songs to the project), Colin Firth and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The movie follows a fading pop star who is on the edge of financial ruin when a bombshell letter spurs him to meet his 19-year-old daughter who has no idea he exists. Stewart and Bettany also co-wrote the screenplay.
‘The Sixty-Year Mission’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot, Pandora, Comrade Detective). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited CD edition (limited to 2,000 copies) on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Sixty-Year Mission is directed by Mark A. Altman and examines the creation of the landmark television series and its lasting influence on entertainment, culture, science, and technology. The movie features new interviews with its stars, including William Shatner (who also serves as an executive producer on the project), George Takei & Walter Koenig, and “exclusive” archival material.
‘A Dog’s Perfect Christmas’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film A Dog’s Perfect Christmas. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Emma, Chocolat, Never Let Me Go, The Manchurian Candidate, A Dog’s Purpose, The Vow, The Duchess, One Day). Also included is Caitlyn Smith’s song You Think You Know . The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 4. The streaming/download link will be added to this page within the next day. A Dog’s Perfect Christmas is co-written and directed by Cathryn Michon and stars Dennis Quaid, Brooke Lena Johnson, Milo Ventimiglia, Mary Steenburgen, Jennifer Tilly, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Michon herself, Ethan Ioomis, Marissa Jaret Winoku, as well as Thomas Haden Church as the narrator and voice of the dog. The family drama is based on the novel of the same name by W. Bruce Cameron and tells the story of a family pulled apart by a medical emergency and whose determined dog will do all he can to bring his humans back together before Christmas Eve.
‘A Place in the Sun’ 75th Anniversary Expanded Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1951 drama A Place in the Sun directed by George Stevens and starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters. The album features the newly remastered and original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Academy Award winner Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard, Rear Window, Rebecca, Bride of Frankenstein, Peyton Place), including previously unreleased music, as well as several source cues. The 75th Anniversary Expanded Edition CD is limited to 1,000 copies now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Kritzerland has previously released a limited edition of Waxman’s score in 2013 and Paramount Music has released a digital version in 2023.
‘The Trap’ (‘Die Falle’) Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the German Netflix original series The Trap (Die Falle). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Clayface, All Quiet on the Western Front, Verity, Lion, Adrift, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Pressure, Dune: Prophecy) and Ben Winkler (Delicious, Etty, Every You Every Me). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ opening and end credits tracks after the jump. The Trap is created by Isabel Kleefeld based on Melanie Raabe’s novel of the same title and stars Friederike Becht, Hans Löw, Matthias Brandt, Malaya Takeda, Miriam Ohlmeyer, Josephine Thiesen, Michael Klammer, Anna Schudt, Ursula Strauss and Sesede Terziyan. The 6-part psychological thriller follows a successful author who hasn’t left her house since she witnessed the murder of her sister almost ten years ago, but when she believes she recognizes the killer on television, she sets out to trap him.
Expanded ‘The Terminal’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2004 comedy drama The Terminal directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Diego Luna and Chi McBride. The album features the film’s expanded and newly remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Catch Me If You Can, Home Alone)., including fourteen minutes of previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Decca Records has previously released the original 2004 soundtrack album.
‘Bass X Machina’ Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series Bass X Machina. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Roman GianArthur (Antebellum, Stamped from the Beginning). Also included it the main titles song HONOR KiLLING written by Roman GianArthur & Nate Wonder and performed by Janelle Monáe. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the song and GianArthur’s Hero’s Theme after the jump. Bass X Machina is created by LeSean Thomas and stars Brian Tyree Henry, Monáe herself, Tati Gabrielle, Chaske Spencer, Cree Summer, Starletta DuPois and Currie Graham. The Studio Mir production is set in a steampunk West overrun by outlaws, machines and supernatural forces and follows a father who is forced to become judge, jury and executioner to protect his family.
John Williams’ ‘Seven for Luck & Other Music for Film and the Concert Stage’ Album Announced
Urania Records will release John Williams: Seven for Luck & Other Music for Film and the Concert Stage, a new album featuring the first complete recording of Seven for Luck, the Academy Award-winning composer’s only song cycle. Also included are chamber arrangements of Williams’ themes from Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and Sydney Pollack’s Sabrina, Viktor’s Tale from The Terminal, The Letter from The Fabelmans, The Days in Between from Stepmom and three pieces from Memoirs of a Geisha. Pianist Simone Pedroni is the featured soloist. Other musicians include Maria Grazia Aschei (Soprano), Fausto Ghiazza (Clarinet), Christiana Coppola (Cello), Luca Stocco (Oboe) and Marco Bronzi (Violin) . The album will be released digitally next Tuesday, November 10 and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and check out the full track list below.
Original Song ‘Profundo’ and ‘Cornflake Girl’ Cover from Hulu’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Season 4 Released
Hollywood Records has released two more songs from the fourth season of Onyx Collective’s Hulu original series Reasonable Doubt. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original song Profundo written by the show’s composers Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Luke Cage, Cross, Sugar, Run This Town) and performed by Alexxis Lemire (who stars as Layla Love, a singer signed under Eric Cropper’s record label), as well as the cover version of Tori Amos’ Cornflake Girl produced by Younge & Muhammad and performed by Alice Smith. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. The label has previously released the original song No No No Sí performed by Lemire from the new season last month.